Meetings of the Society
The status as at the end of January is that we plan for the majority of future meetings, starting with the
February meeting, to be hybrid Zoom meetings with the speaker usually being remote, but sometimes
speaking from St. John's Centre. The programme will make clear where the speaker is
speaking from.
The St. John's Centre, Isleworth
The Zoom process
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.
Since October 2021 we have been recording the talks from our Zoom meetings providing the speaker
has consented, so that
any member who could not attend the actual meeting may none-the-less at least play back the talk
itself. To see and hear the last talk, please go to the Meetings Playback page.
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 |
16 June 2022
St.John's meeting, speaker is remote on Zoom |
My British Raj Family - early days.
An  in depth look at one family history that includes three ancestors in the British Raj,
but from very different backgrounds. |
Jenny Mallin |
21 July 2022
St.John's meeting, speaker is local and on Zoom |
Old London Bridge: the one with the houses on top.
Bridges over rivers are so important, even more so when it’s an early crossing-point
of the River Thames. And houses on the bridge – how secure can their foundations be? |
Rob Kayne |
18 August 2022
St.John's meeting |
To be confirmed.
|
|
15 Sept 2022
St.John's meeting, speaker is local and on Zoom |
The 1921 Census.
|
Alan Rice |
29 Oct 2022
St.John's meeting, speaker is local and on Zoom |
The National Archive.
|
Jessamy Carlson |
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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