Cambridgeshire Family History Society

Meetings

The Society organises monthly meetings in Cambridge, through the Programme Orgainser, on a wide variety of topics, which are designed to appeal to beginner and specialist alike. These also provide the opportunity for members to chat to fellow enthusiasts, browse through the latest additions to the Society Library and purchase books from the Society Bookstall. Reports of meetings are published in the Journal for those unable to attend.

There are also special meetings for the Computer Group this is often followed by a lecture in the afternoon. There are now a branches in March which holds regular meetings, details can be found on the March Branch page and Central Cambridge (St Laurence Church) to be found on the St Laurence Branch page.

Programme from January to December 2008

Venue: Glebe School, Girton, Cambridge, CB3 0PN
(click on link for a map)
Day of week: Wednesday Time: 7.30 p.m. Visitors Welcome
From January 2007 Saturday 2:00-3:00 p.m.

There is parking on the school playground.
Take the lane to the right of the Community Centre car park.

The CFHS bookstall will be attending the Buckinghamshire FHS Open day on 26th July 2008. The society will be there selling CD's, Microfiche and a selection of books from the county. We look forward to seeing our Cambridgeshire supporters at the event.

Date			Topic	Speaker/Venue
		2008
Sat	12 January	2008	Religion in all its forms and the records it can provide	Brian Jones
Sat	9 February	2008	Finding your way round a record office - Part 2	Gill Shapland (to be confirmed)
Sat	8 March	2008	The Industrial Revolution	Rev. Wim Zwalf
Sat	12 April	2008	Digital Sources for Cambridgeshire History	Mike Petty
Fri - Sun	2 - 4 May	2008	Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE is back and takes place in the new, larger Grand Hall, Olympia, London from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th May 2008	CFHS
Sat	10 May	2008	The IGI useful or not	Ian Waller
Sat	14 June	2008	In and out of the Workhouse	Liz Carter
	July and August	2008	NO MEETING
Sat	13 September	2008	The Baptist Faith The Lecture ‘Baptist myths and beliefs... the battle for a peaceful theology’ The rise of the Baptist Church and her distinctive. The battles within and without. The strengths and weaknesses of Baptist theology. The values that shaped the people who shaped the church. The Lecturer Ron Day graduated with a science degree and went on to teach for several years after that. He then went into the Ministry his first church being at Stradbroke, Suffolk. He became Minister at Histon Baptist Church in 2001 where he has remained.’	Ronald Day
Sat	11 October	2008	A day in the life of a Victorian prison	Doug Carstairs
Sat	8 November	2008	50 years in Cambridge with the CEN	Rodney Tibbs
Sat	13 December	2008	Rebels, Rogues, Crime and Punishment	Brian Jones

Conferences

The Society has organised day conferences at various Cambridgeshire venues but there are no plans currently to organise one. It also participates in other conferences on an ad hoc basis, such as those run by the East Anglian Group of Family History Societies.

Speakers

If you can speak on a topic which would be of interest to the Society and you can make a meeting on a Wednesday night then please contact us so we can arrange this. Email: Programme Organiser

Meetings

Programme from January to December 2008

Conferences

Speakers

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