Meetings of the Society
The status as of September 2021 is that we have booked Zoom speakers for our meetings through to
December, but St. John's Centre in Isleworth is now open for future bookings. We have therefore
booked our meeting room at St. John's for all months starting from next January. January will
be a Zoom-free meeting for us locals to meet with each other again.
As from February all further meetings will be joint local and Zoom, initially with
speakers delivering their talks remotely by Zoom, but from time to time the speakers will be
local, but the meeting and the talk can still be attended by Zoom. The programme will make clear
if the speaker is delivering their talk from St. John's or not.
The Zoom process continues to be that attendees must first register (once) using the Start
Zoom link, and then when the meeting starts they should use the link again to join the
actual meeting.
To be sure that you are reminded of the meeting on the day of the meeting it is recommended
that you send an email to
the Secretary
requesting that you receive invitations to each meeting until further notice.
On meeting days the meeting room will be open from 7:30 pm. Select the Start Zoom link as before, where the
information you previously entered will be recalled, together with the link to actually join the meeting. Select that
and you will be joined. The meeting proper will start at about 7:45 pm when the
chairman will make any announcements, and take any general questions from members. The talk will
begin shortly after, and with questions is scheduled to last for one hour, after which the meeting
will close. Enjoy it all from the comfort of
your home, or at the St. John's Centre. Non-members are welcome to our meetings.
The common link for attending our Zoom meetings
This is the common link which takes you to meeting registration and then to the meeting itself, for all meetings:
Start Zoom.
This is the current programme:
| Date |
Title & Synopsis |
Speaker |
21 October 2021
Zoom only meeting |
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The  origins of the Commission: an extraordinary organisation created by extraordinary people with an
extraordinary vision. |
Ian Everest |
18 November 2021
Zoom only meeting |
Remember Then? Memories of 1946-1969
Recalling life in Britain during this pivotal period. Techniques described will help you to start writing
reminiscences of your own. |
Janet Few |
16 December 2021
Zoom only meeting |
Humour in Genealogy
A light-hearted walk through a variety of genealogical records, reinforcing the value of scrutinising
original documents. |
Chris Broom |
Reciprocal arrangements with Hillingdon FHS and East Surrey FHS
With Zoom meetings now proving very popular with FHS members we have made an open invitation to members
of Hillingdon FHS and East Surrey FHS to freely join any of our Zoom meetings, and both societies have
reciprocated.
To see Hillingdon's talks programme follow
this link.
If you wish to attend any of their meetings please send an email to
Enquiries@hfhs.org.uk expressing your interest, and they will
gladly put you on their list of invitees to attend future talks.
To see East Surrey's programme of virtual meetings see
this link,
where you will see specific links to register for any of their virtual talks.
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