Welcome to GENEVA

An online calendar of GENealogical EVents and Activities

This calendar is being run jointly on behalf of GENUKI and the Federation of Family History Societies. Event organisers are encouraged to check this calendar when picking a date to avoid clashes with other events in the same area. They are also encouraged to submit an entry for this calendar as soon as a date has been booked so that other organisers know about it and can try to avoid it.
Please note that this calendar depends on your Family History Society submitting its events as well as you reading it. If your society's events are not listed, please complain to them rather than to me. If the calendar does not link to any further details, please don't ask me for further information - because I don't have any.
At the end of this page you'll find some other groups' event lists and how to submit events to GENEVA.

The venue area codes are (mostly) the usual Chapman County Codes extended to the rest of the world as per the GRD usage. Where it seems more helpful, London postcode prefixes and other variants may be used.

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2009		2009	2009
Skip to:		Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2010
July	4	SoG, LND	Using Ordinance Survey Maps for Family History Research
July	4	SoG, LND	Careers in Genealogy: Successful Writing for Family & Local History Publications
July	4	Preston, LAN	Family History - Stuart to Georgian
July	4	York, YKS	Discovering Family History (Day School)
July	11	SoG, LND	Tracing Ancestors in Cambridgeshire
July	11	Coddington, NTT	Romany & Traveller FHS Open Day
July	12	Leeds, WYK	Medieval Records - For Family and Local Historians
July	17-19	Ashton, NTH	Roots 2009 - Ashton Family History Weekend
July	18	SoG, LND	My Ancestor was Irish
July	22	SoG, LND	Ecclesiastic Courts
July	25	SoG, LND	Transportation: Who Went Where & When
July	25	SoG, LND	Careers in Genealogy: The Road to becoming a Member of AGRA & Running a Genealogical Practice
July	25	Aylesbury, BKM	Buckinghamshire Family History Society Open Day

August	1	SoG, LND	The Master Genealogist Software for Beginners
August	1	SoG, LND	Tracing Female Ancestors
August	1	Chorley, LAN	Celebration of Family History
August	8	Amersham, BKM	Guild New Members Seminar: Amersham Free Church Hall
August	8	SoG, LND	The National Archives for Family History: The Catalogue & Online collections
August	8	SoG, LND	Writing your Own Life Story: Workshop
August	8	Morley, WYK	Morley & District FHG Open Day
August	12	SoG, LND	The Census Overseas
August	15	Worcester, WOR	The Midlands Family History Fair
August	15	SoG, LND	Before Parish Registers
August	15	SoG, LND	My Ancestor was German
August	17	SoG, LND	Genealogy from your Armchair - Whats Free Online
August	20	SoG, LND	Visit & Harpsichord Recital: Handel House
August	22	SoG, LND	My Ancestor was a Londoner
August	22	Wakefield, WRY	Family History Day School
August	28-31	Birmingham, WMD	FFHS Conference has moved to Nottingham ...
August	28-31	Nottingham, NTT	Open the Door & Here are the People - Family and Local History Conference hosted by the Halstead Trust
August	29	Nottingham, NTT	FFHS General Meeting
August	29	SoG, LND	Why Can't I Find Them in the Census? - Workshop
August	29	SoG, LND	Prisoners & Policemen

September	1-3	Preston, LAN	Discover your Family History
September	1-30	Nottingham, NTT	Talk & Tours @ Galleries of Justice - History of Crime in Nottinghamshire: Its Prisons and Police Forces
September	2	SoG, LND	Family Historian Software for Beginners
September	3	Canterbury, KEN	Introduction to Family History - Evenings (weekly) ending 1st October
September	3	SoG, LND	Evening Skills Course for Beginners 18 weeks
September	5	SoG, LND	Publishing on the Web
September	9	SoG, LND	Getting the Most from the Library Catalogue (SOGCAT) - Free
September	9	SoG, LND	Irish Land Records
September	10	SoG, LND	Visit: Dr. Johnson's House
September	12	Gateshead, NBL	The National Family History Fair
September	12	Canterbury, KEN	Pre-1837 Sources - Day School
September	12	SoG, LND	Social, Civic & Missionary Congregationalism
September	12	SoG, LND	Scrapbooking for Family Historians
September	12	Exeter, DEV	Devon FHS Open Day
September	16	SoG, LND	Family History Sources in the Essex Record Office
September	18	SoG, LND	Visit: Hyde Park Family History Centre
September	19	Bromham, WIL	Wiltshire FHS Seminar - It's all on the Internet now, isn't it?
September	19	SoG, LND	Records for One Name Studies (Sponsored by the Halsted Trust)
September	19	Narberth, PEM	Dyfed FHS Open Day
September	23	SoG, LND	Tracing Anglican Clergymen
September	26	SoG, LND	Walk: Nonconformist Chapels & Burial Grounds
September	26	Woodstock, OXF	Oxfordshire FHS Open Day
September	26	Wimborne, DOR	SDFHS AGM & Open Day
September	26	Twickenham, MDX	Lateral Thinking - Another Angle
September	30	SoG, LND	London Maps for Family Historians

October	3	Glenrothes, FIF	Home and Away - Scots on the move
October	3	Debenham, SFK	The Suffolk Family History Fair
October	3	Exeter, DEV	Devon FHS AGM and Conference
October	3	Cardiff, GLA	Glamorgan FHS 35th Anniversary Openday
October	3	SoG, LND	Chancery & Other Equity Courts
October	3	Birmingham, WMD	Further Steps in family history
October	7	SoG, LND	Creating Family Heirlooms
October	9-11	Chorley, LAN	Family History Learning Break (Residential)
October	10	Kidlington, OXF	Date and venue changed, see 26 Sep above Oxfordshire FHS Open Day
October	10	Scarborough, NYK	Scarborough Family & Local History Fair
October	10	SoG, LND	Victorian Photographs: Their Care & Conservation
October	10	SoG, LND	Learn about your Ancestors from Old Photographs Workshop
October	10	Exeter, DEV	Find Your Roots
October	12	SoG, LND	Using Pay-per-View Websites for Family History
October	14	SoG, LND	Researching Baptist Ancestors
October	15	Sherborne, DOR	SDFHS Educational Evening Classes (Five Weeks)
October	17	SoG, LND	Off the Beaten Track: Research in the Channel Islands
October	17	Sherborne, DOR	Winter Lecture: Long Street & Walk around Sherborne
October	17	Southport, MSY	Annual Conference and AGM
October	18	Hastings, SSX	Hastings & Rother Family History Fair
October	21	SoG, LND	My Ancestor was an Apothecary
October	24	Canterbury, KEN	How to Trace Your Family History - Day School
October	24	SoG, LND	Getting the Best out of the Ancestry Website
October	24	SoG, LND	Some Lesser Known Genealogy Sources at TNA at Kew
October	24	Liverpool, LAN	NWGFHS Annual Fair 2009 at St Georges Hall
October	24	Doncaster, WYK	Family History Day
October	26	SoG, LND	Open Day - FREE
October	28	SoG, LND	My Ancestor was a Miller
October	31	SoG, LND	Palaeography for Beginners
October	31	Woking, SRY	West Surrey FHS Family History Fair and Open Day

November	4	SoG, LND	10 Useful Websites
November	5	SoG, LND	Using GEVES Software
November	7	Hull, EYK	Hull Family & Local History Fair
November	7	SoG, LND	Tracing your Medieval Ancestors
November	9	SoG, LND	Genealogy for Librarians & Archivists
November	11	SoG, LND	DNA: Heredity & Disease
November	14	Canterbury, KEN	Heraldry for Family Historians
November	14	SoG, LND	Adoption & Fostering circa 1850-1930
November	14	SoG, LND	Careers in Genealogy: Pitfalls for Professionals
November	14	Batley, WYK	Huddersfield & District FHS, Family & Local History Fair.
November	18	SoG, LND	Using the Society Library - FREE
November	18	SoG, LND	My Ancestor was a Tailor
November	20	SoG, LND	Visit: The National Archives
November	21	SoG, LND	Family Historian Software - Advanced
November	21	Kew, SRY	Guild - Unusual Sources Seminar @ TNA
November	21	Sherborne, DOR	Winter Lecture: How to present a family story
November	22	Milton Keynes, BKM	The Milton Keynes Family History Show
November	25	SoG, LND	Scottish Sources in the SoG Library
November	25	SoG, LND	My Ancestor was a Brushmaker

December	1-31	Nottingham, NTT	Talk & Tours @ Galleries of Justice - Skeletons in Closets: Tracing Criminal Ancestors
December	2	SoG, LND	My Ancestor Came from Birmingham
December	5	SoG, LND	Death in London
December	9	SoG, LND	Tracing Living Relatives
December	12	SoG, LND	1911 Census Online & Pre-1841 Censuses Explained
December	12	SoG, LND	Researching the Armies in British India
December	16	SoG, LND	Chartists & the Labour Movement to 1835
December	19	Sherborne, DOR	Winter lecture: Religion

2010		2010	2010
January	16	Sherborne, DOR	Winter Lecture: Twentieth Century Research
January	31	Bracknell, BRK	The Bracknell Family History Fair

February	20	Cheltenham, GLS	Guild - DNA Seminar: National Star College, Ullenwood
February	20	Sherborne, DOR	Winter Lecture: What else is out there? The nature & range of local record repositories.
February	21	Kidlington, OXF	The Oxfordshire & Bucks Family History Fair
February	26-28	London, LND	Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE 2010

March	7	Port Sunlight, CHS	The Merseyside & Cheshire Family History Fair
March	20	Sherborne, DOR	Winter Lecture: Spring 1911- Where do you think they were?

April	10	Pudsey, WYK	Pudsey Family and Local History Fair
April	17	Gloucester, GLS	Gloucestershire FHS Open Day & Family History Fair

May	15	Chester, CHS	Guild Maps and Mapping Seminar

June	5	Sunderland, TWR	Sunderland History Fair



September	11	Gateshead, NBL	The National Family History Fair


2011		2011	2011

May	7	TBA, ENG	Society of Genealogists Centenary Family History Conference
September	10	Gateshead, NBL	The National Family History Fair

2012		2012	2012

September	8	Gateshead, NBL	The National Family History Fair

2013		2013	2013

September	14	Gateshead, NBL	The National Family History Fair

2014		2014	2014

Some other groups’ event lists:

Society of Genealogists
The National Archives
Family Records Centre
FRC coach party bookings
Archive Awareness Campaign
The Heraldry Society

Submitting a GENEVA entry

Items for inclusion in the calendar should be submitted by filling in this web form. If there is need, I (Malcolm Austen) can be contacted by email - geneva@weald.org.uk. The calendar may show an unashamed bias towards events taking place in the UK & Ireland, but don't let that stop you sending me items for inclusion - just as long as they pertain to UK & Irish ancestry.

Please note, however, that our policy is:

not to list regular monthly FHS meetings because they would flood the diary and make those special events much harder to find.
only to list meetings such as Society AGMs if something more than your normal meetings is taking place such as a fair or conference.
not to host pages for an event. GENEVA only provides a link to pages already set up by the event organisers.

Welcome to GENEVA

An online calendar of GENealogical EVents and Activities

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Outside the UK & Ireland

Submitting a GENEVA entry