The Society took part in the largest of the BBC Roadshows that link in with the BBC TV series The Great British Story presented by Michael Wood, held on Saturday 23 June at Hall Place. Sporting London-London Metropolitan Archives on Tuesday 10 July from 2 to 3 pm and repeated on Wednesday 11 July from 6 to 7 pm.

The Society took part in the largest of the BBC Roadshows that link in with the BBC TV series The Great British Story presented by Michael Wood, held on Saturday 23 June at Hall Place.





NWKFHS Volunteers helping Visitors with their family history.



A programme of talks ran throughout the day including a talk given by historian, broadcaster and writer Michael Wood who discussed the TV series. Help and advice was available from family history experts, North West Kent Family History Society and the Society of Genelogists.



NWKFHS had a major presence in the Long Gallery and Great Chamber on the first floor, fielding 28 volunteers. They were busy all day helping visitors with researching their ancestors. We had several internet-enabled PC's, and access to various commercial websites such as FindMyPast and Ancestry as well as many free websites and Steve Archer's Surname Atlas CD-Rom (Available from NWKFHS).

Both FindMyPast and Ancestry.com had kindly agreed to provide free access to their sites for the day so that NWKFHS volunteers could  assist visitors who were researching their family history. NWKFHS also provided visitor packs containing leaflets, guides, Free copy of Who Do You Think You Are Magazine and other useful information dontated by Federation of Family History Societies, WDYTYA, FindMyPast and NWKFHS. More details and photographs can be found at NWKFHS The Great British Story



NWKFHS Volunteers helping visitors new to family history.




Sporting London

If you live in the London area or are visting you might wish to consider this talk held at London Metropolitan Archives on Tuesday 10 July from 2 to 3 pm and repeated on Wednesday 11 July from 6 to 7 pm.

London boasts a fine amateur sporting history from street football played by apprentices in the City, bowls played on Bowling Green Lane to local cricket clubs. You can find out about the varied and colourful stories around London’s sporting past through documents and images.This talk is FREE - but you must book in advance at City of London Visitor Information