WSFHS OPEN DAY AND FAMILY HISTORY FAIR
Our Next open day will be on:Saturday 3rd November 2018
Woking Leisure Centre, Kingfield Rd, Woking, GU22 9BA
10am 4.30pm
FREE ADMISSION
Free Parking for 3 hours
Leisure Centre website Woking Centre map
Research Area
This will be in the Main Hall this year and will provide a wide range of resources for research. Transcripts of the Parish Registers of West Surrey Poor Law Index, Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Indexes, Surrey Soldiers who died in WW1, the IGI and more will be available together with microfiche readers where needed. There will be a large selection from the Societys Reference Library to look at and will include Surrey items, London/Middlesex items (including the Victorian A-Z of London) and some that cover the whole country such as Phillimores Atlas of Parish registers. For those wanting to find out if anyone in the Society is researching the same name, the Members Interests files will be available, together with the Total Descent Charts. Volunteers will be on hand to give help and advice with these resources.Bring your research!
Specialist Help Desks
- Army Research Help Desk - Capt Graham Bandy
- Canadian Research Help Desk - Penny Allen
- Census Detectives
- Dating Old Photographs Help Desk - Bob Brock
- DNA and Genealogy Help Desk - Dr Brian Swann
- Irish Research Help Desk - Ruth Mathewson
- Scottish Research Help Desk - Dr Ian MacDonald
Free Talks
| Talk | Speaker | Time |
|---|---|---|
| History & Mystery of Maps | Tony Painter | 11.00am - 11.50am |
| March of the Women: Surrey's Road to the Vote | Holly Parsons | 12.05pm - 12.55pm |
| Lessons From beyond the Grave (Monumental Inscriptions) | Tony Kelly | 1.10pm - 2.00pm |
| Irish Research: Getting your Bearings | Ruth Mathewson | 2.15pm - 3.05pm |
Family History Fair
The deadline for bookings has now passed and the following organisations have reserved tables:*Buckinghamshire GS *Dorset FHS *East Surrey FHS Federation of Family History Societies *Hampshire Genealogical Society Kent FHS London Westminster & Middlesex FHS *Suffolk FHS *Sussex FH Group West Middlesex FHS *Wiltshire FHS
British Association for Local History *Brookwood Cemetery Society Friends of Woking Palace Heritage Walks Royal College of Nursing St Peter's Church, Old Woking Staunton Park Genealogy Centre *Surrey Heritage *Surrey History Centre The Lightbox Westfield & Kingfield Old Schools Re-Union *Woking & District Philatelic Society *Woking Family Tree Project Woking History Society Wonersh History Society
A M Punshon Bookzone CAB Search Family Quilt Ltd G R Postcards John Owen Smith Joshua Horgan Print & Design M M Publications Maxbal Merlin Genealogy Solutions My History R A Longley Publications Sandra Danby - Author Surrey Postcard Club This Way Books & Cassini Historical Maps Uniform Memories
* Above, indicates societies or organisations bringing research material
For further information, please contact openday@wsfhs.org
To read the report about our very successful 2017 Open Day please Click Here