Was one of your ancestors a nurse? Tracing nursing ancestors can be challenging, as the term "nurse" was historically used in a broad sense. This talk will delve into the history of caregiving and the various nursing roles, including military nursing. Whilst formal nursing qualifications were not introduced until the 20th century, there may be training and employment records that could help with your research.

Genealogist and Registered Nurse, Jude Rhodes, will walk you through key records, providing insights to help you uncover and better understand your nursing ancestors.

This event is for members only and registration opens on 1st December, when the ‘Register [Individual]’ button will show on the bottom left of the Event details on the FHSC website for you to click and then process your registration, you will receive an email confirmation. Registration will close on 15 December.

The zoom links/meeting protocol will be forwarded the day before the talk.  If you run into any difficulties with this, then please contact us on the dedicated seminar email address – or see the 'Seminar Talks and how to Register' section under 'Online Talks and Meetings' in the FAQ section of the website.

The Seminar series is co-ordinated by Margaret Spate, Jean Laidlaw and Margaret Roberts and ALL correspondence, queries etc should be sent to the dedicated email address -   

PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT RECORD SEMINAR TALKS

The Family Historian Users Discussion Group, led by Geoff Johnson takes place on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7:30pm.  This is the perfect place to meet other users and share frustrations, hints and tips when using the software. 

To be included in the emailing list to receive the zoom link for these meetings please return to the Homepage of the website, scroll down the left-hand menu and click on Discussion Groups, then click on 'Subscribe' for this or any other Discussion Group you would like to attend.

The FHSC Annual Quiz 2026 date is announced 

Save the date 19th February 2026 at 7:30pm and register today.

Attendees will be randomly placed into teams of 4 or 5 in breakout rooms - don't worry Zoom will do it all for you - and each team will have a question master.  All teams will be asked the same set of questions and then we shall come back together into the main zoom meeting to discover the answers and see which team is the winner. 

I'm hoping that many members will join us, lt year's event was great fun and enjoyed by all who attended. 

You will need to register, registration is open and closes on 17 February 2026. Just press the 'Register [individual]' button below and then process your registration, you will receive an email confirmation of your booking.

Zoom links being sent out on the morning of the quiz - 19th February 2026