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Catch up on previous posts
- The Greenwood Tree – December 2019 November 29, 2019
- Lost Dorset – The Villages & Countryside November 18, 2019
- Provoking memories via Yeovil Library window display September 23, 2019
- The Greenwood Tree – September 2019 August 27, 2019
- The Greenwood Tree – June 2019 May 29, 2019
- Our former home in Sherborne transformed May 6, 2019
- Open Day at Herrison Hospital, Dorchester April 10, 2019
- The Greenwood Tree – March 2019 February 22, 2019
- Christmas Carol Service Train December 22, 2018
- The Greenwood Tree – December 2018 November 27, 2018
- Remembering Bertie and Reg November 11, 2018
- SDFHS events – next week! October 11, 2018
- Finding and dating unknown family photos September 26, 2018
- SDFHS events Autumn 2018 September 9, 2018
- The Greenwood Tree – September 2018 August 26, 2018
- Historic Migration from the West Country July 14, 2018
- Somerset Photographers 1839-1939 June 25, 2018
- Milborne Port and the local area in WWII June 23, 2018
- The Railway History of Yeovil, South Somerset & West Dorset June 2, 2018
- The Greenwood Tree – June 2018 May 26, 2018
- Emigration from the West Country May 11, 2018
- The Greenwood Tree – March 2018 February 20, 2018
- Family Tree Maker and the Ancestry App February 16, 2018
- Britain’s Post War Homes February 3, 2018
- Broadway House Family History Centre – Peter Street January 7, 2018
- A Family History Christmas Tree December 2, 2017
- Tales of Local Railways November 29, 2017
- The Greenwood Tree – December 2017 November 27, 2017
- Farewell to Eileen Holloway (1930-2017) November 2, 2017
- Going to School in the War Years September 30, 2017
- Stories of Exeter’s War Hospitals 1914-1919 September 19, 2017
- The Greenwood Tree, September 2017 August 23, 2017
- The Pageant’s Progress August 16, 2017
- Copyright and family history August 9, 2017
- Recent Update to Family Tree Maker July 27, 2017
- Intriguing Photographs (1) – Some Answers July 4, 2017
- Intriguing Photographs (- first in series) June 25, 2017
- The Greenwood Tree – June 2017 May 30, 2017
- Creating and printing your own personalised family tree May 18, 2017
- Railway Staff in East Dorset May 9, 2017
- From Slavery to the Workhouse May 2, 2017
- The Greenwood Tree – March 2017 February 24, 2017
- The Wonders of The Library Catalogue or how I came to fight my way through an imaginary net curtain February 20, 2017
- Family Christmas Favourites December 24, 2016
- The Greenwood Tree – November 2016 November 1, 2016
- Robert Goadby – founder of the ‘Western Flying Post’ October 19, 2016
- Another box! September 2, 2016
- The Whittle Box August 29, 2016
- ‘The Greenwood Tree’ – August 2016 July 26, 2016
- The Sherborne Pageant Project on our website July 18, 2016
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The Greenwood Tree – December 2019
The Eureka moments that produce sudden and unexpected breakthroughs in your family history research provide the theme for the December edition of The Greenwood Tree. Editor Paul Radford previews the edition which will be mailed to members shortly and which SDFHS … Continue reading
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Our former home in Sherborne transformed
The base for the Somerset & Dorset Family History Society was in Sherborne for nearly twenty years until the recent successful move to Yeovil. Many a visitor will have climbed up the stairs of our last home in Sherborne, to … Continue reading
The Railway History of Yeovil, South Somerset & West Dorset
On Saturday 9 June, Roger Marsh will be giving a talk for the Society on The Railway History of Yeovil, South Somerset & West Dorset in the Raleigh Hall, Digby Rd, Sherborne DT9 3NL at 2.30pm. With the advent of … Continue reading
Broadway House Family History Centre – Peter Street
As we return to ‘business as usual’ in our brand new, to us, Broadway House Family History Centre in Yeovil, we would like to mark the occasion with a piece on some aspects of the history of the street on … Continue reading
Tales of Local Railways
We were in for a treat as we assembled for two railway themed talks in the Raleigh Hall in Sherborne last Saturday. This was the first time our talks were held in this hall and while we clearly regret leaving … Continue reading
