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Meeting are usually held at 7:30pm on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, except for our Summer break in June, July and August.
There is a charge for meetings of £ 1.50 for Members and £2.50 for non-Members. Details of Meetings
are also displayed on the Notice Board outside the old Post Office building in High St., Fort William and in the Public Library,
Airds Crossing, Fort William.
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2nd Tuesday - unless otherwise stated
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Meetings 2008/9
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9th Sep 2008
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AGM - Please pass items for inclusion to Group Officers
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14th Oct 2008
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11th Nov 2008
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2nd Dec 2008
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(Note 1st Tuesday of Month)
Christmas Get-together - Doing what we do best - Eating and Talking and, maybe, a little Quiz
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13th Jan 2009
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10th Feb 2009
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10th Mar 2009
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14th Apr 2009
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12th May 2009
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Jun, Jul and Aug 2009
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Summer Break - no Meetings
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2nd Tuesday - unless otherwise stated
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Fort William Library :-
1. AGM - Please pass items for inclusion to Les, Alisdair or Mairi
2. Accessing the Computers and Fiche/Film Readers- (Courtesy of Maggie Wright, Librarian)
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Fort William Library:-
Allan and Elizabeth MacDonald, of Arisaig
"West Word - why a Little Genealogy ?"
"Pictures of the Rhu Peninsular"
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Fort William Library:-
Ronnie 'Bohuntin' Campbell "The Decline
of Agriculture in Lochaber in my lifetime"
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Christmas Get-together - Doing what we do best - Eating and Talking and, maybe, a little Quiz
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Thurs 10th Jan 2008 [Note change of Date/Location]
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Alexandra Hotel:- Joint Meeting with the Lochaber History Society
Miss May MacIntyre "The MacIntosh Memorial Church"
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"Fort William Library:- "That Something Special" - Bring along something special to you that you
have found during your Family History research and tell us about it.
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Lochaber Archive, Lochaber College, An Aird:-
Zoe Watson - Lochaber Archivist "She will talk about the Archive and how she sees it progressing and we will be shown round the Archive."
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Fort William Library :-
Accessing the Computers and Fiche/Film Readers- (Courtesy of Maggie Wright, Librarian)
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13th May 2008
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Fort William Library:-
Ian Abernethy "Viewforth and it's people/families
- how I remember them"
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Something to look forward to
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May MacIntyre and Alisdair Campbell will do an updated re-run of their popular Power
Point Presentation :
St Andrew's Episcopal Church
Location - hopefully St Andrews itself - and date/time to be advised - Watch this Space
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Jun, Jul and Aug 2008
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Summer Break - no Meetings
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9th Sep 2008
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AGM - Please pass items for inclusion to Group Officers
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Meetings 2006/7
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12th Sep 2006
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1. AGM - Link to Chairman's View
2. Accessing the Computers and Fiche/Film Readers - Fort William Library (Courtesy of Maggie Wright, Librarian)
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10th Oct 2006
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John Hebborn who is a retired Registrar of Births Marrriages and Deaths in London will speak on :
"the
evolution and idiosyncrasies of the English/Welsh system, and a look at some of the pitfalls in tracing ancestors who have
strayed south of the border"
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14th Nov 2006
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Fort William Library Our very own May MacIntyre "Getting to know Grandpa Mac"
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5th Dec 2006
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Note date change - Christmas Get-together - Doing what we do best - Eating and Talking
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9th Jan 2007
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Accessing the Computers and Fiche/Film Readers - Fort William Library (Courtesy of Maggie Wright, Librarian)
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13th Feb 2007
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Fort William Library 7:30pm "The Blessed Mary MacKillop and her Lochaber Roots"
Sister Patricia
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Thurs
1st Mar 2007
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Note: Date/Time/location change to 1st Mar at 8pm Alexandra Hotel, Fort William Margaret Crocket of
The Archive Skills Consultancy [TASC] "The Gathering Project - Proposed Local Archive" [Joint
meeting with Local History Society]
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8th Mar 2007
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No Meeting - see 1st Mar 2007
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Weds
21st Mar 2007
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7:30pm - Millburn Academy, Diriebucht Rd., Inverness Courtesy of Inverness Field Club "Global
Access to our Highland Ancestors: The Digitisation of Scottish Historical Records" Margaret Cox - NAS (National
Archives of Scotland)
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Tues 27th Mar 2007
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Courtesy of Margaret Crocket & Janet Foster [The Archive-Skills Consultancy] ---------------------
10:30am to 4:00pm (approx) Lochaber College, Fort William The Gathering Project - Lochaber
Archives Training Day
--------------------- 6:00pm - Lochaber College, Fort William The Gathering Project - Lochaber Archives
Open Meeting
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10th Apr 2007
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7:30pm MacIntosh Memorial Church,
Fassifern Rd., Fort William
"Who do you think you are? - How to trace your Family"
ã Wall to Wall Media Ltd / BBC
DVD of Nick Barratt about the BBC series
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Sat
21st April 2007
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Culloden Academy, Inverness
SAFHS(Scottish Association of Family History Societies) Conference -
Courtesy of Highland FHS
"Emigration to Poverty"
Prof Ted Cowan, Glasgow University
and Prof Jim Hunter,UHI
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8th May 2007
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Fort William Library: 7:30pm
"Exile or Adventure? Snapshots from Highland
Emigration" by Dr Marjory Harper Aberdeen University
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12th June 2007
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Last Meeting of this session -
Accessing the Computers and Fiche/Film Readers - Fort William Library (Courtesy of Maggie Wright, Librarian)
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Jul 2007
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Summer Break - no meeting
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Aug 2007
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Summer Break - no meeting
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11th Sep 2007
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Meetings 2005/6
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Sept 2005
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A. G. M. - St Andrew's Hall
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Oct 2005
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John Alexander MacDonald - Premier of Canada - Graham MacDonell - St Andrew's Hall
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Nov 2005
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MacDonald of Glenaladale - Tearlach MacFarlane - St Andrew's Hall
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Dec 2005
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Christmas Get-together - Doing what we do best - Eating and Talking - St Andrew's Hall
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Jan 2006
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Accessing the Computers and Fiche/Film Readers - Fort William Library (Courtesy of Maggie Wright, Librarian)
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Feb 2006
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Registration of Births Marriages & Deaths - Isobel McKellaig, Registrar - Registrar's Office, Lochaber College, An Aird.
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Mar 2006
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The West Highland Museum - Fiona Marwick, Curator - West Hghland Museum, Cameron Sq., Fort William.
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Apr 2006
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The Cameron Museum - Denis Muir, Curator - Achnacarry, Spean Bridge.
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May 2006
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9th - Question Time - St Andrew's Hall
28th - North of Scotland Family History Fair - Baxters, Fochabers, Morayshire
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Jun 2006
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Question Time and General Discussion - St Andrew's Hall
[Library visit cancelled with apologies from The Librarian]
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Jul 2006
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Glencoe & North Lorn Folk Museum - Marrianne Hornby - Glencoe Museum.
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Meetings 2004/5
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Sep 04
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Initial Meeting - Courtesy of Jo Cowan - An Drochaid, Claggan, Fort William
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Nov 04
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Putting Down Roots - John Durham; Highland FHS - An Drochaid, Claggan, Fort William
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Dec 04
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Steering Group Meeting - Nevis Bank Hotel
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Mar 05
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Getting to know each other - St Andrew's Hall
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May 05
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An Argyll Topic - Ros McDonald; Glencoe - St Andrew's Hall
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Jne 05
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Open Meeting - Q's & A's
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Jly 05
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Open Meeting - Q's & A's
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