Sheffield Family History Society

Zoom Meeting - Zion Graveyard
2021-03-15 19:30 - 20:30 UTC | Your own home
MEMBER ONLY MEETING
Penny Read, Chair of the Friends of the Zion Graveyard, will give a talk about how the group fought to save the graveyard in Attercliffe and the notable people who are buried there, including Mary Anne Rawson, a leading light in the abolition of slavery.
NB Not a Member? Please see the Membership Section of the website for information on how to join

Fools and Horses: The Victorian Circus (talk on Zoom)
2021-04-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Your own home
MEMBER ONLY MEETING
Join us to hear Dr Ann Featherstone talk about the history of the Victorian Circus, which is one of high success and dreadful failure, of fires, falls and fabulous feats. The talk provides a fascinating insight into this little known aspect of Victorian entertainment.
NB Not a member? Please see the Membership Section of the website for information on how to join

ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN GENEALOGY - ZOOM MEETING
2021-05-17 19:30 - 21:00 | Your own home
MEMBERS ONLY Dr Penny Walters, author of ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’ will discuss what ethics and morality mean and what they have to do with genealogy

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Visit to National Memorial Arboretum
2021-06-26
In anticipation of a resolution to the Covid19 situation we are arranging a day trip by coach to the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas on 26th June 2021. Whilst the military aspect of the NMA is obvious there are also gardens dedicated to pre/neonatal deaths, the Home Front, Bevan Boys, the Burma Railway and much more. Details may be found on their website. For those who find walking difficult there is a road train which goes around the site providing a commentary on the various memorials; it is fairly inexpensive. The NMA itself is free so the price for the day will be approximately £12 per person which is certainly good value. If you would like to join the trip please contact the Society Secretary.

The History and Mystery of Funerals
2021-09-20 19:30 - 21:00 | Your own home
Zoom Talk – Members only
Join us to hear Sue Flipping’s talk about funerals over the last thousand years, tracing how they influence what we consider ‘normal’ today
NB Not a Member? Please see the membership section of the website for information on how to join

History of a Courthouse
2021-10-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Your own home
Members only Zoom meeting

In this talk, Eric Jackson (with a focus for family historians), will describe how the legal system of England evolved from early Saxon times up to the present day, how the Office of Justice of the Peace came about and the effect it had on the provision of court buildings

Wedlocked - Women Know Your Place
2021-11-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Your own home
Members only Zoom meeting
In this talk, Towse Harrison (Sunjesters) describes how in the past most women had few choices about life and marriage partners. The talk also tells the story of the slow journey to equality and the drastic and novel solutions along the way NB Not a Member? Please see the membership section for details on how to join

Introducing the1921 Census of England & Wales
2022-01-17 19:30 - 21:00 | Your own home
The 1921 Census for England & Wales is here! Discover the stories and secrets contained in this unique snapshot of our recent history, along with tips for effective searching and using it to trace elusive relatives.
Members only Zoom meeting
NB Not a Member? Please see Members’ section on website for information on how to join

Before the Welfare State
2022-02-21 19:30 - 21:00 | Your own home
Members only Zoom Meeting
Prior to World War Two, welfare such as payments to support the sick was mainly provided by private, voluntary institutions ranging from churches and parishes in the 15th century to the ‘mixed welfare economy’ of state and private initiatives of the late 19th/early 20th century. To learn more, join us to hear Gay Evans, genealogical and family history researcher for over 30 years.
NB: Not a Member? See our Members section for how to join

Written in Stone - Family Reconstruction from Fulwood Graveyard, Sheffield
2022-03-21 20:00 - 21:00 | Your own home
Members only Zoom meeting In this talk, Society Member Judith Pitchforth, will give an overview of the history of burials in Sheffield and then talk about Fulwood and where it is in Sheffield. Judith will then explain why the church was built when Victoria came to the throne and look at some of the burials in the graveyard, many from outside the Fulwood area. Examples of why you shouldn’t necessarily believe what it says on a gravestone, even though it’s written in stone, will also be given. NB Not a Member? See our Members section for details on how to join

Sheffield & District Family History Society
2022-05-14 | CROWNE PLAZA ROYAL VICTORIA SHEFFIELD HOTEL, Victoria Station Road, Sheffield, S4 7YE (Sat Nav S1 7AU), United Kingdom
The Sheffield & District Family History Society Fair will be held at the historic Crowne Plaza Royal Victoria Hotel. The hotel was originally opened in 1862 and visited by the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1875; there is even a suggestion that Oscar Wilde stayed in 1884!
Open 10 am – 4 pm, the Fair will host national, regional and local exhibitors, ranging from genealogical to local history, as well as Sheffield Archives. Parking and admission are free and food/drinks will be available to purchase throughout the day. Join us for an enjoyable day of family and local history.
Programme
Ballroom
10 am – 4 pm Exhibitors – something for everyone!
Waverley Room
10 am – 4 pm Help Desk – if you’re having trouble tracking down family
records, let one of our experts help find them
Assembly Room
11 am Census Substitutes – Other Resources Available – Sue Steel
12.30 pm Film – Hillsborough & Owlerton
2 pm Discovering Harry Brearley and his Family – Digging out
sources – Robin Fielder
Grand Lounge
10 am – 4 pm Refreshments available throughout the day
Exhibitors
Ancestral Routes
Bradfield Historical Society
Chesterfield & District Family History Society
Chris Makepeace – Maps
Doncaster & District Family History Society
Family History Federation
Friends of Loxley Cemetery
Friends of Portland Works
Friends of Rotherham Chapel on the Bridge
Friends of Sheffield Manor Lodge
Friends of Wardsend Cemetery
Friends of Zion Graveyard Attercliffe
Handsworth Historical Society
Hillsborough and Owlerton Local History Group
Huddersfield & District Family History Society
Memories
Mike Higginbottom Interesting Titles
Military and Family Genealogy
My History
Peter Davis
Quality Maps and More
R A Longley Publications
Rivelin Valley Conservation Group
Sheffield Archives
Sheffield & District Family History Society
Stan Shaw Memorial Appeal
Steve Garton Genealogy
Walkley Historians
Whinpenny Photography

A Saucy Tale: History of Henderson's Relish
2022-05-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Your own home
Members only Zoom Meeting: Food historian Mark Dawson will talk about the not so straight forward history of Sheffield’s favourite sauce. In his talk, Mark looks at the obscure origins of Hendersons in the late 19th centuary, change of ownership and struggles with adapting to a changing world, which nearly saw it disappear. NB Not a Member? See the Members section for how to join.

Who We Are - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
2022-06-20 19:30 - 21:00 | Your own home
Members only Zoom meeting: Join us for a presentation by Steven Rendi on the important work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and its educational charity, the Commonwealth War Graves Foundation. NB Not a Member? See Members section for how to join

Guided Tour of Sheffield Town Hall
2022-07-18 13:30 - 16:00 | Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street, Sheffield, S1 2HH
Guided Tour of Sheffield Town Hall Meet 1.15 pm for 1.30 pm in the main foyer. If you are interested in joining us, please contact Jacquie Stubbs at jacquiestubbs@waitrose.com or by phone 07789238437

Some Ancient Suburbs of Sheffield
2022-10-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood’s Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG, Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park, don’t forget to notify Reception of your vehicle registration number.
In a change to our previously advertised programme, we welcome back David Templeman, who will talk about some of Sheffield’s oldest suburbs dating back as far as the Domesday book (1086).

The Blitz Ambulance Service
2022-11-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood’s Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG, Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park, don’t forget to notify Reception of your vehicle registration number.
Our speaker today is Mike Dyson, local historian and author of ‘The ARP Ambulance Service’, who will tell the story of the women and men who served in the City’s Air Raid Precautions (ARP) ambulance service during the Second World War.

The Rise of the Cavendish Dynasty
2023-01-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood’s Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG, Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park, don’t forget to notify Reception of your vehicle registration number.
Join us today to hear John B Taylor chart the rise of the fascinating Cavendish dynasty, spanning 16 generations from the sleepy village of Cavendish in Suffolk and a sheep farm in rural Derbyshire, to the pinnacle of nobility.

Middlewood Hospital
2023-02-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood’s Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG, Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park, please notify Reception of your vehicle registration number.
Today, Steve Silverstone will give us an insight into the history of the former psychiatric hospital. Opened in 1872 with 720 beds and with a nurses’ home built on site in 1893, Middlewood was also known as the South Yorkshire Asylum, West Riding Asylum, Wadsley and Wadsley Mental Hospital. During the First World War it became the Wharncliffe War Hospital and was designated the Wharncliffe Emergency Hospital in World War Two.

Demolished Sheffield
2023-03-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood’s Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG, Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park, don’t forget to inform Reception of your vehicle registration number.
2 pm AGM
Join us to hear Mike Higginbottom, lecturer in social and architectural history for universities and the Workers Educational Association since the early 1970s, give his presentation on some of Sheffield’s demolished buildings. The focus of Mike’s presentation are the reasons why much loved landmarks are demolished, as well as querying whether some of them could have had a future. In addition, he draws attention to some buildings in the city which are currently giving cause for concern.

John Ruskin and Sheffield
2023-04-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood’s Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG, Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park, don’t forget to notify Reception of your vehicle registration number.
Today, Ashley Gallant, Curator of the Ruskin Collection, Museums Sheffield, will talk about John Ruskin, who has an almost legendary status in Sheffield, with places and institutions named after him. John Ruskin was a Victorian writer who searched for beauty in the world around him and who founded a museum for Sheffield workers who had little to inspire them. He filled it with a collection of artworks, illustrated books and minerals – the collection is owned by the Guild of St George.

Doris Walsh - The Last Little Mester
2023-05-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood’s Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG, Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
Join us to hear Elizabeth Holloway tell the story of Doris, who was born on the eve of WW1. She started work aged 14 in 1926, the year of the General Strike and lived to the ripe old age of 82. Having seen much of the 20th century, Doris was the last of her generation of Sheffield’s Little Mesters.
NB If using the car park adjacent to Aizlewood’s Mill, don’t forget to inform Reception of your vehicle registration

Fulwood - An Illustrated Talk
2023-06-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood’s Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG, Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
In 1880, Fulwood was a small collection of houses and outlying farms. Over the next 50 years it was transformed into a prosperous suburb. The talk will illustrate significant steps in this transformation. Join us to hear Keith Pitchforth give an insight into how Fulwood became the Sheffield suburb it is today.

Visit to Sheffield Cutlers Hall
2023-07-17 13:45 - 16:00 | Sheffield Cutlers Hall, Church Street, Sheffield, S1 1HG
This year our annual visit is to Sheffield Cutlers Hall on 17 July, meeting at 1.45 pm for 2 pm start. The tour will take approximately an hour and a half, followed by refreshments. The cost for Members is £10 and £15 for non-members, payable in advance. If you are interested, please contact: Joanne email harpic@live.co.uk or
Jacquie email jacquiestubbsunder@gmail.com

Wagon and tilt - the English portable theatre and family history
2023-09-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood’s Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG, Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
To start our new programme of talks, we welcome back Dr Ann Featherstone. Portable theatres were part of the travelling entertainment community from the 18th century and, like showmen and circuses, often were family concerns. Portable history, however, is much less well-known and understood. This talk aims to put that right through the perspective of their family history and performers.

The 'Hidden Messages' in the Portraits at Hardwick Hall
2023-10-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood’s Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG, Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
Join us to hear Maureen Taylor talk about how the 16th century saw an explosion in portrait painting, which mainly started during the reign of Henry VIII and his promotion of Hans Holbein. Only the very rich could afford to have their portrait painted and as wealth was demonstrated through them, people would have worn their best and most fashionable outfit, together with their most expensive lace and jewels. The symbolism used in the portraits became talking points and this was the intention – to get people talking!

A Yorkshire Year: Folklore, Customs and Traditions
2023-11-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood’s Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG, Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
To accompany her new book, Catherine Warr delves deeply into Yorkshire folklore, customs and traditions, discusing what it is, how it was collected and what it tells us about the people who lived in the past. Going beyond simply listing old traditions, the talk explores the very topic of folklore and traditions itself.

Buried deep but not lost forever: discovering your ancestors last resting place
2024-01-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Your own home
Zoom talk Discovering an ancestor’s death record is often the final step, but fnding their burial place can reveal valuable insights. This presentation by Linda Hammond guides us on narrowing the search, accessing records and sharing information.

Lost Sheffield: Portrait of a Victorian City
2024-02-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood’s Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG, Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
The Sheffield city centre which was familiar to our Victorian predecessors has largely been lost to us. Through the work of Sheffield Victorian Photographers, Peter Machan recreates the experience of a walk through the city centre as seen through the eyes of our great grandparents.

Inspector Hopkinson's Discovery
2024-03-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood’s Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG, Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
And now for something completely different! Ian Morgan presents the sad and tragic tale of one night’s events in 1895. You are the jury in this true story of murder. Was Henry Wright guilty of calculated murder, or was he insane? Was Jack the Ripper at large once more? See if you agree with the original jury – guilty or not…… and what happened next?
This talk will be preceded at 2:00pm by the Annual General Meeting.

Sheffield's Ancient Suburbs - Part 2
2024-04-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood’s Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG, Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
David Templeman returns to talk about some more of Sheffield’s oldest suburbs dating back as far as the Domesday Book (1086)
