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MNFHS meetings

Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month (except December) in the church hall behind Trinity Methodist Church, Theatre Street, Dereham NR19 2EP, at 7.30pm. New members and visitors are always welcome. Please see the Program page for further details, or the News page for the latest updates.

September 2024 – AGM – followed by a talk about Migration throughout the UK

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to our meeting;

AGM

followed by a talk about

Migration throughout the UK

Come along and here how our ancestors
moved around the UK and why,
and some hints and tips as to
how you may find your own ancestors.

Wednesday 21st September
7.30 pm

Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – Tea or Coffee included

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.

July 2024 – Brick Walls and Reading Old Handwriting

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to a meeting about;

Brick Walls and Reading Old Handwriting

Come along and ask questions about family history

Wednesday 17th July
7.30 pm

Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – Tea or Coffee included

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.

June 2024 – Members Evening

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to a

Members Evening

Come along and hear our members stories
and we would be more that happy to hear from
you if you have a story of your own to tell

Wednesday 19th June
7.30 pm

Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – Tea or Coffee included

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.

May 2024 – History of the RSPCA – by Leanne Neave

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to a talk about;

History of the RSPCA

by Leanne Neave

n.b. this is a change of topic to our previously published information.

Wednesday 15th May
7.30 pm

Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – Tea or Coffee included

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.

April 2024 – History of the D’Oyly Carte family and their connection with Kelling Hospital – Jim Stebbings

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to;

The history of the D’Oyly Carte family and their connection with Kelling Hospital

by Jim Stebbings

Wednesday 17th April
7.30 pm

Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – Tea or Coffee included

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.

March 2024 – Family History Workshop – Reading Old Handwriting

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to a Family History Workshop;

Reading Old Handwriting

Do you have trouble reading old handwriting?
When researching your family, have you come across a document you have
not been able to read and therefore cannot progress your family further back?
Then come along to our workshop and see if we can help you.

Wednesday 21st February
7.30 pm

Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – Tea or Coffee included

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.

February 2024 – Manifestations of Madness – by Julie Jakeway

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to an open meeting entitled

‘Manifestations of Madness and the voices from the Norfolk Asylum’

by

Julie Jakeway

A look at life within Norfolk County Lunatic Asylum in the
years 1851 – 1870, including case studies of women whose lives,
through poverty, debility, and physical exhaustion,
brought them to the asylum for a period of refuge.

Wednesday 21st February
7.30 pm

Online via Zoom

Contact MNFHS secretary, Debbie Bradley, for the link.

e-mail; secretary -at- mnfhs.org

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.

January 2024 – Newhaven Court – by Helen Murray

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to an open meeting entitled

‘Newhaven Court’

by

Helen Murray

Learn about the colourful Locker-Lampson family and the entertaining and
illuminating history of the Newhaven Court, built in 1884 by the charismatic
American baronet Sir Curtis Lampson and his daughter, Janie.

Wednesday 17th January
7.30 pm

Online via Zoom

Contact MNFHS secretary, Debbie Bradley, for the link.

e-mail; secretary -at- mnfhs.org

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.

November 2023 – FamilySearch Free Website – by Steve Manning

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
INVITE YOU TO AN OPEN MEETING ENTITLED

FamilySearch Free Website

and the Resources it Holds

by

Steve Manning

Wednesday 15th November
7.30 pm

On-line via Zoom

For the Zoom link, please e-mail;

secretary@mnfhs.org

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

Visit hwww.mnfhs.org/program/
or simply search “Mid Norfolk FHS” for more information.

October 2023 – A Shop Through Time – by Sara Flatt

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to

Waterloo House; Dereham:
“A Shop Through Time”

by Sara Flatt

Wednesday 18th October
7.30 pm

Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – Tea or Coffee included

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.

Next meeting; 15th November 2023;
TBA