BGS Programme of Events

Change of venue NOTE the NEW location for our monthly meetings is - SOUTHCOURT COMMUNITY CENTRE, Prebendal Ave, Aylesbury (map) (any alteration to the location, or date will be indicated on the timetable below).

 

January 14th 2012 2:15pm (NOTE: this is a corrected date from that in the Society magazine) onwards PROBLEMS SESSION: (advance information of details of anything complicated would be helpful for bringing the right resources). Plus mini feast of magazines for various areas plus Petty Sessions Summons Books for Brill/Buckingham & estate agents records for Chalfonts/Gerrards Cross.

February 11th 2012 2-5pm APPRENTICESHIP AND ITS RECORDS: Richard Harvey, formerly Librarian at the Guildhall Library on a very useful source, with examples from London companies and the national Apprentice Tax records. Special feature, Hampshire books, CDs, fiches etc.

March 10th 2012 2-5pm POWER OF THE PRESS: NEWSPAPERS as an incredibly useful underused resource, some now made more available on line by good people like Richard Heaton, who shows some of his gems. Special feature: Staffs & Derby books, CDs and fiches etc.

 

This page was last updated December 2011