Past Events
Other Folks Rubbish
Thursday 3rd November 2022 10:00am
Chris Helme returns to talk on Other People's Rubbish - at Bradford Mechanics Institute and via Zoom
The Absolute Pitts - philandering husbands, abandoned wives and children, emigration and good fortune
Monday 17th October 2022 7:00pm
Sylvia Valentine gives a talk on breaking down those brick walls - even after 9 years.
Family & Local History Fair - Huddersfield
Saturday 15th October 2022
Huddersfield & District Family History Society are holding there annual fair once again.
Bradford Family History Society - 40th Anniversary Weekend
Saturday 1st October 2022
We will be celebrating our 40th Anniversary with talks, activities and a meal on 1st and 2nd October 2022.
British Widows of the First World War - CANCELLED
Monday 19th September 2022 7:00pm
This meeting has been cancelled in respect for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Caught in Chancery - an 18th Century Dales Girl
Thursday 1st September 2022 10:00am
Marion Moverley will talk to us about a Famiy History story from the Dales at the Mechanics Institute
Business Records - Brackendale Mill and the Raistrick Family
Monday 15th August 2022 7:00pm
How do you research a business? Sue Steel tells how she did hers. At the Mechanics Institute and via Zoom
Undercliffe Cemetery Family History Open Day
Saturday 6th August 2022
Come along to Undercliffe Cemetery for a morning tour and talk
An Apothecary's Apprentice
Thursday 4th August 2022 10:00am
Astrid Hansen tells us about her experience as an apothecary's apprentice in Bradford at the Mechanics Institute and via Zoom
Open Zoom Meeting - Free event
Monday 18th July 2022 7:00pm
Join us for a chat and ask for help in your research
You Always Remember Your Co-op number
Thursday 7th July 2022 10:00am
A social history talk by Stephen Caunce at the Mechanics Institute and via Zoom
The Gwen Glass Diaries - 1930s Bradford Through the Eyes of a German House guest
Monday 20th June 2022 7:00pm
Carol Sherrard will at long last speak to us on the Gwen Glass Diaries at the Mechanics Institute and via Zoom
Researching Divorce Records
Monday 16th May 2022 7:00pm
Claire Moores will be telling us how to 'Research Divorce Records, where you can find them, and what they can tell you'.
Early Printing - The History of W.N. Sharpes with original material
Thursday 5th May 2022 10:00am
Graham Hall will talk about early printing in Yorkshire.
AGM followed by a talk on 3 Ancestors - Asylum, Divorce and Emigration
Monday 25th April 2022 7:00pm
A short AGM followed by a Family History talk by Sue Steel at the Mechanics Institute and via Zoom
The Annuals in the Attic
Thursday 7th April 2022 10:00am
A Social History talk by Geoff Twentyman at the Mechaincs Institute and via Zoom
Tracing Your House History
Monday 21st March 2022 7:00pm
Gill Blanchard will be speaking about House History
The Life of Laura Annie Willson, MBE. Suffragette, Housebuilder and Engineer
Thursday 3rd March 2022 10:00am
A Family History Story by Anne Kirker at the Mechanics Institute and via Zoom
Settlers of the Appalachian Mountains, One Family's Mountain Heritage
Monday 21st February 2022 7:00pm
Jane Sellwood will be speaking on one Yorkshire family's migration experience on 21st February.
A Grandmother’s Legacy - The Early Days
Thursday 3rd February 2022 10:00am
Jenny Mallin returns to tell us more of her Grandmother's legacy in India.
