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  • Sheffield’s Ancient Suburbs – Part 2

    Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, Sheffield

    David Templeman returns to talk about some more of Sheffield's oldest suburbs dating back as far as the Domesday Book (1086)

  • Sheffield Cathedral – 800 years of Sheffield history in one building

    Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, Sheffield

    A talk by Janet Ridler which looks at how Sheffield has developed from Saxon times up to the present day and how the City's history can be traced within the walls of the cathedral.

  • Curiosities and Connections (Derbyshire and South Yorkshire)

    Accompany John Taylor exploring the strange, happy and tragic coincidences of history and circumstance. This talk provides a unique look at some of the locations we take for granted, linking underlying themes to places, names, events and historical fact.

  • ARCHIVE VISIT

    Join us for a behind the scenes tour of Sheffield Archives when you will see where documents are stored and be given an introduction to the searchroom, how it works, what's available, what's on Find My Past and so on. Two tours are available - 2 pm and 7 pm and each will last 90 […]

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  • “King Coal” The Fitzwilliams by Steve Silverstone

    Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, Sheffield

       A look at the history of the influential, but troubled Fitzwilliam family. By a stroke of luck on the siting of the family seat in South Yorkshire, the Fitzwilliams became one of the wealthiest families in the country. (Location, location, location!) We shall learn how the family’s wealth was accumulated along with its buildings […]

  • Sheffield Cutlers’ Company Records

    Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, Sheffield

    Following our enjoyable and informative visit to the Cutlers' Hall last year, Dr Joan Unwin, Archivist, Company of Cutlers' in Hallamshire, will talk about the Cutlers' Company records, the Sheffield trades and families who worked in the trades and who were represented in the Company's archive.

  • Sheffield Quiz

    Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, Sheffield

    Think you know Sheffield? Test your knowledge by coming to our quiz for an (early) bit of festive fun! Hosted by Sheffield's own 'Big' Ron Clayton.

  • My Ancestor was a Liar:  ignorance, half-truths or wilful deceit? by Dave Annal

    By Zoom - Please contact Carole Eales our secretary for the log on details

      Sifting through the evidence to find the truth (or what passes for the truth in the world of genealogy) is a skill which all serious family historians need to develop. The information left by our ancestors is all-too-frequently misleading, inaccurate or just plain wrong! As we become more experienced we find that they had […]

  • ‘My Ancester was an Australian Convict’ by Helen V Smith

    By Zoom - Please contact Carole Eales our secretary for the log on details

    Helen from Dragon Genealogy is an Australian researcher living in Australia and is going to give a talk on how to research your convicts and what their lives would have been like.

  • Paupers and Vagrants, Life in the Sheffield Workhouse

    Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, Sheffield

    Join us to hear Mary Garside's talk which explains why people were in the workhouse, and how they were accommodated according to whether they were considered 'deserving' or 'undeserving'. Mary also gives an insight into how paupers and vagrants spent their days and how they were provided for by the guardians of the poor.