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A Member of the FFHS
May 2024 – History of the RSPCA – by Leanne Neave
MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to a talk about;
History of the RSPCA
by Leanne Neave
n.b. this is a change of topic to our previously published information.
Wednesday 15th 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.
April 2024 – History of the D’Oyly Carte family and their connection with Kelling Hospital – Jim Stebbings
MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to;
The history of the D’Oyly Carte family and their connection with Kelling Hospital
by Jim Stebbings
Wednesday 17th 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.
March 2024 – Family History Workshop – Reading Old Handwriting
MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to a Family History Workshop;
Reading Old Handwriting
Do you have trouble reading old handwriting?
When researching your family, have you come across a document you have
not been able to read and therefore cannot progress your family further back?
Then come along to our workshop and see if we can help you.
Wednesday 21st February
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.
February 2024 – Manifestations of Madness – by Julie Jakeway
MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to an open meeting entitled
‘Manifestations of Madness and the voices from the Norfolk Asylum’
by
Julie Jakeway
A look at life within Norfolk County Lunatic Asylum in the
years 1851 – 1870, including case studies of women whose lives,
through poverty, debility, and physical exhaustion,
brought them to the asylum for a period of refuge.
Wednesday 21st February
7.30 pm
Online via Zoom
Contact MNFHS secretary, Debbie Bradley, for the link.
e-mail; secretary -at- mnfhs.org
START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!
Please join us – you will be made very welcome
Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.
January 2024 – Newhaven Court – by Helen Murray
MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to an open meeting entitled
‘Newhaven Court’
by
Helen Murray
Learn about the colourful Locker-Lampson family and the entertaining and
illuminating history of the Newhaven Court, built in 1884 by the charismatic
American baronet Sir Curtis Lampson and his daughter, Janie.
Wednesday 17th January
7.30 pm
Online via Zoom
Contact MNFHS secretary, Debbie Bradley, for the link.
e-mail; secretary -at- mnfhs.org
START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!
Please join us – you will be made very welcome
Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.
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
Mid Norfolk Family History Society 