DIARY OF EVENTS 2024 - 25
Saturday Lectures Are to be presented online and/or Live
The 2024-25 season's live monthly lectures and meetings will take place at the Swarthmore Education Centre 2-7 Woodhouse Square, Leeds, LS3 1AD . Lectures may also take place by Zoom as well as or instead of live meetings.
This web page will be updated as information becomes available.
Please note that lectures will take place on Saturday mornings on the dates listed and start at 11:00 a.m. unless otherwise indicated.
If meetings are to be held using Zoom please register your intention to join the lecture at FHS Lectures together with details of your name and YAHS Section (if applicable) at the latest two days before the lecture date. This will enable the organisers to issue your e-invitation/meeting entrance e-ticket in a timely manner.
Guest Visitors are welcome subject to access limits at the meeting location or on Zoom.
Please note that previous attendees at Saturday morning Zoom lectures will automatically receive an invitation.
However owing to server capactiy restrictions we ask that those who wish to continue to receive Zoom information for the 2024-25 season's meetings notify the Webmaster by e-mail to blackadder 47@btinternet.com
LECTURE PROGRAMME 2023 - 2024
Updated 17th June 2024
2024
January 13th The History of Armley Mills - Aleks Fagelman - Assistant Curator Armley Mills
February 10th Preserve Your Memories - Charting the 1960's with Top 10 Hits -
Malcolm Johnson - Retired teacher
March 9th Leeds Ancestry and Heritage of Kate Princess of Wales -
Ann Lightman - Friends of Lawnswood Cemetery
April 13th The Beecroft and Butler Families of Kirkstall Forge -
Dianna Webster - Leeds Museums Volunteer
May 11th Family History from 17th century Woodhouse and the Manor of Leeds -
Janice Heppenstall - Genealogist
June 8th From Cradle to Grave. A Lifetime of Sources. How many sources have you used? -
Jackie Depelle - Genealogy Tutor
July & August Summer Break - No Lectures
ADVANCE NOTICE FOR 2024 -25 LECTURES
September 14th A Virtual Tour of Pudsey
Christine Throp - Pudsey Civic Society
October 12th A Working Life In Leeds
Lynne Harding - Amateur Historian
November 9th Guy Fawkes - The Gunpowder Plot and The Yorkshire Connections
Tony Morgan - Associate Professor, University of Leeds
December 14th Museum Advent Calendar
Kitty Ross - Curator of Leeds History/Social History
Leeds Museums & Galleries
2025
January 11th How to produce a Family History and keep one's sanity
Richard Smith - Reviewed Family Historian & Author
February 8th Using DNA for Family History -an overview
Folkfinders - Bev & Phil Taylor (Professional Family Historians)
March 8th To Be Advised
Family History Fairs
For a full list of Fairs and Events go to http://geneva.weald.org.uk