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November 2023 – FamilySearch Free Website – by Steve Manning
MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
INVITE YOU TO AN OPEN MEETING ENTITLED
FamilySearch Free Website
and the Resources it Holds
by
Steve Manning
Wednesday 15th November
7.30 pm
On-line via Zoom
For the Zoom link, please e-mail;
secretary@mnfhs.org
START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!
Visit hwww.mnfhs.org/program/
or simply search “Mid Norfolk FHS” for more information.
October 2023 – A Shop Through Time – by Sara Flatt
MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to
Waterloo House; Dereham:
“A Shop Through Time”
by Sara Flatt
Wednesday 18th October
7.30 pm
Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP
START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!
ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – Tea or Coffee included
Please join us – you will be made very welcome
Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.
Next meeting; 15th November 2023;
TBA
September 2023 – AGM & ‘East London Records & My Norfolk Connections’ – Melissa Ford
MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
AGM
followed by a presentation
EAST LONDON RECORDS &
MY NORFOLK CONECTIONS
by
Melisssa Ford
Wednesday 20th September
7.30 pm
Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP
.
START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!
ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – TEA or COFFEE INCLUDED
Please join us – you will be made very welcome
Visit www.mnfhs.org/program/
www.facebook.com/MidNorfolkFHS
or simply search “Mid Norfolk FHS” for more information.
Next meeting: Wed. 18th October; A shop through time – by Sara Flatt.
Heritage Open Days 2023

Mid Norfolk FHS is holding two sessions as part of the 2023 Heritage Open Days (8-17th September), to help you research your family history both in Mid Norfolk and beyond; free to drop in for tips and advice from our members, and explore the local records that we have collected and published about Mid Norfolk family history.

We’ll be in Church House, Church Street, Dereham, NR19 1DN, on
- Saturday, 9th September: 10:00-16:00
- Saturday, 16th September: 10:00-16:00
See our Heritage Open Days listing, [here].
Mid Norfolk FHS is one of 9 local organisations in the Dereham locality, who as part of the aboutDereham Partnership are holding events for the Heritage Open Days. The Partnership has published a program of the events local to Dereham, [here].
August 2023 – Evening History Walk Around Central Dereham
MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to
An Evening History Walk
Around Central Dereham
with Ken Hawkins & Beanie Brown
Wednesday 16th August
7.30 pm
Gather by Hill House NR19 2AP,
(opposite Cherry Tree Pub)
Park in Cherry Tree Car Park
START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!
ENTRANCE £3 to non-members
Please join us – you will be made very welcome
Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.
Next meeting; 20th Septembert 2023;
AGM, followed by Melissa Ford introducing East London Records and her links with Norfolk
July 2023 – ‘Filmed In Time’ by Michael Burton
MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to
‘Filmed In Time’
by Michael Burton
Colour cine film of
1980s Dereham
introduced by Brent Scholes
Wednesday 19th July
7.30 pm
Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP
START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!
ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – Tea or Coffee included
Please join us – you will be made very welcome
Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.
Next meeting; 16th August 2023;
Guided history walk around central Dereham with Ken Hawkins & Beanie Brown
June 2023 – Tales from the Workhouse – by Helen Bainbridge
MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to
TALES FROM THE
WORKHOUSE
Presented by Helen Bainbridge
of Gressenhall Museum
Wednesday 21st June
7.30 pm
Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP
START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!
ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – Tea or Coffee included
Please join us – you will be made very welcome
Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.
Next meeting; 19th July 2023;
Films of Michael Burton – ‘Filmed in Time’ (1980s Dereham) – by Brent Scholes.
April 2023 – Apprentices & Apprenticeship Records – by Steve Manning
MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to
APPRENTICES &
APPRENTICESHIP RECORDS;
Introducing Thomas Stokes, plumber, painter and glazier
Presented by Steve Manning
Wednesday 19th April
7.30 pm
Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP
START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!
ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – Tea or Coffee included
Please join us – you will be made very welcome
Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.
Next meeting; 17th May 2023;
“Tales from the Workhouse” – by Helen Bainbridge.
March 2023 – Using Photographs in Family History – by Glynn Burrows
MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to
USING PHOTOGRAPHS
IN FAMILY HISTORY
Presented by Glynn Burrows
Wednesday 15th March
7.30 pm
Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP
START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!
ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – Tea or Coffee included
Please join us – you will be made very welcome
Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.
Next meeting; 19th April 2023;
“An Introduction to Apprentices” – by Steve Manning.