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Lifelong learning
If you are not a member of our u3a and would like to join, please click here. Lifelong learning is an area of particular relevance to U3As. We have several groups in this faculty, details of which can be viewed using the buttons at the foot of the page. We hope there will be a few that appeal to you.
To contact the leaders for the three groups below directly, please send an email as follows:
Environment in the News group - u3abasingstoke.environment1@gmail.com
Literature group - u3abasingstokeliterature@gmail.com
Transport - u3atransport@gmail.com
If you would like to contact the leader of any other group, please use the Contact us form. Your enquiry will then be forwarded to the leader of the group in question.
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Family history
Each meeting generally takes the form of a presentation by a group member on a family history topic, followed by questions, tea, and an open discussion. In the discussion, there is the opportunity to ask for advice or to tell the group of your research successes.
Current Activity
2022/2023 Programme
Meeting Date Main Topic
28 Sep 2022 Refresher on Beginning Your Family History
26 Oct 2022 Making the Most of Your DNA Results
30 Nov 2022 Pre-1841 Census Records
Dec 2022 No Meeting
25 Jan 2023 My Ancestor Lied
22 Feb 2023 Essex & Hertfordshire County Records
29 Mar 2023 Drawing Family Trees by Hand and by Computer
26 Apr 2023 Home Guard and ARPs
Future Topics
1. Pre-1841 Census Records
2. Drawing Family Trees by Hand and by Computer
3. Making the Most of Your DNA Results
4. Essex & Hertfordshire County Records
5. Maps including Tithe and Ordnance Survey
6. Using the TNA Discovery Catalogue
7. Kent & Sussex County Records
8. My Ancestor Lied
9. Tracing Illegitimate Ancestors
10. Home Guard and ARPs
11. Merchant Seamen
12. Migration Overseas for Employment or a Better Life
13. Norfolk & Cambridgeshire County Records
14. Reserved Occupations
Links to the groups:
Venue: Christ Church, Reading Road, Chineham, RG24 8LT
Click here for website
Date: Last Wednesday of the month
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
