Sheffield Family History Society

The History of the Humble Fork and Fun Quiz *CANCELLED*
2020-04-20 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
*THIS MEETING IS CANCELLED*
Join us for a talk illustrated by physical artefacts in the form of various types of cutlery, given by Paul Iseard, Friends of Portland Works and take part in a light hearted fun quiz

Victorian Killers - what killed ordinary people
2020-03-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
AGM, followed by Brian Smailes, a new speaker to our programme of talks, who gives an insight into the killers of ordinary adults and children during the 1880s, including every day items such as babies feeding bottles, corsets and wallpaper.

The Maybrick Murder
2020-02-17 19:30 - 21:00 | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
In a change to our previously advertised talk, we welcome for the first time, Alan Hancock to talk about the murder by Florence Maybrick of her husband James, who was suspected of being the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper.

The Great Sheffield Deer Park
2020-01-20 19:30 - 21:00 | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
To begin our programme of talks for 2020, David Templeman takes an informal look at Sheffield’s 8 mile medieval and tudor deer park, one of the largest privately owned in the country.

Sheffield Heritage Fair
2020-01-18 10:00 - 2020-01-19 11:00 | Millenium Galleries, Surrey Place, Sheffield
The Sheffield Heritage Fair will be held on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 January 2020 in the Cadman Room and Arundel Room, Millenium Galleries, Surrey Place, Sheffield S1 2LP.
Times: Saturday 10am – 4 pm
Sunday 11am – 3 pm
Local history and friends groups will be showcasing their workS

Medieval Christmas
2019-11-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
To finish this year’s programme of talks and help us get in the ‘Christmas mood’ Lloyd Powell will give an entertaining insight into the medieval christmas celebrations of our ancestors

Born in Sheffield: A History of Women's Health Services, 1864 - 2000
2019-10-21 19:30 - 21:00 | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
IMPORTANT MESSAGE
The talk on the 21st October 2019 is still going ahead as normal.
Please be aware that there is a football match at Bramall Lane but both Sheffield United and the police have confirmed no roads will be closed.
We will keep checking and let you know of any changes.
This month we welcome academic and author Helen Mathers, who will give a talk to members for the first time. Born in Sheffield tells the story of the development of health and maternity services for the women of the city, from the tiny maternity hospital opened in Figtree Lane in 1864 to modern day services.

Dirty Stop Outs Guide to Working Men's Club
2019-09-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
This month we welcome back Neil Anderson who will entertain us with ‘dirty stop out’ memories of the glitzy world of working men’s clubs in the 1970s.

A History of Sheffield Football - Martin Westby
2019-07-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
Come and hear about how Sheffield started the first football club in the world. Even if you don’t follow the game it is a part of the heritage of Sheffield and the start of something very big and maybe one of your ancestors played!

Please note the trip usually organised for July has been replaced with the above talk.

Bus ride round Attercliffe
2019-06-30 14:00 - 17:00
Please note this is not organised by the Society
A Bus Ride Round Attercliffe

Society June meeting - Music Hall: the singers and the songs
2019-06-17 19:30 - 21:00 | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
Our speaker this month is Ann Featherstone who will introduce us to the entertaining world of music halls, the people who sang in them and the songs they sang

Society May meeting - 'Fraud and bigamy in mid Victorian Britain
2019-05-20 19:30 - 21:00 | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
Join us to hear Richard Axe talk about the goings on in the world of fraud and bigamy in mid Victorian Britain

Free Event in Sheffield for Family Tree Maker Software
2019-04-20 13:30 - 15:00 | Croft House Settlement, 9 Garden Street, Sheffield, S1 4BJ, United Kingdom
Mark Olsen of Family Tree Maker will come to teach and interact about Family Tree Maker, DNA, charts, books and many other features of Family Tree Maker.
He will spend time discussing all the newest features and will take your questions throughout the presentation.
If you are interested he will bring their best conference pricing but there is no obligation to purchase anything – they are primarily there to answer your questions.
Hope to see you there!

Society April Meeting: Upstairs Downstairs - from humble beginnings to the American Dream
2019-04-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
This month we welcome back Jackie Depelle to tell the story of a family’s journey from humble beginnings in Britain to fulfilling the much sought after American Dream

Let's talk of graves
2019-04-13 10:00 - 16:30 | Wilson Carlile Centre, 50 Cavendish St, Sheffield, S3 7RZ
The Annual Conference of the Local Population Studies Society 2019 will take place in Sheffield this year. The theme of the day is ‘Let’s talk of graves’: Mortality and graveyards, c.1700-c.1950′. Attendance is open to anyone and you can download the full programme and a booking form from the Local Population Studies Society website. This is an opportunity to hear a number of speakers from the universities of Cambridge, Edinburgh, Newcastle and York as well as a couple of familiar faces: Janet Ridler speaking about ‘Sheffield’s hidden necropolis’ (General Cemetery) and our member Judith Pitchforth on ‘Written in stone – family reconstruction from Fulwood graveyard (Sheffield)’.

Royal visits to Sheffield
2019-03-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
Following the AGM (which will start at 7.30 pm) Stephen Johnson will take us back in time by relating some of the stories about visits made to Sheffield by Royals

Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty by Catherine Bailey - the making of the book
2019-02-18 19:30 - 20:45 | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
This talk by Martyn Johnson describes the making of the book which tells the story of Wentworth, the largest privately owned house in Britain and the Fitzwilliam family who owned it

January Talk
2019-01-21 19:30 - 21:00 | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
The ghostly goings on in Sheffield!
A Talk by Mrs P Dreadful (Jo Johnson Smith) from Steel City Ghost Tours.

December Meeting
2018-11-22 19:30 - 2018-12-31 21:00 | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
There will be no meeting in December.
The next meeting and talk is January 21st 2019.

Sheffield in Tudor and Stuart Times
2018-11-19 19:30 - 21:00
David Templeman will be giving his talk at our society meeting

Sheffield Cinema Heritage
2018-10-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
Please join us at our society meeting where Mike Higginbottom will be presenting his animated talk on the cinemas of Sheffield.

The Suffragette the Silversmith and the Sheiks Creator
2018-09-17 07:30 - 21:00 | Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance, Sheffield , S11 8HA
The Society Meeting talk is presented by Ann Beedham
Hear about three local ladies who contributed to art, literature and politics, but who have now largely been forgotten.

Visit to Kelham Island Museum
2018-07-16 13:30 - 16:00 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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.
