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Endell Street was unique. This talk, originally scheduled for 8 November 2021, has been rescheduled for 13 June 2022. It shows that it was the only hospital within the British Army to be staffed by women – all the doctors, nurses and orderlies were female apart from a dozen or so male helpers. The women of Endell Street treated 24,000 wounded soldiers who were shipped back from the frontline in France, Gallipoli and elsewhere throughout the war. After the war the hospital remained open to treat victims of the 1918 ‘Spanish’ flu pandemic. Endell Street became renowned as the most popular hospital in the First World War
This session, on 28 February 2022, discussed what ethics and morality mean, and what these have to do with genealogy. Ethical dilemmas in genealogy came to the forefront since law enforcement utilised information from GEDMatch to apprehend a suspected serial killer. These issues include exposing secrets and lies, and unexpected DNA results.
On 8 March 2021 Celia Heritage explained the different things to look out for when visiting a church and a churchyard.
A great opportunity to start your family history research on a sound footing, or to brush-up on your techniques with Oxfordshire Family History Society’s “Family History for Beginners Zoom course”. The OFHS Family History for Beginners Zoom Course is suitable for complete beginners or those who have not used the Internet for their research. It covers the main genealogical building blocks – births, marriages and deaths and census records – showing you how to get started, how to build up a timeline for your ancestors, and how to stay organised and focused. The course consists of three 90-minute sessions with two weeks in between for you to try out what you have learned. Each session is accompanied by a handout.
The talk “Family Tree Drawing”, on 14 March 2022, looked at the differences between using a genealogy program and a dedicated drawing package to draw out a family tree, the plusses and minuses of both programs and a look at some variations David have done in the past
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On 10 July 2023 -via Zoom. This talk will consider the types of roles women undertook on the Victorian and Edwardian railway, their recruitment, their working conditions and the limitations that were placed on their advancement. It will also consider the broader social forces and factors that shaped their employment. The talk will be appealing to those interested in railway history, railway work and women's employment in Britain in this period.
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This talk, on 11 April 2022, focused on sources that can be used to put flesh on the bones of our ancestors, highlighting clues that might point towards unusual records and other images.
On 9 November 2020, Malcolm Austen gave us a talk about GENUKI detailing what it is and how it can help you find sources of information.
On 7 September 2020, during a member "Show & Tell session" Charles Eldridge showed us the techniques he uses to get more out of DNA tests with Ancestry.
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A talk held over Zoom on Monday 14 August 2023. Where Gay Evans looked at large families in the 18th / 19th century and the implications for the parents, especially the mothers.
This is a follow up to Phil's earlier talk on using Research Plans to help with Family History Research. This time Phil will concentrate on how to build the plan. His talk took place on 11 October 2021.
On Monday 13 March 2023 via Zoom: A light-hearted walk through a variety of genealogical records, reinforcing the value of scrutinising original documents.
The presentation, on 13 December 2021, by members of the Education team of the Genealogical Society of Victoria in Australia covered convict records, the bounty immigration schemes, free immigrants and the immigration schemes in the 20th century including the 10 Pound POM scheme. It also covered the resources available with emphasis on those available online.
This talk on 11 December 2023 over Zoom, concentrates on autosomal DNA explains the terminology, what companies offer this service, costs and how to use this tool to progress your ancestry. It finds cousins matches for you and also provides an estimate of deep ancestral ethnicity. It will also discuss the ethics of testing and considerations regarding the possibility of uncovering a family secret.
This talk, given on 24 January 2022, examined how in the mid nineteenth century changes in employment practices and rising real wages meant that ordinary working people found themselves, usually for the first time, with leisure time and with spare money to spend on recreation. This talk describes where and how Oxford citizens spent their free time, and how the middle classes attempted to impose ‘rational recreation’ on their working-class contemporaries.
