Forenames and what they reveal about ancestors
Unusual forenames add to our knowledge about public feeling, and offer insight into the interests, values and character of our ancestors who choose them.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Speaker meetings
The letters of Albert French
Roger Kitchen tells the story of his chance discovery of a bundle of letters sent by a young man of Wolverton in the First World War.
Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch)
A Different Kind of Digging – Archaeological Excavations at Stowe Landscape Gardens 2017 to 2022
Stephen Wass, operating as Polyolbion Archaeology. has worked on many National Trust property sites. Lecture in person and via Zoom.
Olney Archaeological Society
JMW Turner: airy visions painted with tinted steam
Turner’s obsession with light and the forces of nature is explored through his stunning use of colour in this talk by Val Woodgate.
Arts Society North Bucks
By their Dress Divided
You could determine whether a person was a Royalist or Parliamentarian by the clothes they wore. Puritans wore black and white – didn’t they?
Towcester and District Local History Society
Claydon, Now You See It, Now You Don’t
Speakers: Frank and Daphne Preece. Claydon House has been the seat of the Verney family since 1620.
Milton Keynes National Trust Association
Honing Our Detective Skills
Gwyneth Wilkie’s talk includes several case studies and bits on the potential benefits and pitfalls of certain types of record.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
The Rutland Roman Villa Project
Speaker: Peter Liddle. An excavation has uncovered part of a mosaic with three panels each portraying a scene from the Siege of Troy.
Olney Archaeological Society
ICT 1301: Flossie’s 60th Anniversary Celebration
Attendees at this launch event for the Virtual Flossie will meet its creator, Martin Gillow. This event will be held in-person and online.
National Museum of Computing
Edgar Mobbs The life and death of a Northampton sporting icon
Graham McKechnie tells the story of the greatest Saints player of them all. In 1914 he formed a company of men who went with him to fight.
Roade Local History Society