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 .
The Family History Show
The Family History Show, Online next event is in September so that once more you can enjoy all the features of a physical family history show, but from the comfort and safety of your own home.
The Family History Show, Online, organised by Discover Your Ancestors magazine, is gearing up for its return on Saturday 25th Sept. 2021.
You'll have the opportunity to put your research questions to an expert, watch free talks and to speak to over 100 family history societies, archives and genealogical suppliers by text, audio, video chat or email from the comfort of your own home.
You will also be able to submit your questions to our Ask the Experts panel before the show. You'll have the choice of either booking a free 1-to-1 session or to submit your question to the whole panel, who will be streaming their answers on the day at 15:30.
Happy Researching,
Early Bird Tickets - Only £6
Buy your tickets in advance and save - tickets to attend The Family History Show Online are available from the website at just £6.00 each.
Local Population Studies Society, Free Conference, The British Diaspora
Due to the ongoing pandemic the Local Population Studies Society (LPSS) has again decided to hold its Autumn conference online. This conference takes the theme of ‘The British Diaspora’ and has papers which examine the impact of British migration; it is a topic which may be of particular interest to family and local historians.
Full details of the programme are attached and available via our website http://www.localpopulationstudies.org.uk/conference/ where you can also find out more about the society.
If you think these presentations would be of interest to the members of your local or family history society please feel free to circulate the attached details via your newsletter, journal or website.
The conference will be held on ZOOM on Saturday 9 October 2021. Attendance is free, but delegates must register in advance by completing and returning the registration form.
Kind regards
Dr Karen Rothery
LPSS Conference Co-ordinator
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Oxfordshire FHS Fair 2 October 2021
Attendance is free and the fair will be run using Zoom.
The ZoomFair will run over 2 sessions,
morning (10am to Noon BST) and afternoon (2pm to 4pm BST)
and as an attendee you can register for either session or both.
If you do wish to attend both please register twice, once for each session.
You will receive registration confirmation by email.
Come and visit East Surrey's virtual stall. Maybe we can help you with your brick wall, advice on where else to look or perhaps you would just like a chat. Use the link below to register.
https://www.ofhs.uk/news/ofhs-fair-2-october-2021
Monday October 11 at 10am
Using Evernote to Organise your Genealogical Researchting
Phil Isherwood
Phil will talk about the simplicity of organising one's research documents, photographs, files and all other ephemera into a single searchable database, thereby eliminating the need for bulky paper records. If you are thinking of down-sizing, this is the talk for you! It will also introduce you to a robust research system.
Register in advance for this meeting:
Virtual Meeting LinkHow 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
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