| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Group leader: | |
| When: | On Mondays 2:00 pm-4:00 pm (Third Monday of every Month) |
| Venue: | Southwell Library |
Welcome to the Family History Group webpage. Here you will find a little information about what we do and when we do it!
Family History (sometimes called ‘Genealogy’) is all about finding out about our personal history. It’s much more than just finding out the names of our ancestors. That is often the easy bit, but if we can find out about their lives – where they lived, what they did and more - then our ancestors start to come alive.
You’ve probably watched television programs such as ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ where illustrious ancestors often come to the fore. Most of us, though, have more humble backgrounds. But that does not remove the satisfaction of knowing a little more about where we come from. Even agricultural labourers (Ag Labs in the jargon) sometimes led surprisingly interesting lives.
The Southwell u3a Family History Group seeks to help members in their quest to find out more about their families.
Our meetings take a number of forms - from presentations on a particular topic (such as using Census data), round table discussions where members talk about something of special interest from their research, and sometimes visits (we have had a splendid presentation and tour at the Nottingham Archives).
If you would like to know more, please contact our Group Leader (Martin) and he will be very happy to provide more information about upcoming meetings. It doesn’t matter how experienced you are – we are all there to help each other and the present group includes people at all stages in their journey through time!