This page provides a brief log of the main items of news for the Society from 1st January 2019,
with most recent items shown first.
| 25-Sep-2021 |
Ann Greene and Roland Bostock run our virtual stall at The Family History
Show Online. |
| 16-Sep-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Dr Colin Chapman on 'Family Hisory from Education Records'. |
| 15-Jul-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Sue Paul on 'The Long Paper Trail'. |
| 17-Jun-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Gill Blanchard on 'Behind the Scenes Working for the Who
Do You Think You Are? television series', followed by the AGM for 2021. |
| 20-May-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Eric Probert on 'Registers of Electors for Family History'. |
| 15-Apr-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Jackie Depelle on 'Upstairs, Downstairs'. |
| 10-Apr-2021 |
Ann Greene and Roland Bostock run our virtual stall at the Really Useful Family History Show. |
| 18-Mar-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Graham Sutherland on 'Grave Tales and Memorials'. |
| 20-Feb-2021 |
Roland Bostock runs our virtual stall at the Family History Show Online 2021 event. |
| 18-Feb-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Giz Marriner on 'Growing Up in Chiswick and Fulham'. |
| 21-Jan-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by David Bell on 'The Plague Doctor'. |
| 17-Dec-2020 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Fun was had by all. We had reminisces, a quiz on Middlesex set by John Seaman.
and one on carols set by Ann Greene. James Young won the quiz based on Middlesex, Pam and Brian Smith won the
quiz based on carols. |
| 28-Nov-2020 |
West London Local History Conference is held as a virtual event. |
| 19-Nov-2020 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Francis Howcutt on 'Census records: Finding People and Working out the
True Story!'. |
| 14-Nov-2020 |
Yvonne Masson and Roland Bostock run our virtual stall at the Federation's Really Useful Family History
Show 2020. |
| 15-Oct-2020 |
The deferred AGM was held. Robert Parker was unable to give his talk on Ancestry. Kirsty Gray stepped in and gave a talk titled
'Burials and Burial Grounds'. |
| 17-Sept-2020 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Mia Bennett on 'What did they do? Records relating to trades, professions
and occupations'. |
| 20-Aug-2020 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Kirsty Gray on 'A-Z of Victorian Occupations'. |
| 16-Jul-2020 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Janet Few on 'Sons of the Soil: Tracing your Agricultural Labouring Ancestors'. |
| 18-June-2020 |
Members' meeting - Talk was scheduled for Meryl Catty to speak on 'Our Newspaper Heritage', but meeting
not held due to coronavirus restrictions. |
| 22-May-2020 |
Members' meeting - Talk was scheduled for Amelia Bennett to speak on 'What Did They Do? - Records
relating to trades, professions and occupations', but meeting not held due to coronavirus restrictions. |
| 17/18-Apr-2020 |
Family Tree Live was cancelled due to coronavirus, but they did run a virtual event from the
internet. |
| 16-Apr-2020 |
Members' meeting - Talk was scheduled for John Clarke to speak on 'Researching the First World War
dead at West Norwood Cemetery', but meeting not held due to coronavirus restrictions. |
| 21-Mar-2020 |
The West London Local History Conference was cancelled due to coronavirus. |
| 19-Mar-2020 |
Members' meeting - Talk was scheduled for Julian Pooley to speak on 'Who Do You Think They Were?
Discovering the lives and experiences of our ancestors' and the AGM, but meeting not held due to
coronavirus restrictions. |
| 20-Feb-2020 |
Members' meeting - Talk by John Collis on 'I wish I had asked more questions - A local
resident traces his family tree'. |
| 16-Jan-2020 |
Members' meeting - Talk by Yvonne Hewett and Paul Leonard on 'A Brief History
of York House, Twickenham'. |
| 19-Dec-2019 |
Christmas celebrations: some silent movies shown by Ann Greene, a tough quiz
set by Margaret Cunnew, and tasty refreshments by Pam & Brian Smith. |
| 21-Nov-2019 |
Members' meeting - Talk by Gill Thomas on 'One Street Studies'. |
| 2-Nov-2019 |
Roland Bistock, Margaret Cunnew, John Seaman, Brian and Pam Smith, and Muriel Sprott
ran our stall at the Surrey Family History Fair at Woking. |
| 19-Oct-2019 |
Margaret Cunnew, John Seaman, Brian and Pam Smith, and Hilary Strudwick
ran our stall at the Surrey Heritage Showcase Event celebrating 50 years digging
at Staines. |
| 17-Oct-2019 |
Members' meeting - Talk by Mark Pardoe on 'The History and Architecture of
London Underground Stations - Part 2'. |
| 4-Oct-2019 |
Roland Bostock, Margaret Cunnew, John Seaman, Muriel Sprott and Hilary Strudwick
ran our stall at Richmond Full of Life Fair at RFU Twickenham Stadium. |
| 19-Sep-2019 |
Members' meeting - Talk by John Symons on 'DNA: The Story Continues'. |
| 24-Aug-2019 |
Roland Bostock, Margaret Cunnew, Ann Greene, Yvonne Masson, John Seaman and Muriel Sprott
ran our stall at The Family History Show, London at Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher, Surrey. |
| 15-Aug-2019 |
Members' meeting - Talk by John Clarke on 'The History of Brookwood Cemetery'. |
| 27-Jul-2019 |
Margaret Cunnew, Pam and Brian Smith, and Muriel Sprott
ran our stall at Buckinghamshire Family History Society Open Day at Aylesbury, Bucks. |
| 18-Jul-2019 |
Members' meeting - The theme was 'How we do our family history'. Several members told us
how they set about it. |
| 20-Jun-2019 |
Members' meeting - talk by David Turner on 'The Hampton Wick Accident 1888'. |
| 18-May-2019 |
Margaret Cunnew, Ann Greene, John Seaman and Muriel Sprott
ran our stall at How we used to live - Family history day at
the Surrey History Centre, Woking. |
| 16-May-2019 |
Members' meeting - talk by James Marshall on 'The Great West Road and Brentford Golden Mile'. |
| 12-May-2019 |
Roland Bostock, Margaret Cunnew and Muriel Sprott
ran our stall at Richmond May Fair. |
| 26/27-Apr-2019 |
Roland Bostock, Margaret Cunnew, Ann Greene, Yvonne Masson, Brian Page, Muriel Sprott and
Hilary Strudwick ran our stall at Family Tree Live at Alexandra Palace, North London. |
| 18-Apr-2019 |
Members' meeting - talk by Judy Hill on 'The Old Poor Law and medical care for the poor in the
early 19th century'. |
| 21-Mar-2019 |
Our AGM was held at St. John's Centre, Isleworth, with talk by Mark Pardoe on 'The History and
Architecture of London Underground Stations'. Honorary memberships were awarded to Betty Elliott
and Margaret Cunnew. |
| 21-Feb-2019 |
Members' meeting - talk by Alan Rice on 'Cemeteries Managaement and Disposal of the Dead:
A personal experience'. |
| 17-Jan-2019 |
Members' meeting - talk by Ann Greene on 'Hounslow's Special Constables in WW1'. |