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For Sale / Wanted / Events / Family Tree Maker Tour 2026
« on: Wednesday 18 February 26 20:47 GMT (UK)  »

Dorset Family History Society are pleased to be hosting one of Family Tree Maker’s 2026 Tour events at Kinson Community Centre, Pelhams Park, Millhams Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 7LH.

From 2.30pm - 5pm.

Free Entry
 
Family Tree Maker is well known for its genealogy software, which provides family historians with a software programme to help grow your tree, using tree-building tools and integrated Web searching facilities.  It helps you to preserve and share your family history, manage your data and create charts and reports.  Family Tree Maker has been a fairly regular subject of discussion at Dorset Family History Society's computer group sessions (1st Tuesday monthly).   

Join us to meet the Ambassadors from Family Tree Maker, who will provide interactive demonstrations and the chance to ask questions during the afternoon.  Whether you are a regular user of Family Tree Maker – or want to find out more about how the programme can help you with your research – join us at this FREE event. 

The venue has parking, including spaces for blue badge holders.  More Bus operates services which stop nearby at Kinson Library.

Light refreshments/snacks can be purchased at the event.

Find out more about Dorset FHS on www.dorsetfhs.org.uk

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For Sale / Wanted / Events / Dorset Family History Society's Online Zoom Monthly Meeting
« on: Wednesday 11 February 26 14:50 GMT (UK)  »


Tuesday 28th April 2026 7.30pm - 9.00pm (Zoom sign-in from 7.15pm)

Dorset Family History Society is hosting a Zoom Meeting with JANET FEW talking on 'WOMEN IN TRAVAIL: CHILDBIRTH & MIDWIFERY 1600-1950'.

Janet Few is currently serving as the President of the Family History Federation and is an experienced and qualified family, social and community historian who lectures regularly on these subjects throughout the UK and overseas. She has spoken to Dorset FHS many times previously and we are always happy to welcome her back.

One thing that is certain about all our ancestors is that they were born. Childbirth practices vary through the ages. What would giving birth have been like for mothers in the past? Childbirth was not without its hazards. Until the mid-nineteenth century between five and ten percent of all mothers died giving birth. What might cause those deaths? How and when did survival rates improve? How would mothers have been cared for and by whom? Those who attended the birth, be they family, friends or medical professionals played a crucial part. As well as discussing historical childbirth practices and pregnancy advice in the Western world, this presentation looks at the role of the midwife, the history of midwifery in Britain and records that may be available for those who acted as midwives.
 

Society Members who have consented to receive information by e-mail will find a meeting invitation link in the latest E-News, usually sent on the last Friday each month. If that has not been received, it is also available in the password protected Members’ Area on the website (www.dorsetfhs.org.uk)

Those who do not receive E-News, or who are not Society Members, are welcome to join this meeting and should email  liaison@dorsetfhs.org.uk   with a request for an invitation link. This request should reach us at least 6 hours before the meeting is due to start, and the link will be sent about 2 hours before the meeting starts. Log in is from 7.15pm.

We charge £3 per person after they have attended a meeting, payable on the Society’s shop on the website  www.dorsetfhs.org.uk


EVERYONE WELCOME TO JOIN THIS MEETING, BOTH MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS

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For Sale / Wanted / Events / Dorset Family History Society's Monthly Meeting
« on: Wednesday 11 February 26 14:45 GMT (UK)  »

Tuesday 21st April 2026  7.30 - 9.00pm (Doors open from 7pm)

Dorset Family History Society will be hosting a meeting at St George's Church Hall, Darby’s Lane, Oakdale, POOLE, Dorset, BH15 3EU with a talk by DAVID BEARDSLEY entitled ‘THE FORMIDABLE WOMEN OF KINGSTON LACY’.

The Formidable Women of Kingston Lacy by David Beardsley

David Beardsley has taught in both France and England, having been a public servant in the Education field. In retirement he has worked as researcher for Dorset History Centre, an outreach worker for Russel-Cotes Museum and Art Gallery and guide at the National Trust property Kingston Lacy.

David has published a successful biography of John Bankes of Kingston Lacy ‘The Man Who Didn’t Succeed’ in 2025.

Tonight he shares stories about five contrasting strong women associated with Kingston Lacy House in Dorset. The talk spans four centuries and includes some scandals.


Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Plenty of free parking.

Entry is £3 to include tea/coffee and biscuits available up to 7.25pm.

EVERYONE WELCOME TO ATTEND, BOTH MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS.

Please check members E-news or the website www.dorsetfhs.org.uk should there be any last minute changes.

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For Sale / Wanted / Events / Dorset Family History Society's Online Zoom Monthly Meeting
« on: Wednesday 11 February 26 14:39 GMT (UK)  »

Tuesday 24th March 2026 7.30pm - 9.00pm (Zoom sign-in from 7.15pm)

Dorset Family History Society is hosting a Zoom Meeting with DR. NICK BARRETT talking on 'TRACING YOUR INDUSTRIAL LABOURER ANCESTORS'.

Dr Nick Barratt is an author, broadcaster and historian best known for his work on BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are. He is the Executive Director of Student Journey at Royal Holloway, University of London, a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a teaching fellow at the University of Dundee and a visiting fellow at the Open University. Nick is the President of the Hampshire Genealogical Society, and a past President of the Family History Federation.

This is a technical talk that examines the key sources that you’d use to trace industrial labourers and a variety of professions linked to coal mining, factory workers and transportation networks, and find out more about their ways of life.
 



Society Members who have consented to receive information by e-mail will find a meeting invitation link in the latest E-News, usually sent on the last Friday each month. If that has not been received, it is also available in the password protected Members’ Area on the website (www.dorsetfhs.org.uk)

Those who do not receive E-News, or who are not Society Members, are welcome to join this meeting and should email  liaison@dorsetfhs.org.uk   with a request for an invitation link. This request should reach us at least 6 hours before the meeting is due to start, and the link will be sent about 2 hours before the meeting starts. Log in is from 7.15pm.

We charge £3 per person after they have attended a meeting, payable on the Society’s shop on the website  www.dorsetfhs.org.uk


EVERYONE WELCOME TO JOIN THIS MEETING, BOTH MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS

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For Sale / Wanted / Events / Dorset Family History Society's Monthly Meeting
« on: Wednesday 11 February 26 14:32 GMT (UK)  »
Tuesday 17th March 2026  7.30 - 9.00pm (Doors open from 7pm)

Dorset Family History Society will be hosting a meeting at St George's Church Hall, Darby’s Lane, Oakdale, POOLE, Dorset, BH15 3EU with a talk by RICHARD HUTLEY entitled ‘DID HITLER DIE IN THE FUHRERBUNKER ?’.


Richard Hutley is a retired Police Inspector (Dorset Police) and very proud of the fact that he is the 4th successive generation of Police Officers in his family. He had plenty of experience in Public Speaking as a Senior officer and when he retired his services were sought after for presentations initially on Policing – the Past & Future.

Richard’s hobbies include Genealogy, History and Mysteries and his knowledge garnered over many years has meant that he has been able to create talks around favourite subjects relying on facts and evidence rather than conspiracy theories.

Adolf Hitler was Führer of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. He was reported by German media to have killed himself by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin. With no body ever found, and reported sightings into the late 1950’s in South America, is it possible he survived? The evidence suggests he did, before his demise in 1962.


Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Plenty of free parking.

Entry is £3 to include tea/coffee and biscuits available up to 7.25pm.

EVERYONE WELCOME TO ATTEND, BOTH MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS.

Please check members E-news or the website www.dorsetfhs.org.uk should there be any last minute changes.

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For Sale / Wanted / Events / Dorset Family History Society’s Online Zoom Monthly Meeting
« on: Monday 05 January 26 19:32 GMT (UK)  »
Tuesday 17th February 2026 7.30pm - 9.00pm (Zoom sign-in from 7.15pm)

Dorset Family History Society is hosting a Zoom Meeting with Steve Manning talking on DNA for Family Historians.

This talk aims to help those of us who may be confused by the scientific mumbo-jumbo surrounding DNA! To help us gain a better understanding Steve uses real-world examples to illustrate how DNA can supplement and widen your existing family history research.
 
Currently the Chairman of the Family History Federation, Steve’s interest in family history began whilst he was still a teenager. Unsurprisingly, his level of activity waxed and waned over the years as work and family needs took priority, but that early enthusiasm never dimmed. Looking back with the wisdom of years, he acknowledges much of his early research had serious shortcomings - but he has absolutely no regrets about having started out so young.



Society Members who have consented to receive information by e-mail will find a meeting invitation link in the latest E-News, usually sent on the last Friday each month. If that has not been received, it is also available in the password protected Members’ Area on the website (www.dorsetfhs.org.uk)

Those who do not receive E-News, or who are not Society Members, are welcome to join this meeting and should email  liaison@dorsetfhs.org.uk   with a request for an invitation link. This request should reach us at least 6 hours before the meeting is due to start, and the link will be sent about 2 hours before the meeting starts.

We welcome a £3.00 donation from each person after they have attended a meeting, payable on the Society’s shop on the website  www.dorsetfhs.org.uk


EVERYONE WELCOME TO JOIN THIS MEETING, BOTH MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS

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For Sale / Wanted / Events / Dorset Family History Society’s Online Zoom Monthly Meeting
« on: Monday 05 January 26 19:27 GMT (UK)  »
Tuesday 20th January 2026 7.30pm - 9.00pm (Zoom sign-in from 7.15pm)

Dorset Family History Society is hosting a Zoom Meeting with Gill Blanchard on 'Behind the Scenes for the Who Do You think You Are? TV series'. She will be talking about what goes on in the background as a researcher and will focus on her research for the appearances of Jonnie Peacock and Mary Berry episodes.

Gill is a professional genealogist, house historian, lecturer and author with 30 years experience as well as a historian and qualified adult education tutor. She is an author of several books including: ‘Tracing Your Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk Ancestors’, ‘Tracing Your House History’ and Writing Your Family History’.



Society Members who have consented to receive information by e-mail will find a meeting invitation link in the latest E-News, usually sent on the last Friday each month. If that has not been received, it is also available in the password protected Members’ Area on the website (www.dorsetfhs.org.uk)

Those who do not receive E-News, or who are not Society Members, are welcome to join this meeting and should email  liaison@dorsetfhs.org.uk   with a request for an invitation link. This request should reach us at least 6 hours before the meeting is due to start, and the link will be sent about 2 hours before the meeting starts.

We welcome a £3.00 donation from each person after they have attended a meeting, payable on the Society’s shop on the website  www.dorsetfhs.org.uk


EVERYONE WELCOME TO JOIN THIS MEETING, BOTH MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS

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For Sale / Wanted / Events / Dorset Family History Society's Online Zoom Monthly Meeting
« on: Wednesday 30 July 25 12:00 BST (UK)  »
Tuesday 25th November 2025, 7.30pm - 9.00pm (Zoom sign-in from 7.15pm)

Dorset Family History Society is hosting a Zoom Meeting with MARK LEWIS talking on 'CRIBS, CARDS & CHRISTINGLES – THE ORIGINS OF CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS'. 

With a month before Christmas this is a talk which explores how our colourful Christmas traditions and customs came into being and how they are celebrated. The presentation also includes some of the lesser-known folklore including Jesse Trees, Chrismons, Mumming Plays and Wassailing.

Mark is a freelance artist, designer-silversmith and semi-retired university lecturer who has enjoyed a wide-ranging teaching career. Until the summer of 2009, he was a Principal Lecturer in the Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media and Design at London Metropolitan University. He currently lectures part-time at the Goldsmiths’ Centre in London and is a visiting lecturer at Birmingham City University.

Society Members who have consented to receive information by e-mail will find a meeting invitation link in the latest E-News, usually sent on the last Friday each month. If that has not been received, it is also available in the password protected Members’ Area on the website (www.dorsetfhs.org.uk)

Those who do not receive E-News, or who are not Society Members, are welcome to join this meeting and should email  liaison@dorsetfhs.org.uk   with a request for an invitation link. This request should reach us at least 6 hours before the meeting is due to start, and the link will be sent about 2 hours before the meeting starts.

We welcome a £3.00 donation from each person after they have attended a meeting, payable on the Society’s shop on the website  www.dorsetfhs.org.uk

EVERYONE WELCOME TO JOIN THE MEETING, BOTH MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS.

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For Sale / Wanted / Events / Dorset Family History Society's Monthly Meeting
« on: Wednesday 30 July 25 11:49 BST (UK)  »
Tuesday 18th November 2025, 7.30-9.00pm (Doors open from 7pm)

The AGM followed by a Talk.

Dorset Family History Society is pleased to welcome MALCOLM ANGEL to their Monthly Meeting at St George's Church Hall, Darby's Lane, Oakdale POOLE, BH15 3EU to give a talk on the 'FACTS, MYTHS & LEGENDS OF WIMBORNE'S MYSTERIOUS PAST'.  

Following on from the AGM this will be an amusing talk on Wimborne’s fascinating, quirky and surprisingly influential role in far more than just our own national history.

Mighty Kings, warrior emperors, miracles, a very unusual Pope, a spot of naughty dancing and the founding of the new World have all been shaped by the hand of Wimborne…. not even Wimborne’s name is what we think it is…. It sounds fascinating!

Malcolm, who runs the Wimborne Literary Festival and Gullivers Bookshop on the High Street, was born in Twickenham and moved to Hamworthy at the age of 11. There, he would meet and marry his wife, with whom he’d have two children.

After working in advertising, he moved to Wimborne and was elected mayor in 1988. He used this position to lead a campaign in support of reopening the Tivoli Theatre, lobbying parliament and bringing together the community. They were successful, and Malcolm went on to manage the venue.

Malcolm is well known for his knowledge and love of Wimborne which leads to some fascinating talks and guided walks around the town.

Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Plenty of free parking.

£3 to include tea/coffee and biscuits.

EVERYONE WELCOME, both Members & Non-members. Only Members will be able to vote at the AGM.

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