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What's in a Name?
Denise Bates, who spoke to us over Zoom from Manchester, became interested in the use of non-standard names after discovering several examples whilst researching her own family tree. They aren't unusu...
19 Dec, 2021
Remember Then ...
Remember Then ...
On Monday, 15th November, Dr Janet Few, the new Chair of the Family History Federation, spoke to us on the subject of recalling life in Britain during the pivotal ...
30 Nov, 2021
Posted in the Past: Stories on postcards...
Our speaker on 18th October was Helen Baggott, of the Family History Federation, over Zoom, about her investigations into the family backgrounds of senders and recipients of postcards in her private...
03 Nov, 2021
Martlesham: Royal Flying Corps to Jets
In September, members and visitors alike enjoyed a very informative and well-illustrated talk by Alan Powell (of its Aviation Society) on the history of the former airfield at Martlesham Heath. ...
01 Nov, 2021
Celebrating Suffolk Women by Sarah Doig
On what was optimistically coined as ‘Freedom Day’, our July meeting was treated to an inspiring talk by Sarah Doig, entitled ‘Celebrating Suffolk Women’. As well as being a popular speaker,...
30 Jul, 2021
Kelsale Graveyard Survey plans
You may have heard our committee member John Martin talking to Lesley Dolphin on BBC Radio Suffolk last Wednesday about our planned survey of the tombstones in Kelsale churchyard (or have read about t...
21 Jul, 2021
Suffolk Archives: The Hold to fully open...
POSTED ON 12th JULY 2021 — The Ipswich branch of Suffolk Archives will open at The Hold from the beginning of September 2021. This will include the John Blatchly Local Studies Library and the invi...
12 Jul, 2021
Links for Newsletter 53
Dear digital Newsletter readers, The links below will address most of the remaining issues that Maggie mentions in her covering email of 27th June — far fewer than in Newsletter 52. Also...
04 Jul, 2021