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Why Can’t I Find them on the Census? A Society of Genealogists Workshop 21 Aug. 2010

Lori — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:30:34 +0000

The aim of this course is to help you find your elusive ancestors in the online censuses. Part
of the time will be devoted to showing many of the reasons why our ancestors appear to be
elusive and giving tips on trying to find them. The rest of the time will be spent looking at
some specific queries that can be sent in before the day. A half-day workshop with Jeanne Bunting.

Must be pre-booked, £17.50 (£14.00 SoG members) by telephone: 020 7553 3290 or online

Once booked, if you have an elusive ancestor, please e-mail events@sog.org.uk with as much detail as possible (dates and places of birth, father, mother, siblings etc., as well as details from a previous or following census) and Jeanne will do her best to find them and detail her methods on the day.

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Publishing your Family History to the Web – 14 August

Lori — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:44:18 +0000

Publishing your Family History to the Web – 14 August 10:30am-1:00pm at the Society of Genealogists

If you can e-mail, upload files, or use a genealogy software program, then you have enough knowledge and experience to publish to the web. The hardest part is deciding what method you are going to use!
The lecture will focus on the easy, and not so easy alternatives – Blogs, GEDCOM-based publishing, PowerPoint, and publishing printed books using internet-based print-on-demand providers.
Please note, this lecture does not include programming, web design, or setting up a website.
However, you do not need these skills to publish to the web.
A half-day course with Teresa Pask (£17.50/£14.00) must be pre-booked, telephone: 020 7553 3290 or book online

Society of Genealogists – Drawing up a Family Tree

Lori — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:58:06 +0000

A half-day course Saturday 5 June 2010, 2pm – 5pm

We will talk about uses of family trees, standard layouts and conventions, what to include
and how to draw one up by hand. Software is mentioned as one means of generating trees
and pedigree charts but the emphasis will not be on specific programs.
£17.50 (£14 members) course must be pre-booked

telephone: 020 7553 3290 or online

Tutor: Louise Taylor teaches adult education courses in family history and gives lectures for the Society of Genealogists and family history societies.

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Society of Genealogists’ Centenary Conference 2011 – call for papers

Else — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:57:47 +0000

Breaking the Barriers – innovative genealogy in the 20th & 21st centuries

Proposals will be accepted starting 1 May 2010 for the Society of Genealogists’ Centenary Conference, Breaking the Barriers, to be held at The Royal Overseas League, Over-Seas House, Park Place, 5 St James’s Terrace, London SW1A 1LP on Saturday 7th May 2011.

The conference lectures will be a celebration of the past century of genealogy and the Society of Genealogists and will look forward to the future of the subject. The conference will include a full day of lectures, networking luncheons, and workshops featuring nationally and internationally known genealogical speakers. To learn more about forthcoming news on the conference and other centenary celebrations see the SoG Centenary Conference Blog and web pages

Deadline for Submissions — 31 July 2010

Conference Themes
The Society is inviting submissions for papers and presentations on a variety of themes and expects submission topics to include, amongst others:

How the SoG has affected genealogy
Expanding the frontiers in genealogy
The development of genealogy. Then and now and what next?
Expanding the frontiers in genealogy
Problem solving. Breaking the barriers in genealogy
London research and London problems
Technological innovation in genealogy (with a particular look at British innovation).
Social themes from 2011, the end of the Edwardian Age ¬ – Women’s suffrage, pensions etc

General genealogical topics including methodology, skills building, record analysis, problem solving and writing family history

Sessions are generally limited to fifty minutes plus a ten-minute question-and-answer session. Syllabus material (word documents or PDF files), due in early 2011, is required for each lecture or workshop presentation

Guidelines
Anyone wishing to submit a talk for the conference should contact the conference team genealogy@sog.org.uk who will supply a conference proposal form which should include the following information:

• Speaker’s full name, address, telephone and email address.
• Lecture title, not to exceed fourteen words, and a brief but comprehensive outline
• Short summary of the lecture; word count not to exceed 100 words, which will be used in the program, if selected.
• Brief speaker biography, not to exceed 100 words.
• Resume of recent lectures given by the speaker. Those who have not spoken previously at a regional or national conference are encouraged to submit an audio or video tape of a recent lecture.

Speakers are expected to use an electronic presentation program. Such as Powerpoint. The SoG will provide the data projector, VGA cable, stand and power. Talks using OHPs will NOT be accepted.

Individuals may submit any number of proposals. SoG members will be given first consideration as speakers.

Completed proposal forms must be e-mailed to genealogy@sog.org.uk with the subject: 2011 SoG Family History Conference-Call for Papers.
Selected speakers will be notified in August 2010. Speakers will receive a complimentary full conference registration

Compensation by the Society of Genealogists

Speakers selected by the SoG, and who are not sponsored elsewhere, will receive a speakers fee and reasonable travel expenses, within the UK, agreed in advance with the SoG.

Sponsorship opportunities
Sponsorship for individual lectures and lecturers may be agreed with the Society. Speakers who have their sessions sponsored will receive a complimentary one-day conference registration. Compensation and travel expenses are at the discretion of the sponsoring organization.

Questions – Contact the Conference Team on genealogy@sog.org.uk

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Family History for Beginners – full-day course 15 May

Lori — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:39:11 +0000

A series of four talks aimed at beginners to genealogy who have no prior knowledge of the basic sources. It is also suitable for those who wish to refresh their skills and learn how to access the records and their indexes online. Each session will provide a background to the records and demonstrate how they can be used to their best advantage through the internet.

PROGRAMME
10.30-11.45 Getting Started
Civil Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths
11.45-12.00 Tea/coffee
12.00-1.00 Census returns 1841-1911
1.00-2.00 Lunch (not provided)
2.00-3.30 Church registers and their indexes
3.30-3.45 Tea/coffee
3.45-5.00 Probate records

with Dr. Geoff Swinfield, £30.00 /£24.00 SoG members, must be pre-booked:

www.sog.org.uk or tel: 020 7553 3290

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My Ancestor Came from Lancashire – 24 April

Lori — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:17:30 +0000

The boundary changes of 1974 affected Lancashire more than any other county in England and
Wales. The industrial areas of the south of the county became Merseyside and Greater
Manchester counties, the area around Warrington was transferred to Cheshire. In the north of
the county, the Furness and Cartmell peninsulas became part of the new county Cumbria.
These changes present family historians with problems in locating the records. This half day
course will address these problems as well as looking at some of the social history of the
birthplace of the industrial revolution.

With Peter Park from 10:30am-1pm £17.50 (£14.00 SoG members).

The course can be booked online or by calling 020 7553 3290

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Family Tree Maker Software Courses at the Society of Genealogists 17 April 2010

Lori — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:32:50 +0000

Family Tree Maker Software

Family Tree Maker Software half-day course for beginners from 10:30am-1pm and a half-day course for advanced users from 2-5pm.

The introductory lesson will teach the essentials skills for creating, upgrading and maintaining your family tree in Family Tree Maker 2009. Through practical demonstration and discussion, new users and owners of previous versions will learn to effectively use all the various components of this latest version. (To give the most time to the 2009 features, we will not be discussing previous versions of Family Tree Maker unless it pertains to the 2009 program).
Price £17.50 (£14.00 SoG members) for each course.
To book, telephone 020 7553 3290, email events@sog.org.uk or book online

Our tutor, Mike Bollinger has been teaching adult computer courses for the past 20 years. He is currently a computer instructor at the Handsworth Community Forum in Sheffield, as well as owner of Computer House Calls, an onsite computer servicing business. Mike’s knowledge and love of the Family Tree Maker program has grown from his enjoyment in using the software in researching his own family history. You will find Mike’s style of teaching enjoyable and entertaining as well as his ability to explain technical topics in plain English.

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Society of Genealogists Free Family History Open Day 27 March 2010

Lori — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:08:44 +0000

Society of Genealogists Family History Library and Education Centre:
Free tours of the library, lasting approximately 1.5 hours will be held at 11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm.

Free talks programme:
11:30 Getting the Most from the Census (John Hanson)
12:45 Starting your Family History (Else Churchill)
2:00 Getting the Most from the Census (John Hanson)
3:15 Treasures of the Society of Genealogists (Sue Gibbons)

As space is limited, all tours and talks must be pre-booked, tel: 020 7553 3290 or email: events@sog.org.uk
There will also be an opportunity to get advice about starting your research or furthering the research you’ve already done. There is no charge for non-members to use the library for research this day from 11-6pm. Beginners welcome.

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Using pay-per-view websites for Family History

Lori — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:19:00 +0000

Friday, 19 March at 2:00
A hands-on way to learn to use internet “pay-per-view” websites at the Society of Genealogists. Use of the websites are free with course tuition. It is advisable to bring some family history research to do and a memory stick to save your work. This is a tutorial with Alec Tritton £12.00 (£9.50 SoG members). Please note the society library is closed to research this day and only those attending the tutorial will be allowed to undertake internet research as part of the course.

To book telephone 020 7553 3290, email events@sog.org.uk or book online.

Out and About with the Society of Genealogists

Alec — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:09:57 +0000

As part of its lecture and education program, the Society carries out a number of outside visits and walks. Today I was lucky enough to attend an outside visit to the parish church of St. Bartholomew the Great in London excellently conducted by the Verger.

This Norman church is said to be the oldest church building in London, founded by Rahere, a courtier of Henry I in 1123. It has been the scene of many films and TV series, such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, the latest being the current Sherlock Holmes film in cinemas as I write. The church is just a little way out of the City walls in Smithfield which was originally a field used for jousting and a venue for executions and of course well known today as the site of London’s former cattle market.

The building has gone through many changes and today it is possible to see some of the original 12th Century church with many of the additions that have taken place up to and including the 20th Century.The original Priory was surrendered to the tyrant King Henry VIII who passed them on to Sir Richard Rich who took up residence in the Prior’s House. Under “bloody” Mary it became a Dominican convent until an Act of Parliament of 1559 once again restored it to a Parish Church.

The church had a Charnel House under the Sanctuary which today is a dressing room. Here we saw some of the vestments that are quite old and only used on special occasions such as a rose coloured set used on Mothering Sunday.

The visit finished with a look at fifteen minute film about the church and a fascinating look at some photographs showing the graveyard and local Elizabethan housing from 1877; then off to the tea room in the Cloisters for a well deserved cup of tea!

The church is open to visitors most days and charges £4 for entry but of course you will have to look around yourself and not get the expert commentary of the Verger or the camaraderie in company with other Society members. In fact the next two outside visits to Lambeth Palace and Goldsmiths’ Hall are both fully booked, and the next after that is the visit to Wesley’s Chapel on 31st March 2010.

I highly recommend an afternoon or day out led by the Society but suggest you book early to avoid disappointment!

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