DGFHS Syllabus for 2024

ZOOM MEETINGS

Our current schedule is below. Half of these are at times suitable for USA/Canada and half to suit Australia/New Zealand. We expect each to last 60-90 minutes. We have done our best to confirm world times but please confirm for your location.

Members need to register for our talks annually. To join a meeting send an email to zoom@dgfhs.org.uk with your details including Location and Membership Number. You will be added to our “repeat” listing unless you say otherwise. If you do not have your membership number then please email either the UK Membership Secretary at mbrs-sec-uk@dgfhs.org.uk or the Overseas Membership Secretary at mbrs-sec-os@dgfhs.org.uk who will be able to provide it to you.

New invites will be issued for each meeting on the day prior to the meeting. The meeting space will open 15 minutes prior to the advertised time to allow time for participants to check their system before the meeting starts. Following the Talk we will have a Question Time on General Genealogy questions and we appreciate receiving these in advance to enable us to prepare an answer. Written questions will take precedence. Please do try to send a question in as it provides for a more interesting meeting. There are no silly questions! 

Recordings of each meeting will be available to those who have registered for the talk. You will be emailed within 24 hours of the meeting with a link to download the recording. The link is active for 7 days so please ensure you download whilst it is active.

If anyone feels they have a talk in them which would be of interest to our members please email zoom@dgfhs.org.uk with details.

11th September 2024 – 10.00UK 02:00PST 05:00EST 18:00AWST 23:00NZDT

Speaker: John Sturgeon – “140 years in  the life of one Dumfries family”

16th October 2024 – 20:00UK 12:00PST 15:00EST 04:00AWST 09:00NZDT

Speaker: Lynda Mackie, – “Maxwelltown Its Churches And Ministers”

November 2024  – TBA

December 2024  – No talk

January 2025 – No talk

 

Previous Talks

17th January 2024 – 20:00UK 12:00PST 15:00EST 04:00AWST 09:00NZDT

Speaker: Archie McConnell – “Names on Maps”

21st February 2024 – 10.00UK 02:00PST 05:00EST 18:00AWST 23:00NZDT

Speaker: Stuart King – “Lady Florence Dixie: the fascinating daughter of the 7th Marquess of Queensberry”

13th March 2024 – 20:00UK 12:00PST 15:00EST 04:00AWST 09:00NZDT

Speaker: Cynthia Guffey – “Farewell Stranraer…America is calling. An Emigrant’s story in Pennsylvania”

17th April 2024 – 20:00UK 12:00PST 15:00EST 04:00AWST 09:00NZDT

Speaker: Margo McClumpha – AGM – and “How Healthy is Your Family Tree?”

15th May 2024 – 20:00UK 12:00PST 15:00EST 04:00AWST 09:00NZDT

Speaker: Fiona Chesterton – “Bringing Family History to Life: tips from a published author”

19th June 2024 – 10.00UK 02:00PST 05:00EST 18:00AWST 23:00NZDT

Speaker: John Halliday – “Ramsay’s ‘Gentle Shepherd’ in Kirkcudbrightshire.”

10th July 2024 – 20:00UK 12:00PST 15:00EST 04:00AWST 09:00NZDT

Speaker: Ken Nisbet – “The 1921 Scottish census”

 

 

Updated 29/08/24