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Shropshire / Margaret and Annie Jones, Hencote Dairy, Ellesmere Road, Shrewsbury
« on: Thursday 24 June 21 21:21 BST (UK)  »
I appreciate this is a very long shot, but I wondered whether anyone on the forum is researching or connected with the Jones family, who ran Hencote Dairy in the first half of the 20th century, please?

My mother, now 90, visited and stayed with the Jones sisters several times around 1949. Is there anyone who has a photograph of the sisters they'd be willing to share, please?

Thank you.

Graham

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Buckinghamshire Family History Society looks forward to helping family historians from near and far this coming Saturday 27th July, when it takes over The Grange School, Wendover Way, Aylesbury HP21 7NH between 10 and 4 to hold what has become firmly established as the county's major family history event.

This year's Open Day will offer four short talks by exhibitors at the show. Talks are free, on a first-come basis: at 11 the Society's Dave Foster will give an introductory talk aimed at those who are new to family history; at 12 it will be the turn of Chris and Judy Rouse of Wyvern Railway Ancestors who can offer help researching navvies to engine drivers. At 1.30 East London expert and family historian Diane Gardner will describe what can still be seen there, and why your research might benefit from one of her East London Family History Walks. Finally at 2.30 military expert Graham Bandy will describe how those military photographs can be identified and dated through details in uniform and dress.

If you've hit one of those genealogical brick walls, then expert advice will be on hand from the Centre For Buckinghamshire Studies, local and family history societies from as near or far as Grendon Underwood and Manchester. If your ancestors lived or worked in, India, fought in the first world war, were Romanies, your name is Smith or you want to get your research printed, there are exhibitors waiting to help you.

A wide range of suppliers of software, archival materials, postcards, maps and books will be waiting to cater for your needs, along with the Society's own bookstall which will carry parish register transcripts and other research aids, and a research area offering lookups from a  database of over five million Buckinghamshire names. If you have an elusive ancestor, we may be able to help.

Free entry, free parking. We look forward to welcoming you.

https://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/

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For Sale / Wanted / Events / Buckinghamshire FHS Will Be At Family Tree Live
« on: Wednesday 03 April 19 15:52 BST (UK)  »
Buckinghamshire Family History Society will be exhibiting at Family Tree Live, Alexandra Palace, 26th and 27th April - do drop by to talk to us. Our Buckinghamshire names database will be available, fully searchable and containing over five million surname entries, if you have an elusive Bucks ancestor, we may be able to help. We look forward to meeting you.

https://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/
https://www.family-tree.co.uk/



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For Sale / Wanted / Events / Buckinghamshire Family History Society Open Day 2019
« on: Sunday 03 February 19 14:28 GMT (UK)  »
Buckinghamshire Family History Society Open Day 2019

Join us for the Society’s Open Day, Buckinghamshire's major family history event. Our Buckinghamshire names database is always a major attraction, containing well over five million surname entries taken from the county's parish registers, wills, census returns and many lesser-known documents. The database is fully searchable – if there's an ancestor you can't find, come along and let us help you track him or her down (there will be a small charge for searches).

Our parish register transcripts and other publications will be on sale, and there will be lots of help and advice available from friendly, experienced family historians, with an introductory talk given for those new to family history.

Local history was again prominent at last year's Open Day, with museums and local history groups exhibiting alongside family history societies from around the country, archives and the customary range of suppliers of maps, books, software, archival materials and other services. We intend to continue this trend in 2019.

Entry is free. In additon to tea, coffee and light snacks, hot food such as burgers and hot dogs will be available from a mobile caterer. Come and make a day of it.

Free parking is available at the venue. If you’re not driving, Chiltern Railways operate services from London Marylebone and elsewhere to Aylesbury, or Thame and Haddenham Parkway (change to Arriva Bus 280 for Aylesbury, two to three journeys each hour). Aylesbury's town buses serve either Walton Gyratory, or The Plough, Tring Road.

We look forward to seeing you between 10am and 4pm on Saturday 27th July 2019, at The Grange School, Wendover Way, Aylesbury HP21 7NH

From about Easter we'll start to update the website to list all the organizations attending. Come back to check out it out regularly.
www.bucksfhs.org.uk





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The Black Death In Buckinghamshire

Up to sixty per cent of the country's population died as a result of the pneumonic plague pandemic which reached our shores in the summer of 1348. Entire settlements disappeared, changing both the landscape and the social structure for ever. Julian Hunt looks at how the Black Death, as it became known, affected our county.

Saturday 17th November 2018, 2pm

Turnfurlong Junior School, Turnfurlong Lane, Aylesbury HP21 7PL

Buckinghamshire Family History Society welcomes non-members to its meetings; entry is £4.

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Fraud, Forgery, Feuding

By popular demand, Gwyneth Wilkie will be repeating her talk focusing on the difficulties experienced before the introduction of civil registration in proving age, identity, lineage and entitlement - and the opportunities which arose for false claims to be made. Gwyneth will also demonstrate how an understanding of the way data was recorded, transmitted and indexed can help resolve problems with the GRO indexes.

Tuesday 13th November 2018, 7.45pm
Community Centre, Wakeman Road, Bourne End, SL8 5SX

Buckinghamshire Family History Society welcomes non-members to its meetings; entry is £4.

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A Very Important Pantomime

The Imperial War Museum was established in 1917, and the library has always been an integral part of it. In this talk Sarah Paterson provides a historical survey and highlights some key resources for family historians.

Tuesday 9th October 2018, 7.45pm
Community Centre, Wakeman Road, Bourne End, SL8 5SX

Buckinghamshire Family History Society welcomes non-members to its meetings; entry is £4.

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All Roads Lead To Smithfield

Many of our ancestors were cattle dealers or the like, and may have spent many a day along the established drovers routes from Scotland or Wales to London. Those that did would have travelled with their families or met their spouses en-route. Ian Waller explains the basis of migration and travel within the country and may just provide you with clues relating to your ancestors origin and movement.

Wednesday 3rd October 2018, 7.30pm

Methodist Church Hall, Queensway, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK2 2HB

Buckinghamshire Family History Society welcomes non-members to its meetings; entry is £4.

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The Procedures And Language Of Probate

Dr Colin Chapman will unravel some of the complex language used in wills, testaments, inventories and associated documentation in Britain in the past. He'll describe how probate and related procedures were organised and administered in a variety of courts by both religious and secular authorities. Examples will be given of records generated, their present whereabouts and their value in family history research.

Saturday 15th September 2018, 2pm

Turnfurlong Junior School, Turnfurlong Lane, Aylesbury HP21 7PL

Buckinghamshire Family History Society welcomes non-members to its meetings; entry is £4.

Do you have an elusive ancestor? Our Buckinghamshire Names Database (over five million surname entries) is available for consultation at most of our Aylesbury meetings. Come along to see how the Society can help you.

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