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Here are some of the activities that will be taking place at the event on 24th September at The Exchange, Sturminster Newton. Full details on their website.

A talk entitled “Assisted emigration from Dorset to Australia 1830-1860”

A series of restored films which reveal the Somerset and Dorset folk of yesterday;  Representatives from the Royal Signals Museum;  See a local WW1 exhibition;  Dorset History Centre Somerset Archives & Local Studies ; Meet a military author and researcher ; Purchase old maps, cards and books;  Do you have any Wiltshire connections? Meet the Wilts FHS team.  Discover lacemaking and Dorset feather stitching ; Discover more about the Sturminster Newton Mill & Museum and pay them a visit;  Need help writing your family history? Meet the proof reader.  Learn about GOONS (No! Not Sellers, Secombe and Milligan) ; Find out how to more about local history societies And, finally, meet the many groups and volunteers involved in the society