– Important note for paid QFHS members – do we have your latest email?
– Have you seen all the videos and playlists on our You Tube channel? QFHS You Tube videos and playlists
The QFHS 2025 AGM Wednesday was held on the 18th June
via Zoom following talk by Guest Speaker Nick Barratt “AI and Family History”
View the Draft AGM minutes (will download to your device) HERE
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Before looking at our up and coming events, are YOU working on something of interest to our members
but need some financial support to get it completed?
If so please consider applying for our Margaret Bennett small research award
Click here for full details
Next Family History Shows we are attending
13 September 2025 – Bristol and Avon Family History Fair
click the following link for full details poster BAFHS Fair 13 Sep 25
25 October 2025 – Oxfordshire Family History Fair
January 2026 – East Surrey Virtual Family History Fair
19 November Adam Chapman, Lecturer in Medieval History, and General Editor of the Victoria County History at the Institute of Historical Research, will talk about the Victoria County History which is a vast resource for all family historians. He will give examples from its work of particular interest to those researching the Society of Friends, its members and their lives.
17 December Kelvin Beer-Jones, 'Quakers 1830-1870 who were led to relieve the plight of aborigines and who went on to help establish the discipline of anthropology in Britain'
In 2026
18 February Richard Allen, 'The Infection of the Times? Welsh Quakers in the Age of Persecution'
17th June The QFHS 2026 AGM Wednesday -7:00 pm BST (via Zoom)
Click here for the 2025 AGM minutes (will download onto your device)
Next In Person Meeting
tbc May 2026 – Our first chance to return to meeting together again, as of old, hurrah!
It has been a long time coming so don't miss this one!
All day Spring in person Meeting at Sibford Ferris,Oxfordshire an extensive programme is being developed to include a talk by Tim Marshall on Quaker clockmakers.