Meeting Reports

The speaker for the evening was John Steel, and his subject was “Welsh Miners in Russia”. John had been trying to trace his grandfather for

The speaker for the January meeting was Catherine Bettinson, talking about her search for a Hero from Korea, who was linked to her family. The

The Speaker this month was David Edwards, and his chosen topic was ‘Lunatic Asylums’, based on the County Pauper Lunatic Asylum for Cambridgeshire, opened in

A.G.M. notes are available here in .pdf format. AGM Minutes Secretary’s Report The speaker for the evening was our own President, Wim Zwalf, and the

Tom Doig gave his usual informative and amusing talk on the chosen topic of “Births and Baptisms in the 1800’s” with particular reference to the

The Fenland Family History Society’s June meeting took the form of a Garden Party as part of our 10th Anniversary Celebrations. The event was held

The speaker this month was Peter Wadlow, who has been the Church Warden at Walsoken Church for the past 30 years, as well as being

At the beginning of our April meeting Mike Petty picked up a book – The Victoria County History of Cambridge & asked a large audience

The March meeting started our 10th Anniversary celebrations & they will continue with planned events for the year. Chairperson Bridget outlined plans for a garden

After being asked ‘how many religions are there’ & several guesses made by the audience -our ever popular Brian Jones told us that there ‘only

Kevin Rogers & his slide show of old Wisbech brought back many memories to those members who had lived in & around the town all

At our October meeting Geoff Lee gave an illustrated talk on the Duke of Wellington & his rise to fame. He was, with his contemporary