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Tracing your House History
At the end of a July day of record-breaking temperatures in the county, we were delighted to welcome back Gill Blanchard. She opened her comprehensive presentation with a personal view that research...
19 Jul, 2022
Louisa Garrett Anderson's Endell St Hosp...
When World War One began in 1914, women doctors came forward with offers of help and were soon told by the British military to “go home and sit still”. Louisa Garrett Anderson (of Aldeburgh) a...
28 Jun, 2022
Our Help Centre reopens on Saturday!
At last, our Family History Help Centre / Archive is re-opening — this coming Saturday! This is in the Leiston Council Chamber, IP16 4ER. It will be open for drop-in advice and personal research...
27 Jun, 2022
Benhall & Sternfield Jubilee 1887-2002
Benhall & Sternfield History Group are holding a "Jubilee Exhibition 1887-2002" at the Benhall Club, School Lane, Benhall Green, IP17 1HE from Wednesday 1st June to Monday 6th. You can see fu...
30 May, 2022
The Women's Land Army in Suffolk, with N...
After a couple of years holding meetings only on Zoom, we enjoyed our first in-person talk on 16th May, when members and visitors gathered at Leiston Community Centre to hear Nicky Reynolds give a fas...
19 May, 2022
Genealogy brickwalls: finding a great-gr...
DNA: Solving genealogy brickwalls — On Monday 21st March, we were entertained via Zoom by Mia Bennett and her talk “DNA – Solving Genealogy Brickwalls”. Using the example of her search fo...
31 Mar, 2022
The 1921 Census is here
Today, we had an impressive demonstration of Find My Past's 1921 Census offerings, presented by their Content Licensing Manager, Paul Nixon, whose special interest is in military history and his own a...
21 Feb, 2022
C'wealth War Graves Commission
As WWI was ending, with an estimated loss of one million fallen, there was no system in place to deal with the war dead. In 1917, the Imperial War Graves Commission was established and then, after t...
09 Feb, 2022