AWFHS

📅 Upcoming Events

Sue Steel
Electoral Registers for Family Historians

Date: Monday, 7 September 2026

Speaker: Sue Steel

Location: Zoom

Electoral Registers can be fascinating and not just to find out where your ancestors lived.
This talk looks at the What, Why, When, Where and How we can use electoral registers as Family Historians....

Helen Baggott
From log cabin to the Palace of Westminster and other stories

Date: Thursday, 17 September 2026

Speaker: Helen Baggott

Location: Zoom

Messages written before WW1 reveal stories from both sides of the Atlantic. And finally, a sobering story of how quickly disasters become old news....

Nick Barratt
Family History and the Media: Behind the Scenes of Who Do You Think You Are?

Date: Monday, 5 October 2026

Speaker: Nick Barratt

Location: Zoom

Exploring the impact of WDYTYA on how we research our family stories with an explanation on how the show was conceived and produced....

Debbie Bradley
Progressing your Family HIstory

Date: Thursday, 15 October 2026

Speaker: Debbie Bradley

Location: Zoom

Following on from the Beginning your Family History this talk concentrates what records are available to view beyond Civil Registration and Census. Where do you go from here? Where can you find these records? The talk looks at these records and wh...

Brian Joyce
The Cost of War - The History and Role of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date: Monday, 2 November 2026

Speaker: Brian Joyce

Location: Zoom

The talk on the history and role of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) will illustrate how the CWGC ensures that the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth that died in the world wars are commemorated across 23,000 sites in over 150...

Stephen Miller
Scam Letter or Family Mystery?

Date: Thursday, 26 November 2026

Speaker: Stephen Miller

Location: Zoom

A mysterious letter arrives from someone claiming to be a relative. Scam or genuine family connection? What followed was an extraordinary investigation combining traditional family history research with modern-day sleuthing, uncovering unexpected dis...