Camberley Centre
Camberley Adult Education Centre, France Hill Drive, Camberley, GU15 3QB
For map click here.Co-ordinator: Sue Turner
Email: camberley@wsfhs.orgFrom January to March, the meetings will be on the Third Saturday of the month.
The gate to the Centre and the door will open at 1.30pm and the meeting will start at 2.00pm.
From April to June and September to November, the meetings will be on the Third Wednesday of the month.
Generally the doors will open at 7pm and the meeting will start at 7.30pm.
There are no meetings in July, August and December.
2025
| Date | Doors Open | Start Time | Title | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed | 16 Apr | 7.00 pm | 7.30 pm | William Schaw Lindsay, Victorian Entrepreneur | Bill Lindsay |
| Wed | 21 May | 7.00 pm | 7.30 pm | Basingstoke Canal - Back from the Dead | Neil Barton |
| Wed | 18 Jun | 7.00 pm | 7.30 pm | Researching in Archives | Sarah Pettyfer |
Forthcoming Meetings
April 16 2025
Bill Lindsay - William Schaw Lindsay, Victorian EntrepreneurBill is retired and researching Victorian Merchant Shipping. He is a member of various Maritime Societies, including the Society for Nautical Research and the Navy Records Society, and has written several articles on Victorian Merchant Shipping.
Drawing on his great-great-grandfather’s diaries, Bill’s talk will focus on the transition of sailing ships to steamships, emigration to Australia and Canada, and shipping in the Crimean War and the American Civil War.
May 21
Neil Barton - Basingstoke Canal - Back from the DeadThe Basingstoke Canal Society is a charity which works to restore and preserve the Basingstoke Canal. This beautiful amenity would have been lost entirely in the 1960s were it not for the enthusiasm of local volunteers. This presentation will describe why the canal was built, how it fell into disrepair, and how it was restored into the green space and wild-life haven we have today.
June 18
Sarah Pettyfer - Researching in ArchivesSarah is a professional family, house and local historian. She is an active member of the Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (AGRA). She holds the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies (IHGS) Higher Certificate and Diploma in Genealogy and is now a tutor for the Higher Certificate course. Drawing on her background as a family law solicitor, Sarah’s particular areas of interest are legal records, in particular deeds, Manorial court and Chancery court records. Although no longer practising Sarah remains a member of the Law Society.
This talk is aimed at those who are not familiar with local archives and the records they hold. It will provide an introduction to the records which can be found in local archives which can help take your family history research further. The talk concentrates of records which are not yet digitised or available online and will take you through some examples of parish chest records (other than registers of baptisms, burials and marriages) to provide an insight into the type of information to be found.