Family and Social History Group
Group Leader: Roger Brown
Tel: 07393 705447
Email: info@knutsfordu3a.co.uk
Welcome to the Family and Social History group.
The prerequisite for attending our gatherings will be membership of Knutsford & District u3a – see the Membership page.
Meetings will be held on the second Friday of the month in the Knutsford Methodist church, in the Main Hall of the church. The meetings start at 2pm., duration 1 hour.
To cover the cost of hiring the room, there is a modest cost for attending: £2.00 per person.
On behalf of the group’s members, I would like to thank Karen Oakes for continuing to relieve group members of their £2 entry fee, each meeting. Meet and Greet positions are much sought after, so if you would like to alternate with Karen, I know that she would be happy to share this enjoyable responsibility.
Dates of Next Meetings
ANNOUNCEMENT
FROM NOVEMBER, the meetings will be held on the third Tuesday of the month 10:45 to 11:45. Doors open at 10.30, carriages at 12 noon.
The new dates are as follows:
- Tuesday 19th November
- Tuesday 17th December
- Tuesday 21st January 2025
- Tuesday 18th February
- Tuesday 18th March
- Tuesday 15th April (Easter Sunday will be on 20th April, for your information)
- Tuesday 20th May
…..END OF ANNOUNCEMENT
Friday 13th September
‘Census Surprises and Records Revelations’ Part 2
More stories for everyone to get their teeth into. What genealogy stories would you like to share with us?
Friday 11th October
‘A Person Known to the Authorities’
It’s skeleton in the cupboard time. Come on, own up, you’re amongst friends!
Tuesday 19th November
Atlantic Crossing
No, not the Rod Stewart album, this is intended to be about children and young people who crossed the ocean throughout the 20th century, and the 19th. It can be about a migration across any ocean. We’ll not limit ourselves to just our local one. Does your family have a tale to tell? Do you have cousins who settled in foreign fields?
Tuesday 17th December
Murder Most Foul
Allan Jones will regale us with another of his well-crafted stories, this one concerning the fatal shooting – murder – of a young man called Arthur, who is buried in the beautiful rustic setting of St Lawrence’s churchyard by Peover Hall. Shades of St Mary Mead, or maybe an Inspector Barnaby whodunnit.
Friday 21st January 2025
‘Job Titles’
We would be keen to learn about the job titles our ancestors bore. Feel free to chip in with your discoveries.
Tuesday 18th February
‘Illegitimacy’
Well, I don’t know about you, but the branches of my tree are littered with these twigs. They usually present a problem, as (in my experience) the fathers were quite shy about stepping forward, so a barrier to further research.
Previous Meeting Reports
- 9th August 2024 meeting click here
- 12th June 2024 meeting click here
- Apr / May 2024 meetings click here
- 8th March 2024 meeting click here
- 9th February 2024 meeting click here
- 12th January 2024 meeting click here
- 8th December 2023 meeting click here
- 10th November 2023 meeting click here
- 13th October 2023 meeting click here
- 8th September 2023 meeting click here
- 13th July 2023 meeting click here
- 9th June 2023 meeting click here
- 12th May 2023 meeting click here
- 14th April 2023 meeting click here
- 10th March 2023 meeting click here
- 10th February 2023 meeting click here
- 13th January 2023 meeting click here
- 9th December 2022 meeting click here
- 11th November 2022 meeting click here
- 14th October 2022 meeting click here
- 9th September 2022 meeting click here
- 10th June 2022 meeting click here
- 13th May 2022 meeting click here
- 11th March 2022 meeting click here
- 11th February 2022 meeting click here
- 10th December 2021 meeting click here
- 12th November 2021 meeting click here
- 8th October 2021 meeting click here
Roger Brown