Sevenoaks Branch Talk: Kevin Bacon Family History Laboratory: An interactive Exploration of ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ with David Cufley

This is an interactive exploration of ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ - an interactive experiment to find family history links between members and to verify if the ‘six degrees of separation’ has any relationship to Family History Research.

It will explore the connections members have to each other and how they may be related by genes, place or event. The Laboratory may stimulate members’ research and breakdown those brick walls to that elusive ancestor. Serendipity and Kismet are important research tools of family historians and are little used and explored, this laboratory will try to highlight their use.

Please can you refresh your memories of your families especially in regard their research surnames, places of birth and residence and occupations.

The chairs in the hall will be arranged in a horseshow shape with David in the centre.

About the Speaker:

David is former President of North West Kent Family History Society. He is a member of a number of family history societies and the British Brick Society.

His main interests include building history and he compiles a Brickmakers’ Index. This index of brickfield workers started life to help family historians to trace their itinerant brickmaking ancestors but has expanded to provide local and industrial history information.

David has spoken to family history societies and other organisations on family, building and industrial history subjects. He is an advocate of communicating and connecting family historians with their family’s history and place.

David is a retired Chartered Structural Engineer and has a BA (Hons) Open degree and an MSc degree in building conservation.

Doors open 10.45am, meeting starts 11am.

There is a large public car park (payment required, 50p for 2 hours, £1 for 3 hours) adjacent to the hall but it can be busy.

No booking, just turn up.

The Society is a registered charity and membership fees and donations are an important part of our income. The Talk is free to members but guests and visitors are asked to make a donation towards hall hire and speaker's fee. There will be a donations box at the venue.

But Society membership only costs £10 a year (£12 joint members) https://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/about/membership/our-membership