Bolton - Events
The Bolton Family History Society encourages and supports research into family history and works for the preservation of and improved access to relevant archival material. An important part of the Society's work is to educate researchers so that they may get the best out of their research through a regular programme of talks with speakers on topics relating to family history and local history within the Greater Bolton area.
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Upcoming Events in Bolton
BOLTON FHS - they went to work in a Russian cotton mill and stayed 40 years
7.30pm 10 Jan 2024 - Bolton Golf Club and via ZOOM
The story of how my Grandma's uncle, an Operative Cotton Spinner and wife, a Cotton Winder, went o work in a Russian cotton mill in 1861.
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BOLTON FHS - Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day
7.30pm 7 Feb 2024 - Bolton Golf Club and ZOOM
An entertaining talk with wide appeal and plenty of local interest in a 45-minute romp through 180 million years of northern history.
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BOLTON FHS - The Bridgeman Connection with Bolton
7.30pm 6 Mar 2024 - Bolton Golf Club and via ZOOM
Ray Jefferson will give us an explanation about the town's relationship with the Bridgeman family (ennobled in 1815 as Earls of Bradford).
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Researching First World War Soldiers: using the example of the William Harcourt Diary
By Dr Jim Beach, Live from Bolton Golf Club & Online via Zoom Eventbrite
A Festive Evening with a supper, quiz and possibly more?
The December supper, quiz and raffle, at Bolton Golf Club is confirmed and advance ticket only.
These will be on sale at the next two meetings or please contact the Secretary at
Members £5, Guests £10
Tom and Fanny have gone to Russia they liked it so much they stayed
By Wayne Ashton, Live from Bolton Golf Club & Online via Zoom Eventbrite.
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Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day
By Brian Groom, Live from Bolton Golf Club & Online via Zoom Eventbrite.
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The Bolton - Bridgeman Connection
By Ray Jefferson, Live from Bolton Golf Club & Online via Zoom Eventbrite.
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Henry Dawsons presentation album and T Taylor Ltd of Bolton
By Maggy Simm, Live from Bolton Golf Club & Online via Zoom to be confirmed.
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Catholic Research in East Lancashire
By Kate Hurst, Live from Bolton Golf Club & Online via Zoom EventBrite to be confirmed.
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How the American Civil War affected the Lancashire Cotton Famine
By Stephen Irwin, Live from Bolton Golf Club & Online via Zoom Eventbrite to be confirmed.
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Bastards! Illegitimacy in Lancashire from the 16th century to the 19th.
By Dr Alan Crosby, Live from Bolton Golf Club & Online via Zoom Eventbrite to be confirmed.
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Family History: The Future of Family History or Any topic relating to Family History
By Mike Coyle, Live from Bolton Golf Club & Online via Zoom Eventbrite to be confirmed.
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Sir Harry Kroto 7 October 1939 – 30 April 2016 Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry and Boltonian
By Dr Brian Iddon, Live from Bolton Golf Club & Online via Zoom Eventbrite to be confirmed.
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The Town That Vanished: "The Rise & Fall of The Town That Vanished, Bolton Lancashire's Biggest Mill Town” In 1937
By Ian Robinson, Live from Bolton Golf Club & Online via Zoom Eventbrite to be confirmed.
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CWGC Architecture and its Conservation – discover the unique architecture and conservation work of the CWGC
By James Hutton, Live from Bolton Golf Club & Online via Zoom Eventbrite to be confirmed.
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