tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53110575599656723872024-03-19T04:53:30.541+00:00North West Kent Family History SocietyNorth West Kent Family History Society. Family History and Genealogical News for the North West Kent and South East London AreaWalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04508667526639179829noreply@blogger.comBlogger251125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-9667884427051487242020-10-30T19:23:00.002+00:002020-10-30T19:23:38.629+00:00Family History - North West Kent Family History Society<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JgWp1XtFTrc" frameborder="0"></iframe>David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-14861393484935026582020-10-28T21:03:00.001+00:002020-10-28T21:03:44.400+00:00NWKFHS new website video YouTube<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/213-gJOCQa4" frameborder="0"></iframe>David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-10984112372425074522018-11-05T11:03:00.002+00:002018-11-05T11:03:28.562+00:00NWKFHS Sevenoaks Branch Indoor Street Party on 8 November 8pm<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b>'Street Party' to commemorate the end of WW1 </b></span><br />
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Stellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01881895886401159904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-32215833684712250032018-06-08T23:16:00.001+01:002018-06-08T23:16:33.528+01:00Why do we study family history?<br />
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Dick Eastman’s Newsletter of 7 June 2018 asked the question ‘Why
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Genealogy is defined as the direct descent of an individual
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It is a simpler question than ‘Why do we study
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Family History I believe is to research not only our lines
of descent but also the details of our family members, their occupations, the
places they lived and the social influences that affected their lives. It is
trying to understand what made them do what they did. One question that crops
up as you discover more about them is why they survived to create the generations
of our family. They endured war, disease, poverty and occupational injuries.
Sometimes they were working with the law and sometimes they appeared on the
opposite side or merely as witnesses. Every event creating a record of their existence.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">It is the sense of knowing
more about the family than other members of it know.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">It is the discovery.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">It is the puzzle as to
where to look.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">It is finding sources that
add to the search.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">It is the discovering
characters that you like and wish you had known.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">It is the discovering characters
that you feel you would not have liked, but wish you had known.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">It is the challenge of a ‘brick
wall’ and the joy at demolishing it.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">It is the history of the
place that the family inhabited.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">It is the history of the
country that affected them.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">It is the journeys they
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<br />David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-12490224888649713142018-05-30T21:21:00.000+01:002018-05-30T21:21:24.527+01:00Fake Pedigrees<br />
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In a recent workshop at NWKFHS Society Library I explored errors,
lies and other misinformation in records found in the commercial and government
indexes online. There are also a number of fake pedigrees that are known within
the genealogical community such as those written by Gustav Anjou between 1890
and 1942 [Online https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Fraudulent_Genealogies].
Michael Maclagan mentions a case of someone embellishing their Ancestry. Sir
Walter de Norwich d 1329 became Chief Baron of the Exchequer and his son John
Admiral North of the Thames became a peer in 1342. The pedigree compiled with
supporting forged documents (Maclagan p12 quoting Bodleian MS Top. Gen.c.62
(formerly Phillips 3796)) claims to go back to a companion of William the
Conqueror.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-75663761948231804132018-05-30T21:06:00.000+01:002018-05-30T21:06:04.797+01:00Pedigree Collapse<br />
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If you have any interest in pedigree collapse and that your
ancestors may have been related by multiple descent lines, then you will find
Michael Maclagan’s paper of interest. He stresses “the wide spread of family
connections through the Middle Ages”.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He gives examples of marriages forbidden by canon law that
took place either by a clandestine marriage or by papal dispensation. The
marriage between relatives has continued since medieval ages as Michael admits
to be a child of second cousins.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-89519982113724792532018-03-18T18:16:00.000+00:002018-03-18T18:16:23.279+00:00Bromley meeting 22nd September 2018 now 15th September
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to an unfortunate sequence of events that were out of our hands, we have had to
change the date of our <strong>September </strong>meeting from Saturday 22nd to <strong>Saturday 15th</strong>.
The venue is the Methodist Church as usual. Meryl Catty will still able to
visit us, but we have had to change the title of the talk, as Maureen Binks
will be on holiday on the 15th. Meryl’s talk will be <span style="color: #ff4013; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">'Our Newspaper Heritage': a light-hearted introduction to the
history of the press enlivened with extracts from newspapers, humorous, tragic
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David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-86221053389734831682018-03-11T23:30:00.000+00:002018-03-11T23:30:23.493+00:00Insight into occupation recordsEveryone of your ancestors had to earn a living to survive, no social services and little parish support. So if you want to learn more about occupational records then Jean Stirk's workshop on 21 March 2018 will help you.<br />
Contact <a href="mailto:workshop@nwkfhs.org.uk">workshop</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">@nwkfhs.org.uk</a>. There are places available for members. <br />
Sorry, due to lack of workshop space we cannot accept non-members booking applications at this time.David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-61091158374203843452018-03-09T21:17:00.000+00:002018-03-09T21:17:51.783+00:00New Web site goes live<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new web site has gone live </span><a href="http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.nwkfhs.org.uk</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Its been a long time coming but I feel the content and new layout have been well worth while.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is now a members area which adds to the experience for members. It contains data available only to members.</span><br />
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same email address noted by the Society. So please can you change it so both family members have different email addresses. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please let the <a href="mailto:membership@nwkfhs.org.uk">membership</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><a href="mailto:membership@nwkfhs.org.uk">@nwkfhs.org.uk</a>, </a></span><a href="mailto:webmaster@nwkfhs.org.uk"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">webmaster</span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@nwkfhs.org.uk</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or me </span><a href="mailto:president@nwkfhs.org.uk"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">president</span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@nwkfhs.org.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> know of the changed email address with your membership number in a private email. Please do not add it as a comment. Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-17084242260461304342018-03-02T21:14:00.000+00:002018-03-02T21:14:20.508+00:00Find a spouse only 6 miles from homeThe Daily Mail today (2nd March 2018) in an article by Victor Allen (science correspondent) reported a study that the 'baby boomer' generation of post WW2 typically married someone who lived six miles away. This was compared to Europe where they married 18 miles from home and in America it is 60 miles from home. The study published in the journal 'Science' co-authored by Dr Yaniv Erlich from Columbia University whose researchers trawled genealogy web sites to create a large scientific family tree of data. The family tree is 11 generations deep covering the period 1650 to 1950.<br />
Why the British travel less is put down to better local economic opportunities, social norms and being a small island country with closer towns and hamlets than in Europe and America.<br />
The article mentions that before 1850 marrying into the family was common to someone who on average was a fourth cousin.<br />
The advent of rail travel; 1820-1875; enabled people to marry partners from further afield. As did other forms of transport such as the bicycle and motor car. The study also found that women in Europe and America have migrated more than men, but men travelled further on average.<br />
Think only of your ancestors that went to the British colonies or hunted diamonds in South Africa or gold in Australia and America.David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-8691399877284836182018-02-24T21:27:00.000+00:002018-02-24T21:27:14.398+00:00Transcriptions volunteers
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The data backbone of Family History Societies is the
transcribing and indexing of original documents. Eric Jackson in his report for
the Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) general meeting (2018)
mentions the transcribers' comradery of the Lancashire ‘Crew Lists Project’
volunteers. The same atmosphere is enjoyed by NWKFHS volunteers. In addition to
the transcribing activities there is also a team of volunteers creating a
catalogue of the books, photographs, fiche and old documents held in the
Society Library. At these sessions the comradery is created by the supply of
tea, coffee and biscuits with lots of ready banter among the team. The
advantage the Society has is having a room in which to work with the tools of
atlases, magnifying glasses and guidance references and adjacent kitchen
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cataloguing teams by offering their services at the regular monthly branch
meetings or at the Library on any Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-91173576184355080502018-02-04T12:38:00.000+00:002018-02-04T12:38:12.925+00:00Metropolitan Police HistoryKen Chamberlain at Dartford on Saturday talked about the history of the Metropolitan police force and during the presentation gave hints on researching your police ancestors. The first was to contact the metropolitan police historical collection <a href="http://www.metpolicehistory.co.uk/">www.metpolicehistory.co.uk</a> and the second was the guidance notes at the TNA. The TNA under the MEPO piece number MEPO4 has a number of registers that have been digitised and are FREE to view on line. You can in 'Discovery' enter the ancestors name and then view the actual register entry online at no cost. I managed to see the registers that gave the date of recruitment, date of leaving, warrant number and the division of members of my family who served in the police. One of these men served not in London but at Chatham Dockyard.<br />
A good talk that surprised me in providing information that has lead to four new pieces of family history. Thanks Ken.David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-37761500898604023622018-01-21T12:14:00.000+00:002018-01-21T12:14:50.930+00:00The Society Photographic Albums<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Society photographic albums
are in two areas. The albums in the store includes donations from the families of deceased members, informal recording by
Society officers and members, and events over the last forty years.<strike> </strike>The albums on the open shelves are photographs and postcards reproduced in a standard size to suit the album. The originals that do not suit the albums are in store.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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Wednesday sessions of the Society Library and resource centre. Some of the Society event photos are better
labelled than others. Please pop in and see if you can add names! All of the photographs on the open shelves are fully labelled and most dated.</span></span></span></div>
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David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-71456003420450840752018-01-19T23:14:00.000+00:002018-01-19T23:14:49.612+00:00County boundaries and mapping your ancestors' locationsAt the mapping workshop on Wednesday 17th January 2018 one of the queries raised was to do with a brickmaker in 1911 at Kilsyth, Stirlingshire. Checking the Brickmakers Index there were two entries for sources that refer to Kilsyth. The first was Gartshore Brickworks at Kilsyth, Dunbartonshire. The second was for Gartshore Brickworks at Kiltsyth Stirlingshire. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland publication 'Brick Tile and Fireclay Industries in Scotland' has a diagram G3 distribution map of sites in Clackmannanshire, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and Stirlingshire. There is a small area between Stirlingshire and Lanarkshire that is unlabelled. This area is East Dunbartonshire. where this publication lists Gartshore Brickworks, Kilsyth as in the NGR location NS706743. It was thought there could have been two brickworks. However the 1956 OS map supplied from the National Library of Scotland web site [http://maps.nls.uk//view/91578896] of old maps shows a single brickworks on the north of the B8048 road and south of the railway spur that joins the Glasgow to Stirling main line at about Drumgrew Bridge. This was one of the colliery brickworks taken over by the NCB (National Coal Board) when they took over the mining collieries in 1946/47.<br />
It just shows that places and parishes need to be checked. I good guide for England and Wales is Philimore's Atlas and Index. As an example in Bedfordshire Kensworth was previously in Hertfordshire and Swineshead was in Huntingdonshire.<br />
Good luck with mapping your ancestors and I hope it helps you breakdown barriers.<br />
Regards<br />
DavidDavid Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-73260172583429777742017-12-31T19:12:00.001+00:002017-12-31T19:12:46.111+00:00New NWKFHS program 2018-2019 is available
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David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-64784356281343122452017-12-30T15:53:00.000+00:002017-12-30T15:53:05.306+00:00Volunteers wanted to assist with data entry at the Society Library.
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">If you can use a computer and either EXCEL or ACCESS
Microsoft software programs, you can help NWKFHS by volunteering to manage some
of the many resources stored at the library. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Volunteer 1 – entry
of family history data.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Can you enter data into spreads-sheets (Excel) or Access
tables that look like spread-sheets?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Volunteer 2 – to draw
up spread-sheets.</span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Can you draw up spread-sheets and format the cells for others
to take them over and input the data?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Volunteer 3 – to use
ACCESS and administer databases.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Can you use ACCESS databases?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Can you create tables for data entry?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Can you design queries and reports in ACCESS databases?</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Training available
for volunteers.</span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you can volunteer on a regular basis
and can already use WORD or other Microsoft programs, we can provide training
in data entry and processing. These will be new transferrable skills you can
use to advance your family history research.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Please contact the </span><a href="mailto:library@nwkfhs.org.uk"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">library@nwkfhs.org.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> or David at </span><a href="mailto:president@nwkfhs.org.uk"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">president@nwkfhs.org.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-47255013863683378292017-12-24T01:16:00.000+00:002017-12-24T01:16:23.904+00:00GRO Indexes available at NWKFHS Joydens Wood
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2017 the closure of a local archive gave the Society the opportunity to provide
a home for the microfiche General Registry Office birth, marriage, and death
indexes. This collection of fiche is available to members at the Society
Library at Joydens Wood, Bexley every Wednesday from 10.00am to 4.00pm. See our
web site for directions at www. nwkfhs.org.uk.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If you would like a list of these fiche please send an email request to <a href="mailto:library@nwkfhs.org.uk">library@nwkfhs.org.uk</a>.</span></div>
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David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-4419350815597760052017-12-14T16:16:00.000+00:002017-12-14T16:42:09.893+00:00Asking GrandparentsAt the Society Library yesterday a prospective member made an interesting observation. He said 'We are the grandparents we wished we asked when we started our family history research'.<br />
Perhaps over Christmas I should be dropping some QI facts into the conversations with the grandchildren!<br />
A realisation I had some time ago wishing I had asked more questions of my grandparents when they were alive. <span class="_Tgc">C'est la vie ....</span><br />
<span class="_Tgc">Have a happy Christmas</span><br />
<span class="_Tgc">Best wishes</span><br />
<span class="_Tgc">David</span><br />
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<span class="_Tgc">QI = 'Quite interesting', after the television program.</span>David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-53872859087232298832017-11-25T01:16:00.000+00:002017-11-25T01:16:00.091+00:00Pictures and MapsWriting up your family history can be enhanced by pictures and maps.<br />
Too often they are copyright or watermarked. That's fine, but so many pictures from old books are out of copyright.<br />
It was wonderful that one of my links sent me the details of the 'Digital Library of America', I'm now enjoying the search for new pictures and maps that can illustrate my family history. <br />
I've even discovered Sergeant Wayne A Cuffley, a very distant relative, has provided photographs to the USAF and these are available on the site.<br />
Its amazing how the availability of knowledge has increased over the last ten years.David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-88820568481118594062017-11-23T17:34:00.000+00:002017-11-23T17:34:01.706+00:00NWKFHS Library Christmas ClosuresThe Library will be open on Wednesday 20th December when you can research and enjoy Janet's Christmas fare provided by the 'Tea Club'.<br />
On Wednesday 27th December the Library is CLOSED.<br />
On the Wednesday 3rd January the Library is OPEN. Have a happy new year and don't forget its our 40th Anniversary year.<br />
Have a Happy Christmas.<br />
Best wishes DavidDavid Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-17026492361164031672017-11-17T19:13:00.000+00:002017-11-17T19:13:56.647+00:00Syd Jordan Cartoons<br />
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If you or your parents played sport in the South East London area were they recorded by Syd Jordan. Syd Jordan who died in 1972 drew sketches of sportsmen from the local clubs.<br /> It was seeing a cartoon of my father and his brother playing bowls for Woolwich Polytechnic (later know as Thames Poly and now Greenwich University) Bowls club who beat Bexleyheath Conservative Club that reminded me of these wonderful sketches. I'm fortunate that I too have a cartoon from my rugby playing days.<br /> Syd was born in 1894 at Plumstead and died in 1972. His sketching started in 1919 for a Crayford works magazine before moving to work for the Kentish Times (The Mercury 27 November 1997).<br /> He was not only a cartoonist but had been trained as an engineer working for Vickers during both world wars. In the 1920's he was the licensee of a pub in Bexleyheath. <br /> If anyone else can add to Syd Jordan's biography or know where a collection of his sketches can be seen other than in old newspapers I would like to hear.<br /><br /> David </div>
David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-66305330523079794672017-11-16T14:55:00.000+00:002017-11-16T14:55:08.828+00:00Dartford Branch meeting 2 November 2017Peter Jones gave a talk on 'The Masons and 300 years of the Grand Lodge of England' explaining their history and the work in the community.<br />
The next Dartford meeting on the 2nd December has a talk by Rupert Matthews entitled 'The Biography of Father Christmas'<br />
If you want to learn more about all the North West Kent FHS branches and their meetings see the Facebook page at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/North-West-Kent-Family-History-Society-185363068176998/">https://www.facebook.com/North-West-Kent-Family-History-Society-185363068176998/</a>David Cufleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626698742030113198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-70370131557909982362017-04-19T10:33:00.000+01:002017-04-19T10:33:17.762+01:00Hi Folks,<br />
Don't forget on Saturday 22nd April we have the AGM with talks in the morning and Afternoon.<br />
The morning is Imogen Corrigan on ' Put that light out' 93rd Search Light Regiment Royal Artillery and Melanie Gibson-Barton on 'Wandering the Somme'.<br />
West Heath School Ashgrove Road Sevenoaks was built in 1760 and became a school in 1932. Its the school were Princess Diana went in the 1970's.<br />
Look forward to seeing you there but don't forget to book a place.<br />
Best wishes David<br />
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There is always something going on in the Society and as December approaches the Society newsletter is worth looking at to keep up to date. Tony has made it very seasonal and it’s packed with Society information .... ..<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480332006110_6469" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/nwk-newsletter-dec-2016.pdf">http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/nwk-newsletter-dec-2016.pdf</a></div>
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I'm sorry to send early greetings but in case I don't talk to you all before Christmas have a Happy Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year.</div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311057559965672387.post-35328450046767841992016-10-16T23:00:00.000+01:002016-10-16T23:00:08.753+01:00Latest WorshopsHi Folks Victor has updated the program of workshops for the end of the year and 2017.<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">60 – October 19th 2016</span></b><b><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">:- “ Writing Family Histories” :-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">This led- discussion group will not tell you how to write or even how to
write up your family history but will help you to think widely about
communicating you research to your chosen audience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pauline is not an expert at family history
research but enjoys words, attends a creative writing group and edits our
journal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would be helpful to bring a
simple family tree of three generations or more, hand sketched is fine, and a
timeline of events from the life of one of your ancestors. - Pauline Heathcote
– </span><b><span style="color: red;">This is a repeat of the workshop first held in
November 2015</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">O</span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">utside the Box – Mind Maps and
other Methods” :- </span></b></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">This
workshop will try and suggest methods of thinking about how to overcome those
‘brick walls’ that every family historian meets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will use the attendees own stumbling
blocks to discuss sources and how to set out the known facts and suggest
research to help solve the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attendees'
submitted brick walls will be used as case studies. -<b> </b>David Cufley – </span><b><span style="color: red;">This is a repeat of the workshop held in March 2015</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">:- “ Record
Keeping for Family Historians” :-</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Roman; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-hansi-font-family: Roman;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Filing family group sheets, certificates and other paper
documents with cross referencing systems and descriptions to enable research
results and sources to suggest your future research. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">- David Cufley<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;">This is a repeat of the workshop first run in October 2015. </span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">62A – January 25th 2017</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">:- “Society Quarterly Discussion
Group” :- </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“What happens to my research when I'm
gone?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: green;">[Please see information elsewhere in the December 2016
Journal]</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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February 15th 2017</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">:-
“Beginner Session” :- </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This workshop aims to
assist in the early stages of Family History research. It will cover birth,
marriage & death certificates, census, parish registers, wills, directories
& websites. - Fran Rogers<b><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">64 – February 22nd 2017</span><b><span lang="EN-US"> :- “</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">An Introduction to </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Family Historian</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> - A Genealogy and Family Tree Software Computer Program” :- </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This workshop will provide an
overview of this UK program. Content will include preferences, data entry,
importing data from other programs, as well as introducing diagrams, reports
and the adding of photos. It will also cover the method of recording sources
and their respective citations. <b>Aimed at beginners</b>. - Brian Kirk<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">This
is a repeat of the workshop first held in April 2016 & repeated in
September 2016</span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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the Missing”:-</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Searching for ancestors in
unexpected places such as hospitals, prisons, workhouses, almshouses, asylums,
industrial schools and among apprenticeship, Poor Law and Settlement records. -
Jean Stirk<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b><span style="color: red;">This replaces the postponed workshop from
July 2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">66 – April 19th 2017 <b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">:- “<strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Some Early Sources Pre 1700” :-</span></strong></span></b><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Sans";">Have you tried using Equity Records held in The National Archives?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ie. Star Chamber, Chancery, Exchequer &
Court of Requests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By using TNA's
'Discovery', references to the documents are revealed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Explanation of the documents with their
immense amount of information even for the very 'umble'. - Joyce Hoad</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-weight: normal;">66A - April 26th 2017</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"> :-“Society Quarterly Discussion Group”</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"> - Topic TBA<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: green;">[Please see information elsewhere in the December 2016
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Officer.”</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> A
Greenwich scholar who fought in the Opium Wars, court martialled for
prevarication and died of a fever serving on a ship engaged on anti-slavery
patrol. Janet's research has involved using a variety of sources which she will
share with workshop participants.<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span></i></b>- Janet Digby<span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">68 – June 21st 2017 </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">:-</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Your Society Needs YOU <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">:-</span> Transcribing, Checking and Editing of Society Publications”. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
workshop for volunteers interested in becoming transcribers, checkers and
editors. Additional volunteers are needed to help with the production of new
publications from original documents. Join this workshop to find out how you
can help.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- Barbara
Phillips </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is a repeat of the workshop first held in May 2016</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">69 – July 19th 2017</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <b>:- <span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The 1939 Register” :–</span></b><span style="color: black;"> The Register can be used as a census substitute but,
unlike other census', it is not a snapshot in time but an evolving document
which continued to be updated for some years after WW2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will examine what it contains and discuss
any problems you may have encountered when using it. - Christine Hills<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;">This is a repeat of the workshop first held in May 2016</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">69A - July
26th 2017</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> :-“Society Quarterly Discussion Group”</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> - Topic
TBA<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: green; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[Please see information elsewhere in the
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">70 – August 16th 2017 </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">:- “Your Family in History – A
Time Line” :-</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> A
guide through history (1500-1914) briefly highlighting events and their effects
on your ancestors lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is more in
the form of a discussion group so that you can introduce events that affected
YOUR ancestors. - Hilary Waters<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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is a repeat of the workshop held in August 2016</span></b></span><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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