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 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 |
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 1 | Basic 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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