Meeting Reports

Linda Brighton organised the Society’s June meeting which was held at the Church dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, Fleet near Holbeach Lincs & not to

This was the title of the talk given to the members at the May meeting by Brian Jones, as he took us through the many

DNA = Deoxyribonucleic acid – Is a nucleic acid containing the genetic instructions used in the development & functioning of all know living organisms. The

Maureen Nicholls described her talk as “A Few Ideas on How to Illustrate Your Family History”, even if there was very little photographic evidence to

The speaker for the evening was John Steel, and his subject was “Welsh Miners in Russia”. John had been trying to trace his grandfather for

The speaker for the January meeting was Catherine Bettinson, talking about her search for a Hero from Korea, who was linked to her family. The

The Speaker this month was David Edwards, and his chosen topic was ‘Lunatic Asylums’, based on the County Pauper Lunatic Asylum for Cambridgeshire, opened in

A.G.M. notes are available here in .pdf format. AGM Minutes Secretary’s Report The speaker for the evening was our own President, Wim Zwalf, and the

Tom Doig gave his usual informative and amusing talk on the chosen topic of “Births and Baptisms in the 1800’s” with particular reference to the

The Fenland Family History Society’s June meeting took the form of a Garden Party as part of our 10th Anniversary Celebrations. The event was held

The speaker this month was Peter Wadlow, who has been the Church Warden at Walsoken Church for the past 30 years, as well as being

At the beginning of our April meeting Mike Petty picked up a book – The Victoria County History of Cambridge & asked a large audience