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 2026, all 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.
There are no meetings in July, August and December.
2026
| Date | Doors Open | Start Time | Title | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat | 18 Apr | 1.30 pm | 2.00 pm | Tongham Tapestry | Gill Picken |
| Sat | 16 May | 1.30 pm | 2.00 pm | Beginners Guide to Civil Births, Marriages and Deaths | Sue Turner |
| Sat | 20 Jun | 1.30 pm | 2.00 pm | Beginners Guide to non-Civil Births, Marriages and Deaths | Sue Turner |
| Sat | 19 Sep | 1.30 pm | 2.00 pm | Beginners Guide to the Census | Sue Turner |
Forthcoming Meetings
April 18 2026
Gill Picken - Tongham TapestryThis talk tells the story of the village of Tongham from Victorian times starting with the story of the families who lived at “the Big House” -16th century Poyle Park; the Chester and the Mangles families; the establishment of the parish church in 1866 - the son of the first vicar of Tongham Cyril Garbett became Archbishop of York - and the links between the Maitland and Garbett families (Sir Peregrine Maitland, buried in the churchyard was a hero of the Battle of Waterloo). It also includes the middle classes in the village, the farmers and the tradesmen, the shops, pubs, the railway station (established in 1849 before the military came to Aldershot in 1854 and thus used for the building of the Camp) and finally Archbishop Garbett’s recollections of the poor of the village.
Gill is a retired library supervisor from Hampshire libraries having worked at Aldershot, Farnborough and Fleet libraries. However she started her career in Surrey libraries working at Farnham Library and spent a year working in a London library in the swinging sixties! She did an Open University Arts degree in her 40s and after retirement she spent 15 years volunteering at Farnham Museum answering enquiries and encouraging use of the Museum library.
May 16
Sue Turner - Beginners Guide to Civil Births, Marriages and DeathsThis is the first in a series of Beginners Guides to Family History, taking place over the next few months. This talk will look at the Civil Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths in England and Wales and also in Scotland, which has a different system of recording. Although aimed at beginners, it will also be useful for more experienced family historians as methods of searching for the right Certificate has been changing over the years.
June 20
Sue Turner - Beginners Guide to non-Civil Births, Marriages and DeathsThis is the second in a series of Beginners Guides to Family History. This talk will provide an overview of non-Civil of Births, Marriages and Deaths in England and Wales and also in Scotland. While most of these will be baptisms, marriages and burials in the Established churches and in Non-Conformist churches, there are also some organisations which record births rather than baptisms, have different marriage registers and some do not record burials.
September 19
Sue Turner - Beginners Guide to the CensusEvery ten years, another census appears for us to explore, but sometimes looking at the background to them can reveal why the person you are searching for is not there or has given 'wrong' information. This talk will look at the England and Wales and Scotland censuses from 1801 to 1921 and at the 1939 National Register to help to explain what you can and cannot find out.
Although aimed at beginners, these talks will also be useful for more experienced family historians as more information both online and offline is appearing and reconsidering your method of searching may result in finding that elusive ancestor.
Sue Turner is Chair of the Society and has been working on her family history for nearly 50 years, having produced over 200 family trees for herself, partner, brothers in law and friends. She has a Masters degree with distinction in Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde.