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The First World War And The Community

Every community was affected by the war. The thousands of war memorials all around the country, including many in workplaces and schools, are evidence of this. Drawing on a wide variety of documents, in record offices, libraries and online, Audrey Collins shows us how we can discover the ways in which a particular community was affected.

Tuesday 10th April 2018, 7.45pm
Community Centre, Wakeman Road, Bourne End, SL8 5SX

Buckinghamshire Family History Society welcomes non-members to its meetings; entry is £4.
http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/

Researching a Place - The people, research and sources involved
Tony Sargeant will discuss what has became the official story of Aldin House involving Angela Burdett Coutts, and the lack of evidence. Tony will discuss the history of the house, and its use as St Michael's School, a Jesuit College and a Convent School, along with the process of research required to discover the facts, and how chance played a part in putting together a story from many sources and a study of the buildings. The illustrated talk will draw in many of the people like Charles Aldin and John Morecraft of Winslow, and their reasons for being involved.

Saturday 17th March 2018, 2pm
Turnfurlong Junior School, Turnfurlong Lane, Aylesbury HP21 7PL

Buckinghamshire Family History Society welcomes non-members to its meetings; entry is £4.
Free help is available at most Aylesbury meetings, where our databases and libraries are usually available for consultation. Come along to see how the Society can help you.

Our annual Open Day takes place on Saturday 28th July 2018 at The Grange School, Wendover Way, Aylesbury HP21 7NH. See our website for details. http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/

Buckinghamshire FHS Open Day 2018

The Society’s Open Day is Buckinghamshire's major family history event. It’s the day when numerous research opportunities will be available in one place, including the Society's Buckinghamshire names database, containing well over five million surname entries taken from parish registers, wills, census returns and many other documents. The database is fully searchable – come along and let us help you track down that elusive ancestor.

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.

It's also your opportunity to talk to guest family history societies from around the country. Alongside them will be a mix of archives, museums, local history groups and the customary range of suppliers of maps, books, software, archival materials and other services.

A free introductory talk will be given, aimed at those new to family history.

Entry is free; tea, coffee and snacks will be available, also mobile catering offering burgers, hot dogs.etc.

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, up to three journeys each hour). From Aylesbury bus station take Arriva service 50 towards Wendover, alighting on Wendover Road opposite Chaucer Drive, about eight minutes walk from the venue.

We look forward to seeing you between 10am and 4pm on Saturday 28th July, at The Grange School, Wendover Way, Aylesbury HP21 7NH

http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/

The Life And Times Of The Gamekeeper

'Some of my ancestors were gamekeepers, including my dad' explains speaker Marion Swindells. 'Gamekeepers have been one of the rural occupations for some time. This talk will cover the life and times of the country gamekeeper from the eighteenth century to the 1980s, the latter half gained from the personal experiences of my dad, Fred Kellow, a gamekeeper in Wiltshire and Hampshire.'

Wednesday 7th February 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.

A bit of a long shot, but wondering whether anyone on the forum has an interest in, or information about the artist and photographer William Vernon MYERS, born Bradford 1880 to Joseph and Elizabeth MYERS?

There is no family connection, but I have one of his paintings, and have been trying to discover a bit more about him. The back of the painting has been annotated 'Lived at Higher Blackley, Manchester. Exhibited 1910-1926 at Walker Gallery, Liverpool, and Manchester City Art Gallery.' My attempts to follow up these statements (online only, so far) show that any move to Higher Blackley would have been after the 1911 census.

Thanks very much.

GRAHAM