Come and see the Sheffield and District Family History Society stall at the weekend-long fair in the Millennium Gallery in Sheffield. The Fair is open Saturday 24 Jan 10am-4pm Sunday 25 Jan 11am-4pm We will have a stall on Saturday, but not Sunday. Come to our stall and introduce yourself. It will be good to […]
Please note this is a Zoom meeting Join us to hear Jude Rhodes give her talk on Researching Yorkshire Ancestors. Jude lives in and is from Yorkshire; much of her work is focussed on Yorkshire families and local history, with a specialism of client work in the Yorkshire Dales. Jude will present a talk on […]
The AGM will take place at 2 pm and will be followed by David Templeman giving the fourth in his series of talks about the ancient suburbs of Sheffield.
Join us to hear Adrian Finney, Sheffield Ghost Walks and author of several books, shed light on some of the City's ghostly legends, folklore and stories that shaped Sheffield.
Join us to hear Dr Julie Banham's talk on the fascinating story of the families connected to the grand stately home of Wentworth Woodhouse.
Today, we welcome back Peter Machan to talk about some of the curious happenings in Loxley Valley.
Come and join us on our last get together before we break for the summer. This is a private highlights tour at The Weston Park Museum, Sheffield. There will be a £5 charge for all attending. Please contact Joanne Harper at harpic@live.co.uk if you would like to come.
To begin our autumn session of talks, we welcome Dr Kate Faulkes who will explore the activities of a group of recently affluent industrialists (eg (Sir) John Brown) who sat on the Vestry Committees of Sheffield's four Anglican Commissioner Churches between 1826 and 1856. It will provide an exploration of the networks they developed through […]
What did your forebears inherit from their parents? Which psychological characteristics did your ancestors hand down? Helen Parker-Drabble, a former counsellor, explores family history through a psychological lens using her own family as examples. Please note this is a ZOOM meeting.
It was after discovering a branch of her family who had lived and worked in the Crofts district of Sheffield, that Christine Minter began to look in depth at this area.
Housing, employment, education, religion, crime and punishment, not to mention some of its more colourful characters.
Medical reports and newspaper archives were particularly enlightening and described how perilous life could really be for the inhabitants.
“The more I looked, the more I realised that this district was once one of Sheffield’s most notorious neighbourhoods and was not for the faint hearted!”