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Saturday, 5 December from 10:30am-5pm with John Hanson and Alec Tritton (£30/£24), must be pre-booked

Finding burial records:
One of the biggest problems facing family historians is trying to tracking down the burial place of an ancestor who died in London (mind the principals discussed can be used in other large areas). The first two lectures of this day looks at the problem, understanding what is available and some of the methods that can be employed. (sessions 1 & 2 John Hanson)

Lost London Burial Grounds
(Not for those with a delicate stomach)
Before the great fire, there was a church equivalent to every 3 acres in the City of London. 86 churches were destroyed in the fire and 34 were not rebuilt. Christopher Wren was given the task of rebuilding 51 of these churches of which 28 no longer exist. Today only 40 parish churches exist and all the burial grounds in the City are closed.
By 1895 there were 362 identifiable burial grounds in London of which 41 were still in use. As London grew at least one graveyard was burying at the rate of 2300 bodies per acre per year. Where are these burial grounds, what is now on the site, where are the records and what happened to the human remains, if the site was built on.
This lecture will discuss some of the more gruesome aspects of burial in the metropolis leading to the closure of the city burial grounds, what happened to those grounds, the bodies interred within and the whereabouts of the records. The audience will get a better understanding of burials and burial records of London. (sessions 3 & 4 with Alec Tritton)

To book a place:
http://www.sog.org.uk
Tel: 020 7553 3290

Lori Weinstein
Events co-ordinator
events@sog.org.uk

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Else Churchill, the genealogy professional at the Society of Genealogists explains the content of the three family history skills courses taught at the Society. There are three courses of interest to family historians ranging from the very basics of where to start and up to how DNA can help in genealogy. These courses can be booked at our website www.sog.org.uk and the very latest in family history happenings can be found on our blog at www.societyofgenealogists.com

A half-day course with Jayne Shrimpton.

Saturday 10 October 2009, 2pm – 5pm

£15 (£12 members)

Jayne will discuss the significance of old photographs to the family historian, their value as a historical source, and different approaches to analysing and dating old photographs such as fashion clues. Most of the time spent on this workshop will be spent analysing photographs of the attendees.

You are welcome to bring photographs (please, no more than 2-3) on the day, but you can also email or send a copy of photographs (address provided upon booking) in order for the lecturer to prepare for a more in-depth analysis. Questions and comments during the workshop are welcome!  

Jayne Shrimpton obtained an M.A. (History of Dress) from the Courtauld Institute of Art and did seven years ofcuratorial work experience for the National Portrait Gallery. She is now a free-lance writer and researcher.

To book this course, contact the events co-ordinator: events@sog.org.uk, tel: 020 7553 3290 or use our secure website: http://www.sog.org.uk/acatalog/SoG_OrderLine_Online_October_2009_19.html

Programme:

1. Using Pay-per-View Websites n(Alec Tritton)

2. Apprenticeship Records (Geoff Riggs)

 3. Surname Searching in the SoG Library (Else Churchill)

4. The Guild of One-Name Studies (Howard Benbrook)

Places should be pre-booked by visiting our secure website

or by telephone: 020 7553 3290

For more information, contact the events co-ordinator: events@sog.org.uk

The Society’s successful evening family history skills course begins again with the first fifteen-week series of classes for those who are new to genealogy and family history or who have had a little experience and want to learn more. The team of lecturers will introduce the records and illustrate how they should best be used for the study of family history.

This course provides plenty of opportunity to use genealogical sources in practical sessions in the classroom and as exercises at home. The lectures cover sources in all the major repositories but emphasis is also placed on the extensive collections held in the Library of the Society of Genealogists that can be of help to the beginner. We will look at using birth, marriage and death records, census,  parish registers, wills, the armed forces, how to lay out a pedigree and more.

Thursday evenings 6-8pm,  3 September-10 December. £180.00 (non-SoG members), £144.00 for SoG members.  For more information or booking, contact the events co-ordinator, tel: 020 7553 3290, email: events@sog.org.uk

You can also view a copy of the leaflet

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