All Functions take place in the Hunnyhill Room, Riverside Centre, Newport, unless otherwise stated.

Doors open at 7 pm and speakers will begin at 7.30 pm. Members = £1. Non-members = £1.25.

Map showing Riverside Centre, Resource Centre and Record Office.

Parking at the Riverside Centre : If you come by car, don't forget to sign the visitors' book at the reception window and give your car registration number, as the Riverside Centre have now introduced vehicle clamping to dissuade casual parking at the Centre.

DATE	EVENT
Monday 6th September 2010	The Black Death & other plagues in S.E. England - with reference to the Isle of Wight Speaker : George Watts
Monday 4th October 2010	Middle Medieval Wight Speaker - Delian Backhouse-Fry from The Isle of Wight Natural History and Archaeological Society
Monday 1st November 2010	Island Friendly Societies Speaker - Roger Logan PhD Roger Logan lives in Bembridge and is the Director / Secretary of the Foresters Heritage Trust in Southampton. During the 1800's the Isle of Wight was home to numerous Friendly Societies and one of the largest societies was the Ancient Order of Foresters which at one time boasted over 2,000 members in Cowes making it the largest branch in the England. Not many people are aware of the role these societies played in British society over a 250 year period. Roger will be talking briefly about the history of the various Island societies and will be bringing a selection of banners, and other ephemera. He has written a booklet "An Introduction to Friendly Society Records" which is available from the Federation of FHS GenFair website.
Monday 6th December 2010	A light hearted dip into the box in the attic Speakers - Christine Broom and Hilary Lloyd
Saturday 8th January 2011	New Year Luncheon Boundary Restaurant, Newclose Cricket Ground - further details to be announced
Monday 1st February 2011	Island Vicars Speaker - Richard Smout
Monday 1st March 2011	Queen Victoria - Grandmother of Europe Speaker - Sheila Caws
Monday 5th April 2011	Smuggling on the Isle of Wight Speaker - John Medland
	OTHER LOCAL EVENTS OF NOTE : Please contact the Webmaster if you would like to see any forthcoming events listed here
11-12th September 2010	Heritage Open Days Look out for properties and places which will be open to the public on this weekend. See IoW Heritage Open Days for latest news.
Sunday 12th September 2010	Northwood Cemetery Friends of Northwood Cemetery Open Day / Celebration of Life 11am - 4pm Northwood Cemetery, Newport Rd, Cowes For further information contact Angela McMurtry on 01983 245685
Saturday 2nd October 2010	Ryde Library - Celebrating Age Festival The Society will be represented at this event at Ryde Library. Come along to see us ! See http://www.aciw.org.uk/celebrating-age-festival.php
Sunday 10th October 2010	Ventnor - Botanic Gardens There will be a Book, Postcard & Ephemera Fair at the Botanic Gardens, Ventnor, from 10 am to 3.30 pm

COACH TRIPS TO LONDON to

or the London Record Offices - trips for 2010

The proposed dates for coach trips to London during 2010 are as follows:

The National Archives

Thursday 25 November

Despite the increase in the number and type of records coming on to the internet The National Archives is the primary source of information for all UK official records, particularly records such as Army and Royal Navy, and all other Government departments. Here is your chance to see the original documents for yourself, or in some cases, on microfilm. The cost of photocopies is also considerably less than ordering from the The National Archives online service.
Cost of coach trips : Members = £20, Non-members = £25.

Note that the Society does subsidise the costs of the coach hire. If you travelled by rail to Kew then a typical adult fare would be in the region of £50, so this is really good value for money, and you don't have to change trains !

Local travel and ferry travel is not included. Coaches leave from Portsmouth.

London Record Offices

Wednesday 27 October

A central London drop off point will enable you to visit record repositories such as the Guildhall Library or the Society of Genealogists.

Please note : the Family Records Centre in Middleton Street, London closed in March 2008, with many of the records held there being transferred to The National Archives at Kew. Also note that the Lord Louis Mountbatten Library in Newport has a microfiche copy of the Births, Marriages and Deaths Index for England and Wales, and the 1881 Census on CD-ROM.

Full details of coach trips from Mrs Janet Griffin, 1 Norris Cottages, 46 Newbarn Road, East Cowes, IOW, PO32 6AY
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