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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

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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.

May 2023 – Norfolk Suffragettes & Suffragists – by Debbie Bradley

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to

NORFOLK SUFFRAGETTES &
& SUFFRAGISTS

Records and Stories of Women

Presented by Debbie Bradley

Wednesday 17th May
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; 21st June 2023;
“Tales from the Workhouse” – by Helen Bainbridge.

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.