Meeting Reports

Bryan started his talk by explaining that he would be talking about changes in the rural way of life during five reigns: from the accession

In a break with tradition we were entertained by two speakers, Audrie Reed and Nina Green, who came from Cambridge to encourage members to consider

The audience was entertained and informed by Jonathan Farmer who gave valuable insights into the ways in which it is possible to research military history.

Festive Member MeetingAn audience of 26 including a new member and a visitor attended the first meeting of the New Year. Members were told about

The festive meeting was a very enjoyable mixture of food, fun and finding out about breaking down brick walls. There was a very tasty spread

Rob Parker is a well- known Family Historian who started doing family history research and then became a trainer and tutor. He has written articles

Wim entertained the meeting with a new talk he has been driven to research as he feels he has taken both strands of his family

Liz introduced her talk by saying that although she had intended to illustrate it using her laptop it would not be possible as the laptop

Anne gave a well-researched, informative and thoroughly entertaining talk that covered 4000 years of history. She started by getting us to think about how we

April 2015 meeting report: Speaker Mike Petty: writer on local history and previously in charge of the Local Collection at Cambridge Central Library Mike started

Thirty members attended a lively meeting with individual members presenting family stories. The evening was organised slightly differently from usual. We had the members’ stories

Alan Johnson, Peterborough and District Family History Society Alan gave an informative talk with lots of ideas and encouragement to get each and every one