Tuesday
12th September 2006
The first meeting of the new season saw the welcome return of
Lt. Col.
Mike Martin, who gave us a very interesting and entertaining talking to us about the
history of the Victoria Cross.
Regular members will remember that Colonel Martin opened the 2005/6 season for us with a very
entertaining talk about Lord Nelson and the British Navy (13th
September 2005).
Tuesday 10th October 2006
October's speaker was Mr. Stuart Bligh, KCC's new Archives
and Local History Services Manager, who gave us a very interesting
and informative talk about the work of the Service and some of the sources of information available to
researchers at the
Centre for Kentish Studies in Maidstone, the
Canterbury Cathedral Archives and the
East Kent Archive Centre at Whitfield.
There is a wealth of information on offer at the three archives, from the
records of Temple Ewell Mill (1869-1934) and Dover Harbour Board
(1682-) to the records of the Royal East Kent Yeomanry (1795-1932)
and the manuscripts of the Knatchbull family (1483-1983).
There are also a number of local history collections in public
libraries around the County which have a much more local focus.
Tuesday 14th November 2006
Our speaker for November was Michael Gandy, making a
welcome return to Deal to
talk about Irish ancestors. Some of you will remember Michael's
previous talk to the Branch on the problems of London ancestry (13th
March 2001)
Tuesday
12th December 2006
The December meeting brought
a new face to the Deal Branch in the shape of Kathy Chater, who talked
to us about insanity.
It didn't take much in the 19th century for somebody to be
described as "simple", and the census forms of the time had a column
for "imbecile, idiot or lunatic"!
Tuesday
9th January 2007
Our speaker this month was Mr. Jon Mills (no, not that one!), who
gave us a talk entitled "From Scarlet to Khaki", about
identifying 20th century military ancestors from their uniforms and
badges.
Tuesday
13th February 2007
For for the "Eve" of Valentine's Day we made a departure from the
normal format as a number of committee and ordinary members regaled
us with stories from their own family histories. This had the
desired effect of getting members talking.
Tuesday
13th March 2007
A modern slant on family history this month, as another speaker
new to the Branch, Dr. Geoff Swinfield, talked to us about "Genealogy
and Genetics". As more and more family historians are turning to d.n.a. testing to try to extend their trees
this proved an interesting and informative talk.
Tuesday
10th April 2007
Our distinguished speaker this month was Lady Teviot, another new
face for the Deal Branch.
Lady Teviot
is a professional researcher with over 25 years' experience. Her talk, entitled
"Kill or Cure, Medicine in the 19th Century", was a
fascinating insight into the conditions that our ancestors died from.
Tuesday
8th May 2007
Richard Ratcliffe
returned this month for a very welcome third visit to Deal to give us 'A Comedy of Errors'.
On his previous Richard gave us "Missing from home - Not on the
Census" (9
October 2001) and "Digging deeper into family history" (10th
June 2003). Richard, the Archivist at Methodist Central
Hall, Westminster, gave us a very amusing talk about some of the
strange directions our research can take when digging into our
family history.
Tuesday
12th June 2007
Branch AGM - The
business of the evening was dealt with promptly with the existing
Committee, with the exception of Mr. Harry Harris, who stood down,
being re-elected en block.
Our speaker this month was a newcomer to the branch, Mr. Ray Wiggins,
who gave us an interesting talk about the history of the Salvation Army.
Tuesday
10th July 2007
Our speaker for July
was another old friend. Returning for a third visit, Martin Lloyd,
gave an interesting and informative talk entitled "Buzz Bombs and Bicycles".
He describes how the "buzz bomb" (V1) worked and why it was
developed, before taking us on a cycle tour of the launch sites in
Northern France to see pictures of the sites as they exist today.
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