Events
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January Talk
Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance SheffieldThe ghostly goings on in Sheffield! A Talk by Mrs P Dreadful (Jo Johnson Smith) from Steel City Ghost Tours.
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Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty by Catherine Bailey – the making of the book
Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance SheffieldThis 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
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Royal visits to Sheffield
Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance SheffieldFollowing 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
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Let’s talk of graves
Wilson Carlile Centre 50 Cavendish St, SheffieldThe 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 […]
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Society April Meeting: Upstairs Downstairs – from humble beginnings to the American Dream
Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance SheffieldThis 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
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Free Event in Sheffield for Family Tree Maker Software
Croft House Settlement 9 Garden Street, Sheffield, United KingdomMark 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 […]
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Society May meeting – ‘Fraud and bigamy in mid Victorian Britain
Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance SheffieldJoin us to hear Richard Axe talk about the goings on in the world of fraud and bigamy in mid Victorian Britain
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Society June meeting – Music Hall: the singers and the songs
Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance SheffieldOur 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
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Bus ride round Attercliffe
Please note this is not organised by the Society http://www.mikehigginbottominterestingtimes.co.uk/?p=6022
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A History of Sheffield Football – Martin Westby
Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance SheffieldCome 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 […]