For the past almost five decades 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.
The area covered includes the ancient parishes along the Thames, from Rotherhithe to Thames Ditton and then southwards to include Chessington, Leatherhead, Fetcham, Mickleham, Betchworth, Leigh and Newdigate and all parishes eastwards. If you live in, or have ancestors in any of these parishes you would be most welcome to join us.
The Society has its own research centre based at Lingfield, where it offers a drop-in help service, although inquiries online are welcome. Most months there is also a live meeting held here. More informal meetings are held at the National Archives on a Saturday afternoon and there is at least one talk a month hosted on Zoom.
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.
Our quarterly journal includes a variety of contributions and we have started to hold an annual competition for journal articles.
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Lies, Damn Lies and Family Trees
October: Tuesday 8 8.00
Hilary Blanford
You may wish to have pencil and paper to hand for this talk!
How many times have you looked at some of those online trees and asked yourself if this is really correct - or have you been fooled? Join us to spot some of the clues and finding aids that can help you to sort out those happy families.
Register in advance for these meetings:
Click here for registration 8 October 8pm{BST}
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting
A Tea and Talk with Julian Pooley and Jane Lewis
Surrey History Centre holds over a million manuscripts, maps, engravings and drawings recording Surrey's history from the middle ages to the digital age. This talk describes the work we do in locating, preserving and making this wonderful range of information accessible to anyone interested in the history of our county. After the talk there will be an opportunity to see a display of some of our most iconic archives in our search room.
Places limited to 30.
Location: Surrey History Centre, Woking
Cost: £6 Book at
https://customer.surreycc.gov.uk/article/1962?eventid=3037-1520-4999-8389&bookingformid=602
Southwark:
Monday October 14
Lisa Soverall
Jones and Higgins Department store
Rearranged from April because of the rail strikes. Lisa will also be setting out some of the Jones and Higgins records for us to view after her talk.
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