Jane’s talk combines her personal story of trying to identify the unnamed father on a birth certificate with explaining various aspects of DNA research in a simple, non-technical way. She will talk you through how she wove together the DNA research and traditional genealogical research and – ultimately – succeeded in identifying her mystery ancestor.

To express an interest in joining this zoom meeting please email 

Putting the date of the meeting in the subject line of the email.

Joining links will be forwarded to you the day before the meeting

Come along and listen to the fascinating story of Gertrude Meadows, who for four years masqueraded as a man, was employed as a man and was called up the colours in WWI. An intriguing genealogical detective story. 

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The joining links will be forwarded to you 2 days before the meeting.  Please use the date of the meeting in the subject line of the email

Olivia is a librarian at Sandbach Library and a local historian.   Join us to find out about the pioneering women writers of the Golden Age of Crime Writing, including Agatha Christie and Margery Allingham. Enter a world of eccentric characters, hear about a world renown club that was started to cheer someone up and has an initiation ritual that includes a skull!