U3A Family History Topics 2015-2024
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2024
01/24 Apprentices. Distribution of husbandmen in early census records
02/24 Things that have been puzzling me
03/24 Dating problems with birth and baptism records. Calendar changes
04/24 Skeletons in the cupboard
2023
01/23 Surprise findings in your family history
02/23 Surnames; One Name Studies
03/23 Meeting cancelled
04/23 Update on sources for military service
05/23 Family movements within the UK
06/23 Evacuees and refugees
07/23 Women's roles in WW2
08/23 Huguenots
09/23 Brick Walls
10/23 Professions and Trades
11/23 Why I started my family history
12/23 Famous people with my surname. Quiz
2022
01/22 Photographs (ZOOM)
02/22 Immigrants in the family (ZOOM)
03/22 Software and charting
04/22 Sailors and the sea
05/22 Church of England and Non-Conformist clergy
06/22 Photographs of early relatives
07/22 Parish records and early sources
08/22 Meeting cancelled
09/22 Romanies, gypsies, watermen and other travellers
10/22 Local newspapers
11/22 Workhouse residents
12/22 Catholic clergy and quiz
2021
04/21 Miscellaneous (ZOOM)
06/21 Falsehoods (ZOOM)
07/21 Miscellaneous (ZOOM)
08/21 Publicans and public houses
09/21 Nurses and nursing
10/21 Emigrants in my family
11/21 Industrial accidents
12/21 WW2 memorabilia and quiz
2020
01/20 Street names
02/20 Family connections with Suffolk
03/20 Mail in wartime
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12/20 Family flight from Odessa (ZOOM)
2019
01/19 Graves, graveyards and monuments
02/19 No meeting?
03/19 Adoption
04/19 No meeting?
05/19 Newspapers
06/19 Members studies
07/19 FH software demo
08/19 Red Herrings
09/19 Old family photographs
10/19 Electoral rolls
11/19 Edward Lloyd
12/19 Photo queries; quiz
2018
01/18 Why I started Family History; Oral Family History
02/18 Jewish ancestry
03/18 Transport: emigration; transportation; removal orders
04/18 Brick walls – figurative and literal
05/18 Booklets relevant to family history
06/18 Reporting on discoveries made at Kew during recent visit. Parish records
07/18 Workhouses
08/18 Professions and trades
09/18 Rural poor
10/18 The family in wartime
11/18 Wills
12/18 DNA, Christmas quiz and goodies
2017
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01/17 Family objects
02/17 Family stories
03/17 Displaying family trees
04/17 Handwriting, abbreviations and simple Latin
05/17 Future developments in family history
06/17 Maps
07/17 Parish records
08/17 Censuses; 1939 Register
09/17 Family stories
10/17 Peabody Trust
11/17 War records
12/17 John Gage on his research; Quiz.
2016
01/16 Family objects
02/16 Servants
03/16 Christian names
04/16 Movement – from one part of the country to another
05/16 Crime and Punishment
06/16 Introduction to DNA tests
07/16 Workhouses. Sharing interests.
08/16 Trades and crafts
09/16 Lowestoft Record Office visit
10/16 Marriage
11/16 Online resources
12/16 Heraldry Quiz
2015
04/15 Nonconformist records. Wills
05/15 Books and booklets on family history
06/15 Online resources
07/15 St Michael’s church visit
08/15 Photographs, including dating them
09/15 Uniformed services
10/15 Porter family of Somerleyton
11/15 Surnames
12/15 Quiz
