Family & Social History
| When | Monthly | Third Tuesday in the month 10.00 a.m. |
| Where | Soper Hall | Harestone Valley Road, Caterham CR3 6HY |
| Cost | £5 per meeting | |
| Refreshments | available at each meeting |
Next meeting scheduled for 16th April 2024.
The Soper Hall has good facilities for the group, including kitchen, toilets, and wi-fi access to the internet as well as full disabled access and toilet. Free parking for up to 3 hours is available in the public car park above Morrison's supermarket. Tea and coffee is provided free of charge.
The level of experience in tracing family trees varies across the group from those who have spent many years on the challenge, both on-line and in the archives, to complete beginners who are keen to know where and how to start. This means that rather than the Group Co-ordinators acting as tutors, the group functions more as a collective exercise in sharing knowledge and experience, where everyone may have something to offer and something to learn.
Meetings generally comprise a short talk from one of the members, followed by problem-solving sessions where the members will split into smaller groups guided by one of the more experienced members. There are occasional guest speakers as well as webinars relating to different aspects of genealogy. Family History has been transformed by technology, and the digitization of so many records which are now on-line form a bewildering array of sources.
The following are some of the topics covered by guest speakers in recent times:
Late Victorian London;
Online resources for professions & occupations;
Victorian Pharmacy - kill or cure;
Irish family history resources on the internet;
Newspapers for family history;
Census records from 1841 to 1911
The National Archives Kew has a wealth of further information.
Those interested in finding out more about their family & social history should contact Dave, Laurel or Anne
We look forward to welcoming you to our Family & Social History Group. All activities have an element of risk, in joining them you accept that you are responsible for your own safety at all times.