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. The Rootsweb Helpdesk has a useful list with codes covering the rest of the world. Where it seems more helpful, London postcode prefixes and other variants may be used.

   –   Events prefixed with      have restricted access and are listed primarily for the benefit of other event organisers.

2012 2012 2012 Skip to: Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   2013   February 16 London, LDN Class: Using UK Newspapers for Jewish Genealogy February 18 Ash, SRY Guild of One-Name Studies Army Records Seminar February 18 Canterbury, KEN The Professional Approach Day Seminar February 18 Northwich, CHS Cheshire Family History Fair February 18 SoG, LND My Ancestor was an Agricultural Labourer February 23 London, LND Daniel Horowitz on Latin American Genealogy February 24-26 London, SW1 Who Do You Think You Are? Live show February 28 Walton-on-Thames, SRY Family history using the internet at Walton Library   March 3 SoG, LND Family Historian Software for Beginners March 3 SoG, LND Adding Your Family Tree to the Ancestry Website March 4 Port Sunlight, CHS Merseyside & Cheshire Family History Fair March 7 SoG, LND Getting the Most from the Society Catalogue (SOGCAT) March 10 Harrogate, NYK North Yorkshire County Record Office - Local and Family History Day, 2012 March 10 SoG, LND Engineering in Tyneside March 11 Crawley, SSX Sussex & South London Family History Fair March 14 SoG, LND Using the SoG Members Area Online March 15 SoG, LND Stage 1 Evening Skills Course - 16 Weeks March 17 South Shields, TWR Irish Ancestry Day March 19 Godalming, SRY Family History Day at Godalming Library March 21 SoG, LND Researching Spanish Genealogy for Non-Spanish Speakers March 24 Poole, DOR Date changed to 31 March: Dorset Family History Society Open Day March 24 London, LND     FFHS AGM & GM March 24 SoG, LND My Ancestor was Irish March 24 The Folk Hall. New Earswick. York, YKS The City of York & District Family History Fair March 28 SoG, LND The Islington Local History Centre & It's Collections March 28-31 Adelaide, AUS 13th Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry March 31 Rotherham, YKS Local & Family History Open Day NB not 30th as previously listed March 31 Poole, DOR Dorset Family History Society Open Day March 31 Toronto, ON, CA Finding Your Great War Ancestors March 31 SoG, LND Open Day with Free Lectures, Library Tours and Advice March 31 Pudsey, Nr Leeds, WYK DNA - for Beginners   April 1 Norwich, NFK The East Anglia Family History Fair April 4 & 11 Pudsey, Nr Leeds, WYK Scrapbooking for Family Historians April 13-15 Maldon, ESS Guild of One-Name Studies AGM & Conference April 14 Haywards Heath, SSX Conference and Annual General Meeting April 14 Gloucester, GLS GFHS Open Day April 14 SoG, LND Publishing your Family History April 14 SoG, LND My Ancestor Came From Dorset: Those That Stayed and Those That Went April 14 Plymouth, DEV Spring Conference - Plymouth People Through the Ages April 15 Kidlington, OXF Ox & Bucks FHF - Date changed to 29 April April 16 Pudsey, Nr Leeds, WYK Family Tree Maker - Beginners plus (three week course) April 18 SoG, LND Lost Voices From the Titanic April 20 Pudsey, Nr Leeds, WYK Family Historian - Beginners (3 week course) April 21 St Ives, HUN Huntingdonshire FHS - Family History Fair April 21 Sheffield, SYK Sheffield & District Family History Fair April 21 Canterbury, KEN How to Trace Your Family History April 21 Birmingham, WAR First Steps - Beginners course on researching your family tree April 21 St Ives, HUN Huntingdonshire FHS Family History Fair April 21 SoG, LND Further Sources for Tracing London Ancestors April 25 SoG, LND The Matchwomen's Strike of 1888 and Their Place in History April 25 Farnham, SRY Family history using the internet at Farnham Library April 28 Pudsey, Nr Leeds, WYK The Family History Day, West Yorkshire April 28 Canterbury, KEN Family History: Beyond the Internet Day School April 28 SoG, LND Genealogy in Early British Censuses 1086-1841 April 28 SoG, LND Tracing Textile Ancestors April 29 Kidlington, OXF Oxford & Bucks Family History Fair   May 5 SoG, LND Genealogy Software for Macintosh Computers May 5 SoG, LND Tracing East Anglian Ancestors May 10 Pudsey, Nr Leeds, WYK Digital Photography for Beginners (3 weeks) May 10 SoG, LND Visit: Guildhall - London May 12 Canterbury, KEN Heraldry Day School May 12 SoG, LND How to Get the Most From Family Pictures May 12 Newport, IOW AGM and One Day Conference May 16 SoG, LND Mapping Rich and Poor: Charles Booth's Enquiry into London Life and Labour May 18 Horley, SRY Family history using the internet at Horley Library May 19 Coalbrookdale, SAL Guild of One Name Studies Industrial Revolution Seminar May 19 SoG, LND Family History for Beginners & Refreshers May 20 Maidstone, KEN The Kent Family History Fair May 23 SoG, LND Postman's Park & GF Watts Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice May 24&31 Poole, DOR "Back to 1837" 2 day Family History Research Course. May 26 Shrewsbury, SAL Shropshire Family History Society's Open Day & Fair May 26 SoG, LND Family Historian Software for Advanced Users May 26 SoG, LND Research Your Surname & Your Family Tree May 26 London, LND FIBIS Spring Open Meeting May 26 - 4 June North Devon, DEV BRAUND One Name Society 30th Anniversary Reunion May 30 SoG, LND What Did Your Ancestors Do?   June 1 SoG, LND Diamond Jubilee Street Party June 2 SoG, LND Careers in Genealogy: Report Writing for Clients June 9 Exeter, DEV Devon FHS Summer Special June 9 SoG, LND Hidden Histories: Finding Unusual Record Collections on Major Websites June 9 SoG, LND My Ancestor was an Apprentice June 16 SoG, LND Walk: Family History Walk in Southwark June 16 Trowbridge, WIL Wiltshire FHS Open Day June 16 Trowbridge, WIL Wiltshire Family History Society Open Day June 19 Camberley, SRY Family history using the internet at Camberley Library June 20 SoG, LND Getting the Most From the Society Catalogue (SOGCAT) June 23 SoG, LND 17th Century Lists June 26 SoG, LND Society Fellows Meeting June 26 SoG, LND Annual General Meeting June 27 SoG, LND Walk: Historic Stepney to Mile End - in 1750 June 30 York, NYK Yorkshire Family History Fair June 30 SoG, LND Family Tree Maker Software for Beginners June 30 SoG, LND Family Tree Maker Software for Advanced Users   July 7 SoG, LND From Almshouses to Council Houses: The Records of Social Housing July 7 SoG, LND Tracing Huguenot Ancestors July 11 SoG, LND Tracing Family History in New Zealand July 14 Weston super Mare, SOM Local & Family History Open Day July 14 SoG, LND Getting the Most Out of the Ancestry Website July 18 SoG, LND Visit: Lincolns Inn July 20 SoG, LND Walk: Cemeteries & Burial Grounds in the Financial District July 21 Pudsey, Nr Leeds, WYK Annual Lecture Day July 21 SoG, LND I'm Stuck: Techniques for Localising your Elusive Ancestor July 21 SoG, LND Social Networking for Family History July 25 SoG, LND Walk: The Battle of Barnet July 27 Dorking, SRY Family history using the internet at Dorking Library July 28 Aylesbury, BKM Buckinghamshire Family History Society Open Day   August 4 SoG, LND Society of Genealogists Heritage Open Day August 4 Pudsey, Nr Leeds, WYK YFL Family Historian User Group August 6-10 Canterbury, KEN Residential Course 'Grow Your Family Tree' August 18 Epsom, SRY Guild of One Name Studies Computer Seminar August 18 Pickering, NRY Ryedale Family History Fair August 18 SoG, LND The Victorian Way of Death August 18 SoG, LND Ireland to England: Where Did They Come From? August 21 SoG, LND Visit: Ragged School Museum August 25 Worcester, WOR West Midlands Area Group Fair August 22 SoG, LND Mayfair and the London Season August 25 SoG, LND In the Name of God Amen: Wills Workshop August 25 SoG, LND Family Historian Software Practical   September 1 Canterbury, KEN Wills and How to Read Them September 1 SoG, LND Drawing up a Family Tree September 1 SoG, LND Coach & Harness Makers and Those That Drove Them September 5 SoG, LND A Historical Walk Around Wapping September 6 SoG, LND Stage 2 Evening Skills Course - 10 Weeks September 8 Venue t.b.a. The National Family History Fair September 8 SoG, LND My Ancestor was Scottish September 8 SoG, LND Victorian Law & Order September 12 SoG, LND Family Historian Software for Beginners September 14-16 Canterbury, KEN The 2012 Akehurst-er GetTogether September 15 Thornbury, GLS Bristol & Avon Family History Society Open Day September 15 Doncaster, YKS Date changed to 22 Sep: Family History Fair with talks September 15 SoG, LND Walk: Hops to Hats - Industry in Southwark September 19 SoG, LND Poverty and Madness: Stories of Women From Stepney in the 19th Century September 21 SoG, LND Walk: Cemeteries & Burial Grounds in Westminster September 22 SoG, LND Marry 'em Off, Kill 'em Off: Researching a London Family 1640-1840 September 22 SoG, LND Tracing Scottish Ancestors at The National Archives September 23 Hampton, MDX West Middlesex Family History Society Open Day September 24 SoG, LND Family History Research Getaway: Breaking Through the Brick Walls September 22 Doncaster, YKS Family History Fair with talks (change of date from 15 Sep) September 29 Oadby, LEI    FFHS General Meeting September 29 SoG, LND Society of Genealogists Family History Conference September 30 Horndean, HAM Hampshire Genealogical Society Open Day   October 3 SoG, LND Visit: Parliamentary Archives at the House of Lords October 6 Woodstock, OXF Oxfordshire FHS Open Day October 6 Exeter, DEV Devon FHS AGM & Conference October 6 SoG, LND Walk: French Huguenots in Spitalfields October 6 SoG, LND Good Research Techniques for Beginners & Improvers October 9 on Canterbury, KEN Tracing Your Roots Course five Tuesday afternoons October 13 Birmingham, WAR Further Steps Course - How to research before 1837 October 13 SoG, LND Writing Family History Workshop: Part 1 October 13 Merthyr Tydfil, GLA Glamorgan Family History Society Family History Fair October 15 SoG, LND Open Day Library Tours (closed to research) October 20 SoG, LND How to Get the Best From the New Familysearch Website October 20 Needham Market, SFK Suffolk Family History Society Family History Fair and A.G.M. October 27 Canterbury, KEN The Parish and the Manor Day School October 27 SoG, LND Writing Family History Workshop: Part 2 October 31 SoG, LND Getting the Most From the Society of Genealogists   November 3 SoG, LND My Ancestor was a Leather Worker November 3 SoG, LND Careers in Genealogy: The Road to AGRA and Running a Genealogical Practice November 7 SoG, LND Using the Members Area Online November 10 SoG, LND Writing Family History Workshop: Part 3 November 17 Greenwich, LND Guild of One Name Studies Maritime Seminar November 17 Canterbury, KEN The Foundations of Family History Day School November 21 SoG, LND Family Historian Software for Advanced Users November 24 SoG, LND Tracing Family History in Southbank & East Surrey November 28 SoG, LND Short cuts for Family Historians   December 1 SoG, LND Palaeography for Beginners   2013 2013 2013   February 16 Cheltenham, GLS Guild of One Name Studies DNA Seminar May 18 Coventry, WAR Guild of One Name Studies Trade Union Seminar September 14 Venue t.b.a. The National Family History Fair September 21 Doncaster, YKS The Yorkshire Group Family History Fair September 21 Doncaster, YKS     FFHS General Meeting   2014 2014 2014

Some other groups’ event lists:

Society of Genealogists
The National Archives
Archive Awareness Campaign
The Heraldry Society

England

Berkshire FHS
The Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry
Cambridgeshire FHS
Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society
Devon FHS
Dorset FHS
Essex Society for Family History
Fenland FHS
Hertfordshire FHS
Huntingdonshire FHS
Kent FHS
Folkestone & District FHS
North West Kent FHS
Oxfordshire FHS
Peterborough & District FHS
London Group of Yorkshire FHSs
Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Family History Section

Wales

Clwyd FHS
Gwent FHS

Outside the UK & Ireland

Alberta GS
British Columbia (Canada) Genealogical Society
British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (Canada)
British Isles Family History Society - U.S.A.

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.