NORTH-EAST ESSEX BRANCH, COLCHESTER

Chairman - Mrs Pauline Adlem, 112 Colchester Road, White Colne, Colchester, CO6 2PP
E-mail -  Contact may be made via the 'Contact Us' button shown above. 

Secretary - Mrs Gillian Peregrine
E-mail -  Contact may be made via the 'Contact Us' button shown above. 

Each of our Branches has a volunteer contact (click "Contact us" at the top of this page) who is able to provide help and information to members by e-mail regarding the area covered by the Branch. Our Colchester Branch covers the Colchester area of the County and the contact for these enquiries is Mrs Pauline Adlem.

Meetings of the Branch are held at Cardinal Bourne Hall, Priory Street, Colchester CO1 2QB usually on the second Saturday of the month but always check the actual dates below . The hall is open from 1.45pm and our meetings start at 2.15pm. Refreshments are made available during the afternoon. There is some free parking behind the Cardinal Bourne Hall (turn right into St. Augustine Mews and it is the first entrance on your left). There is also ample pay & display car parking across the road.

The programme of meetings is as follows:

13 July 2019 - Genealogical Question Time

August 2019 - No meeting

14 September 2019 - AGM followed by workshop on Powerpoint

12 October 2019 - An Ancestor I would Like to have Met and Why - Members Meeting

9 November 2019 - Food and Drink through the Centuries by Helen Matten

7 December 2019 - Christmas Social with a Quiz.

11 January 2020 - One Name Studies by David Eniffer

8 February 2020 - Read All About It, Newspaper Articles Putting Flesh on the Bones - Members Meeting

14 March 2020 - Beyond the Colonade - 37 Years at the British Museum by Norman Jacobs

4 April 2020 - A-Z of Easter by Eric Probert

9 May 2020 - 200 Years of Gardening in Colchester by Andrew Phillips

13 June 2020 - No meeting. We hope to go on a visit this month, location to be confirmed.

11 July 2020 - Breaking Down Brick Walls with the Committee

August 2020 - No Meeting

12 September 2020 AGM followed by Members Memorabilia

10 October 202 - T.B.A.

14 November 2020 - T.B.A.

5 December 2020 - Christmas Social

At each meeting our research facilities consisting of a library of genealogy books, fiche and CD's are available for people to use. The branch CD stall is also available.

Don't forget to look at the reports from some of our recent meetings.
Last updated: 13/07/2019 22:36:43