U3A Family History Topics 2015-2026
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2026
June: Wills
May: Transport {mainly railways}
April: Armed forces
March: Extended families
February: Key principles
January: Career changes
2025
December: Overseas relatives; Christmas party and quiz
November: Remarriage
October: Record keeping
September: Family traditions
August: Postcards and correspondence
July: Maps
June: Recent breakthroughs or discoveries
May: Diaries and memoirs
April: Records of the poor
March: Remarkable women
February: Aliases, pseudonyms, and name changes
January: Revisited topics from 2024; annual quiz
2024
December: Meeting cancelled
November: Family disputes and legal wrangling
October: School records and photographs and CVs
September: Discoveries using DNA analysis
August: Newspapers as sources
July: Honours, medals and awards
June: Houses connected with families
May: Oldest known ancestors
April: Skeletons in the cupboard
March: Dating problems with birth and baptism records; calendar changes
February: Things that have been puzzling me
January: Apprentices. Distribution of husbandmen in early census records
2023
December: Famous people with my surname; quiz
November: Why I started my family history
October: Professions and trades
September: Brick walls
August: Huguenots
July: Women's roles in WW2
June: Evacuees and refugees
May: Family movements within the UK
April: Update on sources for military service
March: Meeting cancelled
February: Surnames; One Name Studies
January: Surprise findings in your family history
2022
December: Catholic clergy and quiz
November: Workhouse residents
October: Local newspapers
September: Romanies, gypsies, watermen and other travellers
August: Meeting cancelled
July: Parish records and early sources
June: Photographs of early relatives
May: Church of England and non-conformist clergy
April: Sailors and the sea
March: Software and charting
February: Immigrants in the family (via ZOOM)
January: Photographs (via ZOOM)
2021
December: WW2 memorabilia and quiz
November: Industrial accidents
October: Emigrants in my family
September: Nurses and nursing
August: Publicans and public houses
July: Miscellaneous (via ZOOM)
June: Falsehoods (via ZOOM)
April: Miscellaneous (via ZOOM)
2020
December: Family flight from Odessa (via ZOOM)
April to November inclusive: No meetings during Covid Lockdown
March: Mail in wartime
February: Family connections with Suffolk
January: Street names
2019
December: Photo queries; quiz
November: Edward Lloyd
October: Electoral rolls
September: Old family photographs
August: Red herrings
July: Family history software demonstration
June: Members studies
May: Newspapers
April: No meeting?
March: Adoption
February: No meeting?
January: Graves, graveyards and monuments
2018
December: DNA, Christmas quiz and goodies
November: Wills
October: The family in wartime
September: Rural poor
August: Professions and trades
July: Workhouses
June: Reporting on discoveries made at Kew during recent visit; parish records
May: Booklets relevant to family history
April: Brick walls – figurative and literal
March: Transport: emigration; transportation; removal orders
February: Jewish ancestry
January: Why I started family history; oral family history
2017
December: John Gage on his research; Quiz
November: War records
October: Peabody Trust
September: Family stories
August: Censuses; 1939 Register
July: Parish records
June: Maps
May: Future developments in family history
April: Handwriting, abbreviations and simple Latin
March: Displaying family trees
February: Family stories
January: Family objects
2016
December: Heraldry quiz
November: Online resources
October: Marriage
September: Lowestoft Record Office visit
August: Trades and crafts
July: Workhouses; sharing interests.
June: Introduction to DNA tests
May: Crime and punishment
April: Movement – from one part of the country to another
March: Christian names
February: Servants
January: Family objects
2015
December: Quiz
November: Surnames
October: Porter family of Somerleyton
September: Uniformed services
August: Photographs, including dating them
July: St Michael’s church visit
June: Online resources
May: Books and booklets on family history
April: Nonconformist records; wills
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