Programme for 2008

All meetings below will be at

Bradford Central Library, Princes Way, Bradford BD1 1NN.

Click here for location map.

This year, there are two sets of meetings and there is an admission charge of 50p for members, £1 for non-members.
 

Monday meetings   Thursday meetings

Monday Evening Meetings

Monday meetings take place on the third Monday of each month in Meeting Rooms 1 & 2. These rooms are available from 6.45 pm when it is possible to discuss any family history problem with Committee members or one another. The formal meeting begins at 7.30pm. Tea/coffee is served after the meeting.

January 21 The FFHS in 2008 David Holman, Vice-Chairman of the FFHS
February 18 Votes for Bradford Women Dr. Jo Stanley
March 17 Finding a death Kath Alred
April 21

AGM, followed by an Open meeting

 
May 19 Time’s footsteps Anne Batchelor
June 16 The Yorkshire Baptists Rev. Alan Holmes
July 21 Open Evening  
August 18 Walk: The west end of Bradford David Mason
September 15 Bradford’s archives: Health records Tish Lawson, archivist
October 20 Reading old documents Katy Goodrum, Senior WYAS archivist
November 17 Tithes & Poor Law records Mary Twentyman
December 15 Mary Bateman: Life & Crimes of the Yorkshire Witch Roy Stockdill


Monday meetings   Thursday meetings

Thursday Daytime Meetings

Thursday morning meetings take place on the first Thursday of each month in Meeting Room 5.

Tea/coffee and discussion from 10.00am, followed by the speaker at 10.30am.

January 3 Workshop, in conjunction with Local Studies, Fifth & Sixth Floors  
February 7 Educational records Elvira Willmott
March 6 Textiles Eugene Nicholson of the Bradford Industrial Museum
April 3 Reconstructing a community Mary Twentyman
May 1Basic genetics and inheritance patterns Kath Alred
June 5 People & transport J. Stanley King
July 3 WW1 records David Mason
August 7 Workshop & tours of back rooms at Bradford Archives  
September 4 Pills, potions and a painful past Dr. Christine Alvin
October 2 Local authority employment records Elvira Willmott
November 6 A day to remember: August 28, 1875 Ken Kenzie
December 4 Ancestors’ clothing: Meeting at Bolling Hall Liz McKiver

Committee meetings are held on Wednesdays:
Feb. 6, Apr. 2, May 7, Jul. 9, Sep. 3 & Nov. 5

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