Sheffield Family History Society

Visit to Kelham Island Museum
2018-07-16 13:30 - 16:00 UTC | Kelham Island Museum, Alma Street, Sheffield S3 8RY
Housed in an early 20th century electricity generating station, Kelham Island is a unique centre of historical, social, scientific and technological interest and provides the opportunity to examine Sheffield’s growth, changes and development, as well as being home to the River Don Engine.
Please note this is a guided tour
Please contact jacquiestubbs@waitrose.com by 14 June to book your place
Directions
By Road:
Follow signs for A61(n) then follow white on brown tourism signs to Kelham Island. Postcode for Sat Nav users is S3 8RY. Car parking is included in admission but spaces are limited.
By Public Transport:
Use either ‘Middlewood’ (yellow) or ‘Malin Bridge’ (blue) tram service to Shalesmoor. Then follow pedestrian signs to Kelham Island (cross tram tracks, cross the ring road towards The Ship Inn, walk down any side street and turn right onto Alma Street). The museum is approx 5 mins walk from tram stop
Accessible by Public Transport: Sheffield station is 2 miles away.

History of Sheffield Hospitals - Sheffield Hospitals History Group
2018-06-18 19:30 UTC | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
Talk by the Sheffield Hospitals History Group which aims to preserve the history of all Sheffield’s former and present day hospitals

Sheffield Family History Fair 2018
2018-06-09 10:00 - 16:00 UTC | Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, S6 1SW, United Kingdom
Our Family History Fair takes place on
Saturday June 9th 2018.
Hillsborough Stadium, South Stand, Sheffield S6 1SW
Please join us and the varied exhibitors along with the talks and record searches on offer. All will help in your quest to delve further into your family tree.
Whether experienced or a complete beginner there is something for everyone.
We are sorry to announce that due to unforeseen circumstances Living DNA are unable to deliver their talk.
Jackie Depelle will giving us another one of her wonderful talks.
The talks are:-
11.30 “Family and Local History’ – Where do I start? by Stephen Johnson
12.45 “Reading the Original – hints and tips on deciphering old documents” by Jackie Depelle
2.00 “Which Website and Why” by Jackie Depelle
The Exhibitors are:-

My History
Doncaster & District Family History Society
Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society
Friends of Burngreave Cemetery and Chapel
Handsworth Historical Society
The Guild of One Name Studies
Dore Village Society
Totley History Group
Barnsley Family History Society
Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society
Military and Family Genealogy
Chris Makepeace – Maps
Rotherham Family History Society
Sheffield & District Family History Society
Unknown Soldier Research Services
Friends of Sheffield Manor Lodge
Andrew George Postcards
‘Wyvern’ Railway Ancestry Research Advice
Hillsborough & Owlerton Local History Group
Nether Edge History Group
Romany & Traveller Family History Society
Chesterfield & District Family History Society
Bradfield Historical Society
Walkley Historians
Friends of Wardsend Cemetery
Sheffield Hospitals History Group
Memories
Family History Partnership
General Cemetery

The Story of an Ordinary 19th Century Sheffield Family - Suzanne Bingham
2018-05-21 19:30 UTC | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
An exploration of the lives of two ordinary Victorian Sheffielders and how the social issues of the time had a major influence on all aspects of their lives

Zeppelin Raid on Sheffield September 1916
2018-04-16 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
Illustrated talk by Graham Sykes.
Most Sheffielders are familiar with the fact that Sheffield was subjected to air raids during the Second World War but how many know about the air attack to which the city was subjected during the First World War. Come along to find out more.
Lecture Hall, Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel Meeting Rooms (Napier Street entrance). Doors open at 7:00 pm. Admission free to members. Non-members welcome, cost £2.

Annual General Meeting followed by Immortal Words - Story of a Funeral Director
2018-03-19 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
The first part of the evening will be taken by the business of the Society Annual General Meeting.
This will be followed by an illustrated talk by Jason Heath, member of the well known local family of funeral directors.
Lecture Hall, Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel Meeting Rooms (Napier Street entrance). Doors open at 7:00 pm. Admission free to members. Non-members welcome, cost £2.

U3A Talks at Buxton
2018-03-16 14:00 - 17:30 UTC | Palace Hotel – Buxton
Ian Taylor of the U3A has organised a couple of speakers for Friday 16th March at the Palace Hotel in Buxton. Details and booking form

Sheffield Body Snatchers
2018-02-19 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
Illustrated talk by Ben Johnson.
Lecture Hall, Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel Meeting Rooms (Napier Street entrance). Doors open at 7:00 pm. Admission free to members. Non-members welcome, cost £2.

Who Do You Think You Are? Transcription Tuesday
2018-01-23
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine is looking forward to its next Transcription Tuesday event on 23rd January. They will be encouraging family historians from around the globe to transcribe digitised records online. Last time hundreds of readers joined in and were very positive about the experience. Five projects have been chosen that focus on First World War records. WDYTYA_Transcription_Tuesday
The projects are:

Europeana 1914 – 1918
Cardiganshire First World War Tribunal (Appeals) Records
Bedfordshire Workhouse and Poor Law Records
Parish Registers with FamilySearch
Measuring the ANZACs

Whether you have half an hour to spare or can help throughout the day, it’s a useful way to get familiar with a new type of record and improve yourskills, while giving something back to family history. Find out more at www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/transcriptiontuesday

Arthur Dyson victim of Charley Peace
2018-01-15 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
Illustrated talk by Michael Dyson about the local murder of Arthur Dyson by the notorious criminal Charley Peace who was hanged in 1879.
Lecture Hall, Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel Meeting Rooms (Napier Street entrance). Doors open at 7:00 pm. Admission free to members. Non-members welcome, cost £2.

Early Asylum Life
2017-11-20 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
Illustrated talk by David Scrimgeour
Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel Meeting Rooms (Napier Street entrance). Doors open at 7:00 pm. Non-members welcome.

Visit to Burngreave Cemetery
2017-07-17 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Burngreave Cemetery, Melrose Road, Sheffield, S3 9DN
Hosted by Ken Wild
Members wishing to be part of either group need to get in touch with Anne McQueen using the contact page on this website. Numbers are limited to 15 per visit so please do not just turn up as you may not be able to participate in the tour.
The afternoon group are to meet at the cemetery at 2pm
The evening group are to meet at the cemetery at 6.30pm
Meet at the main entrance.

Visit to Burngreave Cemetery
2017-07-17 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Burngreave Cemetery, Melrose Road, Sheffield, S3 9DN
Hosted by Ken Wild
Members wishing to be part of either group need to get in touch with Anne McQueen using the contact page on this website. Numbers are limited to 15 per visit so please do not just turn up as you may not be able to participate in the tour.
The afternoon group are to meet at the cemetery at 2pm
The evening group are to meet at the cemetery at 6.30pm
Meet at the main entrance.
From the Cemetery website;
Vehicular and pedestrian access is from Melrose Road which runs off Burngreave Road at the side of St. Catherine’s R. C. Church.
There is pedestrian access only from Scott Road.
SatNav postcode for Melrose Rd.
S3 9DN

The Railway Navvies – the Contract from Hell
2017-06-19 19:30 - 20:45 UTC | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
Building the Woodhead Tunnel 1838 – 1845
by Chris & Judy Rouse

Tracing South Yorkshire Convict Lives
2017-05-15 19:30 - 20:45 UTC | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
by Bob Shoemaker

From Back to Backs to Penthouses
2017-04-24 19:30 - 20:45 UTC | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
Exploring the way we used to live.
By Suzanne Bingham

Sheffield A - Z
2017-03-20 19:30 - 20:45 (Europe/London) | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
A bite size exploration of the history and geography of the city in 26 alphabetical parts.
By Mike Spick

February Meeting - Coffers, Clysteri, Comfrey and Coifs
2017-02-20 19:30 - 20:45 UTC | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
By Janet Brand and Chris Few

January Meeting - Alone in a Silent World
2017-01-16 19:30 - 20:45 UTC
By Nick Waite

November Meeting
2016-11-21 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
The Shepherd Wheel by Jo Pye.
Access to the building is from the Napier Street entrance. Parking is available in the supermarket car park opposite the entrance to the church.
Non members are always welcome. The meeting is free to members. Non-members are asked to pay £1 on the door.
The Shepherd Wheel on the Porter Brook in Whiteley Woods is a rare survivor of the days when Sheffield’s rivers were a hive of industry. The site has been restored and is now open as a working museum. Come and hear Jo Pye talking about the history of the wheel, how it operated and the people who worked there.

Family History Workshops
2016-11-01 10:00 - 12:30, 2016-10-20 10:00 - 12:30, 2016-10-11 10:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | St Mary’s Church and Conference Centre, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, S2 4QZ, United Kingdom
As a result of suggestions from a members’ questionnaire completed in January 2016 three family history workshops have been planned for Tuesday 11 October, Thursday 20 October and Tuesday 1 November 2016. The sessions, aimed at helping members find ways of breaking down brick walls, will be held at St Mary’s Church and Conference Centre, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, S2 4QZ where there is free parking. The workshops will run from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and refreshments will be available to buy.
The presenter will be Brian Smailes who has taught family history to adults for over fifteen years. The sessions will be part taught but there will also be opportunities for individuals to seek help with their particular research problems. There should be something for everyone, whatever their level of experience!
The maximum number of places for each session is 9 and these will be allocated on a first come first served basis. The flyer/booking form can be obtained by clicking on the following link:
Download booking form (PDF)
The forms should be returned by email to the address on the form and all cheques must be received at that address by 16 September 2016.
If you do not have access to a printer, please email the required information (as outlined in the booking form) including details of the workshops you wish to attend and send your cheque by post. The cost is £5 per session and all cheques should be made payable to “Sheffield & District FHS”. (If members wish to make any additional donation, cheques should reflect that)
Please note that if there are insufficient numbers to make the workshops viable, cheques will be returned. If the workshops are oversubscribed, a waiting list will be kept and places offered should anyone cancel.
Anyone requiring further information should email me at the email address on the booking form.

October Meeting
2016-10-17 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
Sheffield’s Women Workers in the First World War by Sylvia Dunkley.
Access to the building is from the Napier Street entrance. Parking is available in the supermarket car park opposite the entrance to the church.
Non members are always welcome. The meeting is free to members. Non-members are asked to pay £1 on the door.
Many people are aware of the role played by women workers in Sheffield during the Second World War but until now there has been little research into the employment of women in the city during the 1914-1918 War. Come and hear local historian Sylvia Dunkley reveal how the lives of Sheffield’s Edwardian women’s were affected by this conflict and their contribution to the war effort.

Sheffield & District Family History Fair
2016-05-21 10:00 - 16:00 UTC | Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, S6 1SW, United Kingdom
Our 2013 & 2014 Fairs were a great success therefore we are pleased to announce that we have booked the same venue for 2016. It will be held on:
Saturday 21st May 2016
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
in the 1867 Lounge at Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, Hillsborough, Sheffield, S6 1SW
Download the information for 2016 fair [PDF]
All previous exhibitors have been contacted since October 2015. We are 95% full so if you are not on the list on the right and you are interested in taking a stall at the 2016 fair please contact us asap at: events@sheffieldfhs.org.uk
Exhibitors

Andrew George Postcards
Barnsley Family History Society
Bradfield Historical Society
Burngreave Community Cemetery (Friends of)
Chris Makepeace Maps
Chesterfield Family History Society
Doncaster & District FHS
Dore Village Society
Family History Partnership
General Cemetery Trust (Sheffield)
Gleadless Valley Local History Group
Guild of One Name Studies
Handsworth Historical Society
Heeley History Workshop
Hillsborough & Owlerton Local History Group
John Austin Ondas Books
Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society
Leicestershire & Rutland FHS
Lincolnshire Family History Society
Memories Books
Military Genealogy
My History
National Coal Mining Museum
Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society
Rotherham Family History Society
Sheffield & District FHS
Sheffield Manor Lodge (Friends of)
Sheffield Star (books) & Retro Magazine
Shropshire Family History Society
South Yorkshire Transport Museum
Suffolk Family History Society
Totley History Group
Wardsend Cemetery (Friends of)
Wyvern Midland Railway Index
