Meeting Reports

Ann Simmons’s reason for investigating her family history was medical. At out April meeting Ann, a retired State Registered Nurse, spoke of the ‘funny blood’

Members recalling their childhood memories took us back in time for our March meeting.. The stories ranged from the war – time, air raid shelters,

This true Fenland family has been mentioned in five books & the skills have been passed down through his family. Attired in his working clothes

The speaker for our first meeting for 2008 was Robert Bell from the Wisbech Museum. Many of our members have already used the museum to

At our November meeting there were many photos, certificates & wedding memorabilia brought in by the members & shown on our newly acquired display boards.

Ian Waller’s opened his talk at our October meeting by telling the audience that in the past as many wives as husbands sought to leave

After our AGM our popular speaker Brian Jones talked to us about the working lives of servants, domestic & otherwise. The employment of servants appears

Within minutes of starting her talk Linda Hotchkiss had her audience enthralled at our July meeting. The Lincolnshire genealogist demonstrated with film the sort of

Our June meeting was held at St Mary the Virgin Church at West Walton. Members & friends met in the parochial cemetery where Barbara &

Members of the Society gave two talks at the May meeting. Barbara spoke about the preparation needed in recording of the Monumental Inscriptions in a

Derek Palgrave gave our members & visitors an insight into how maps past & present help us trace our families. In the British Isles we

At our February meeting Brian Payne talked us about all the work done to achieve the Parliamentary Act to Abolish Slavery in 1807. He began