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18th October: Posted in the Past
A soldier killed in the First World War, the man who helped keep the doors to Great Ormond Street Hospital open for more than 30 years, and a 10-year-old servant working for a laundress in 19th-centur...
26 Jun, 2021
May talk: Parish Registers
Our May Zoom-based meeting was treated to an absorbing and highly informative talk by professional genealogist, Les Mitchinson, Dip.Gen. He took us on a journey spanning nearly 300 years, from the i...
23 May, 2021
Chris's "Passion for the Past"
Chairman Chris Broom believes that the use of Zoom software to host talks during the last six months has proved a revelation. Online events have enabled the Group to attract a broader range of speak...
01 May, 2021
Lowestoft Record Office archives move
UPDATED ON 28th APRIL 2021 — Heritage campaigners took to the streets to mark the "sad, disappointing" end of an era, as historic archives were controversially moved … to the £20m The Hold in Ips...
28 Apr, 2021
DNA for Beginners
Our April ‘Zoom-hosted’ meeting welcomed Debbie Kennett as guest speaker. An internationally recognised expert on genetic genealogy, she is an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Ge...
25 Apr, 2021
A Wartime Mystery Revealed
My mother Sanchia (Sandy) Maud Neal was born on 21 December 1928 to parents Joseph & Maud in West Ham, East London. The eldest of five children, Sandy did not always fit comfortably alongside he...
18 Apr, 2021
Links for Newsletter 52
Dear digital Newsletter readers, We're frustrated over issues with linking Newsletter features to the websites that we refer to within them. Without wanting to bore you with geek-speak, a ...
11 Apr, 2021
"Shake, Rattle and Roll" at Thorpe Ness
Continuing with our monthly programme of Zoom-hosted talks, we were delighted to welcome Nigel Turner to our latest meeting. A native of Leiston, who served an apprenticeship at Garrett’s, Nigel w...
20 Mar, 2021