Society of Genealogists Messages

New from the SoG

How to get the best from the 1911 Census by John Hanson, FSG, £7.50 plus p&p. Order Online Now! Click Online Shop above or the image.

John Hanson is well known as one of the SoG’s Census Detective Team and a familiar face at fairs and shows around the country dispensing useful tips and advice on using the censuses. He has produced for the SoG an in-depth guide to using the 1911 census online with a detailed exposition of how the site works, what the census contains and tips and hints on making successful searches. Keep this book by your side as you search for that elusive ancestor and you won’t go wrong.

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SoG changes to opening hours in April

A change to the opening hours will take effect from 1 April 2009. Details or click the image above.

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Events at the Society

Courses
Thursdays	18:00	Advanced Skills Course individual lectures available

Lectures July 2009
Thu 2	13:00	Visit: Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives & Museum
Sat 4	10:30	Using Ordinance Survey Maps for Family History Research
Sat 4	14:00	Careers in Genealogy: Successful Writing for Family & Local History Publications
Wed 8	14:00	History of Wapping and Mile End circa 1750
Sat 11	10:30	Tracing Ancestors in Cambridgeshire
Sat 18	10:30	My Ancestor was Irish
Wed 22	14:00	Ecclesiastic Courts
Sat 25	10:30	Transportation: Who Went Where & When
Sat 25	14:00	Careers in Genealogy: The Road to becoming a Member of AGRA & Running a Genealogical Practice

News & Information

Family & Local History conference.

The Society of Genealogists is sponsoring a stream of expert speakers at the next national Family & Local History conference ‘Open the Door & Here are the People’. This 4 day conference is being hosted by the Halsted Trust 28-31 August 2009 at the East Midlands Conference Nottingham. The SoG stream covers a series of talks given by Else Churchill, John Hanson, Geoff Swinfield and Alec Tritton, covering everything from Surname searching to the very best websites; DNA and family history to Tracing Living Relatives.

More details

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14 June 2009 - See the Society of Genealogists at Who Do We Think We Think We Are? at Holy Trinity Church, Hull on Saturday 4th July.

The Society’s outreach team including the bookshop and the SoG Census Detectives will be at the church and giving lectures throughout the day.

For more information see the press release or Hull University(pdf)

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8 June 2009 -News from The National Archives

TNA will be announcing a number of proposed changes at The National Archives to the public on Thursday 2 July 2009.

Open information meetings which will be held at Kew on:

• 12.15 pm on Thursday 2 July in the talks room, first floor reading room
• 10.00 am on Saturday 11 July in the talks room, first floor reading room

A link to the notice of the meeting has been posted on the TNA website.

The National Archives will also be closed to the public at Kew on Monday 29 June from 2pm to enable TNA to take staff through these proposals.

As soon as the SoG knows more about these proposals we will post them on our website and inform our members accordingly.

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Out & About

Kensal Green Cemetery Open Day Saturday 4 July, from 11-5

Familyrelatives.com Press Release New Land Records online

GRO to relocate website to www.direct.gov.uk/gro

The Origins Network SoG index to St Leonard Shoreditch Burials 1813-1853 now online

A new military collection made available to commemorate remembrance day.(available free at SoG Library)

Irish wills, alumni, directories and other lists(available free at SoG Library).

England's Past for Everyone

Royal Aero Club Certificates Index 1910 - 1950

Deceased Online website

Australian Newspapers

Cemeteries in New Zealand