The talk/AGM on 17 April is being rearranged at different times. Further details to follow.
Welcome to the East Surrey FHS
For the past forty four years the East Surrey Family History Society has been helping members trace their family history whether they have family connections to the East Surrey area or enjoy attending events connected with family, social or local history.
If you are new to family history then we can help put you on the path to good research. Not all records are available on the internet and some of those are very confusing. If you are more experienced then we can reinforce your knowledge with additional information or techniques.
Joining a family history society means that you can meet like-minded people with the same enthusiasm for this fascinating subject who are ready to pass on tips and hints from their own research.
If you wish to login into the website, click here. The "Username" is your registered email address, and if you have not got a password click on "Forgot Your Password" and you will receive an email enabling you to set/reset your password. You may have to look in your spam folder for this email.
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Several family history societies are, like East Surrey, running meetings online while the pandemic is preventing physical gatherings. Some are open to non-members and those societies are happy for members of our Society to attend. One case in point is the West Middlesex Family History Society, that borders our area to the north, and the link to information about joining their meetings is http://www.west-middlesex-fhs.org.uk/content/meetings.aspx .
Monday May 10 at 10am
Online Resources Available from the Society of Genealogists
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Come and learn about the fabulous treasures and records held by the Society of Genealogists. Discover what is available for the public and what extra is available for members.
Ideas for researching Non-Conformist ancestors with Jackie Depelle
The meeting will open at 09.45 am so please arrive early to
Jackie is an enthusiastic full-time family history tutor and lecturer working for several adult education providers and the history and research of non-conformists is one of her specialist areas.You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
Virtual Meeting Link
How to build a private and unsearchable research tree.
You may have heard people say they used a 'quick and dirty' Private family tree to find some ancestors to do some reasearch on. When I heard that I wasn't sure what they had done and it sounded an unusual thing for a careful genealogist to do. The issue was also clouded because you can't see anyone else's Ancestry Private Trees, because they are Private!
In the attached document I have provided a step by step guide on how to set up a Private Tree in Ancestry. I chose Ancestry because of its large underlying database (18 million records) but you could use a similar approach for the other Research sites that include a tree building facility that you can keep Private. Please do keep it Private or you may upset people whose help you will need in the future!
Happy Hunting! '
Anne Ramon
