2025-6 Virtual Talks

My Ancestor was an Immigrant

Tuesday December 9

 08:00 pm 

Sue Gibbons Were your ancestors pork butchers or sugar confectioners from Germany or maybe jacquard weavers from the low countries? Were they seeking relief from religious persecution? Perhaps they just passed through on the way to North America? Join us to discover the many and varied records that may help you to discover more about your family. Maybe this talk will enable you to place some of those inexplicable DNA matches.

Tracing your Police Ancestors

Monday January 12

 10.00 am 

Tom Andrews Tom was a serving police officer before moving to the University of Derby to train police officers and research the history of the police. Join us to learn what resources might be available to you.

The Real Oliver Twist

Tuesday February 10

8.00 pm

Amanda Thomas The Story of Charles Dickens and the Infant Pauper Asylum at Tooting. A horror story of child care. Dickens' exposé reveals all. 

Fallen Women or Vulnerable Girls?

Monday March 9

10.00 am

Janet Few Janet carefully researched talks are well laced with facts and humour. Can you spot these women in your family's history?