Simon will join us give an enertaining talk that is likely to show that everything you thought you knew about seasonal food and drink is probably wrong.
David will join us to talk about about a Shropshire Squire, Mad Jack Mytton of Halston 1796 -1834.
Ian will join us to explore how to use the Family Search website to help build your family tree.
Currently the situation with Covid-19 and the impact on being able to hold our monthly meetings at the normal location in Cross Houses continues to be uncertain so the SFHS committee is still looking into how future talks will be delivered. It is hoped that there will be the opportunity for combined face to face meetings and Zoom as soon as possible. Further details of how the meetings will be organised will be made available as soon as they are confirmed.
Graham will join us at Cross Houses to talk through his experiences whilst researching his family history.
He will cover resources, methods and tips that make family history come alive such as old maps, quarter session records, police and criminal records, divorce and rail records to name but a few.
Please note this talk is part of an afternoon meeting at Cross Houses and will not be available on Zoom.
Nick will join us to review the way research is changing as a result of technology and the media and will consider how this might provide opportunities for future activity.
In this talk Graham will follow the fortunes of three generations of the Doughty family. Faced with a decline in the need for river traffic, Theophilius Doughty took the challenging decision to start manufacturing bricks and roofing tiles. His son, John developed the business and the family became wealthy pillars and benefactors of the community. Competition, wars and recession led to the failure of the company in later generations, a fate to befall all other similar companies which had played a major part in the economy of Jackfield and Broseley for over a hundred years.
Gill will join us to talk about the wealth of documents which can be searched for details of our ancestors' misdemeanours, from Petty Sessions to Assize courts.
John will join us to talk about some of the things that may not always be apparent from some of the interesting place names to be found around Shropshire.
John will join us to talk about where else it might be possible to find details of our ancestors if they can't be found in the Census records.
Mary, who is Head of Content Publishing Operations for Findmypast will join us on Zoom to talk about the 1921 census. Following the release of the 1921 Census for England and Wales on the Findmypast website, scheduled for 6 January, Mary will be explaining all!
