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    17 March 2025 Life in the Wrens Manette Baillie 16 December 2024. An ancestral Christmas. 17th February: HENRY ADAMS CUPPER - A SUFFOLK PIONEER – Geoffrey Robinson 21 October 2024 Researching Criminal Children 16th September : Where are the Fellows who cut the hay? 15 July: Members’ Stories IV 5th Oct: Open Day 2024 20th Apr: FHF Really Useful Show/St.Ives 18th Mar: Reading the Original: deciphering old documents AGM, Monday 15th April 19th Feb: Family History from Education Records The 1939 Register
The Thorpeness Wreck: a further update

The Thorpeness Wreck: a further update

UPDATE ON THURSDAY, 11th MARCH AT 23:59 — The late edition of Look East can be seen until 10:45pm Friday (starting at counter 08:00) — https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000t351/look-east-late...
11 Mar, 2021
NicholasMellor 4DHeritage

"Who do you think you are?" by Dr Nick B...

Our February Zoom-based meeting was treated to an enthralling, ‘slide-free’ talk by Dr Nick Barratt.  Nick, an author, researcher and world-leading genealogist, is known to many for being the cre...
17 Feb, 2021
Chris Broom
Hidden in Plain Site

Hidden in Plain Site

Continuing with our monthly programme of Zoom-hosted talks on a range of family-history related subjects, we were delighted to welcome Mia BENNETT to address our first meeting of the New Year.  She h...
23 Jan, 2021
Chris Broom
A Suffolk Bevin Boy

A Suffolk Bevin Boy

Marking the final event of what has proved a challenging year for all, we were delighted to welcome Barbara McElroy to give her most entertaining talk about the experiences of her father as a ‘Suffo...
16 Dec, 2020
Chris Broom
Dr Penny Walters: Dissecting UK censuses

Dr Penny Walters: Dissecting UK censuses...

Continuing with our programme of Zoom-based member events, we welcomed Dr Penny Walters to our November meeting.  Penny is a much-respected writer and public speaker, particularly on genetic DNA, ado...
23 Nov, 2020
Chris Broom
October talk: Alde & Ore Estuary

October talk: Alde & Ore Estuary

Continuing with its programme of ‘virtual’ meetings, we were delighted to host a talk from Alison Andrews, entitled ‘The Alde and Ore Estuary – Past Present and Future’.  A long-standing re...
25 Oct, 2020
Chris Broom
AGM 2020 and our Autumn plans

AGM 2020 and our Autumn plans

UPDATE ON THURSDAY, 1st OCTOBER     Our AGM took place over Zoom as scheduled, on Monday 21st September.  A brief report, reproduced here, also appears on the front page of October's Newsletter 50...
01 Oct, 2020
The Committee
An online view of some off-colour humour!

An online view of some off-colour humour...

Our very own Chris Broom presented our first online talk on "Humour in Genealogy" — in the nature of an experiment in these unusual times.  Chris took us through some remarkable records of baptisms...
25 Jul, 2020
Steve Stocks
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