Our members are keen family historians, each of whom is working on building out their own family tree and collecting the stories that surround it. We meet once a month to help each other research ancestors, overcome brick walls, and explore new resources, tools and approaches. The group is geared more to those who have some experience of working on their family history, and we offer a warm welcome to newcomers.

We do not offer any form of taught course but aim to learn from the shared experience and expertise of our members. Our meetings normally address a specific subject and can include presentations, group discussions and, increasingly, interactive sessions where the group works together on a genealogical task.

2026 programme

Date	Topic
20 Jan	Creating a house history: Part 1 A workshop to kick-off our individual house history studies: presenting our chosen houses/buildings and deciding on the record types we will need to access
17 Feb	How AI is changing genealogical research A gentle introduction to how artificial intelligence can help you find and use a wider range of records
17 Mar	Creating a house history: Part 2 A chance to share useful ideas and tackle any brickwalls encountered
21 Apr	Courts and criminals A two-hander: “genealogical gems from Quarter Session records” and “Middlesex criminal registers of the Napoleonic era (1793-1815)“
19 May	Creating a house history: Part 3 Thumbnail presentations of the results and tips on how to write up our articles
16 Jun	Next steps in tracing Irish ancestors Going beyond civil registration, parish registers and censuses
21 Jul
18 Aug
15 Sep
20 Oct
17 Nov
15 Dec

Programme 2025

Reader contributions

A brush with TV genealogy – read about the experiences of one of our members who was approached by researchers from the TV production company behind “DNA Journey”.