Next Members Hybrid Monthly Meeting, is on the 27th May 7.30pm - 9.00pm at the Earl of Doncaster. Speaker is Ian Carpenter giving a talk on The Mallard and a Driver's Story. Fred Sleaford, from Conisbrough, was an engine driver in the Golden Age of steam railways. #history

Dates for your diary. Help Desk Research Days. Doncaster Archives 19th May 10.00am - 2.00pm Sprotbrough Library 27th May 10.00am - 2.00pm Conisbrough Library 1st June 10.00am - 12.00 pm Armthorpe Library 8th June 10.00am - 1.45pm. #genealogy #familyhistory

Just to remind you of our Family History Fair, on Saturday 18th July. Lots of Heritage stands so there is something for everyone. Do come and see us at the Doncaster Corn Exchange, 9.00am - 2.00pm. #familyhistory #genealogy

1. ust a reminder that David Ingleby is hosting a CWGC War Graves Walk around Hyde Park Cemetery on Wednesday May 21st at 10.00am as part of the Commission's annual War Graves Week. #CWGC

1. Women who served in the Voluntary aid Detachment (VAD) WW2 Phyllis Baxter was born in 1914, Lancashire. She was the daughter of Tom Harry Baxter and Alice HowarthPhyllis Baxter was born in 1914, Lancashire. She was the daughter of Tom Harry Baxter and Alice Howarth. #WW2 #VEDay

On the 8th May 2026 is Victory in Europe Day. This is the 81st anniversary of the end of the Second World War. To all the veterans we say thank you for your sacrifice and service we are very grateful. #WW2 #VEDay

1. Y Stations: Network of British Signals Intelligence sites WW2. Isabel Mary Home Milne was born in 1918, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of Sir John Hepburn Milne-Home and Lady Mary Adelaide Elliot Murray Kynynmound. #WW2 #Ystations #WRENS

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Our next Help Desk day is on Monday 11th May 10.00am - 12.00pm at Conisbrough Library. You will have free access to Ancestry and Find My Past websites plus access to the 1921 census. #familyhistory #genealogy

1. Women at War: Women's Royal Navy Service WW2. Dorothy Edith Musk was born on 29th September 1923, Deepcar, Yorkshire. She was the daughter of Ernest Harry Clement Musk and Beatrice Charlesworth Steers. #WW2 #WRNS #yorkshire

1. David Ingleby is hosting a CWGC War Graves Walk around Hyde Park Cemetery on Wednesday May 21st at 10.00am as part of the Commission's annual War Graves Week. #CWGC

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1. Women at War: WW2. Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) Monica Jean Ladner was born on 7th April 1923, Penzance, Cornwall. She was the daughter of Arthur Tregoning Ladner and Mabel Wills. #WW2 #WAAF

1. Today is Anzac Day. We remember the fallen who fought in Gallipoli. Hugh de Chastelai Casley was born in 1886, Newcastle upon Tyne. He was the son of Wilbraham John Braddick Casley and Mary Anne Eleanor Fox. #anzacday #WW1

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Our next Help Desk day is on Wednesday 29th April 10.00am - 2.00pm pm at Sprotbrough Library. You will have free access to Ancestry and Find My Past websites plus access to the 1921 census. So do come along and bring a friend. Do remember to bring your library card. #genealogy #familyhistory

1. Men from Yorkshire who served in Gallipoli: William Joseph Finn was born in 1875, Hull, Yorkshire. He was the son of Austin Finn and Catherine Conly of Tipperary, Ireland. William Joseph Finn was ordained at Middlesborough Cathedral on 5th August 1900. #WW1

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1. Women at War: Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps. (QMAAC) We remember Worker Winifred Edith Absalom. Winifred Edith Absalom was born in 1894, Faringdon, Berkshire. She was the daughter of Alfred Absalom and Elizabeth Dandridge. #WW1 #QMAAC

1. Women who served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) Today we remember Warrant Officer Clas II Doris Newell Smith. Doris Womersley was born on 5th July 1918, Wakefield, Yorkshire. She was the daughter of Henry Womersley and Alice Stephenson. #ATS #WW2

1. Mexborough War Memorial: Commemorating the men who served in WW2. Ronald Atkins was born in 1925, Doncaster, Yorkshire. He was the son of John Edward Atkins and Clara Parkins of Mexborough. #WW2

1. Our next Hybrid Members Meeting will be on Wednesday 29th April at the Earl of Doncaster Hotel, 7.30pm - 9.00pm. The talk will be about Charles Dickens – He Was Old Enough to be Her Father by Mike O’Brien So you think you know all about this man? #history

1. Series of men who were executed for desertion in WWI: George Ernest Roe was born in 1894, Sheffield, Yorkshire. He was the son of John L Roe and Mary Wells. In 1911 Geoge’s occupation was a Labourer aged 17. He lived with his family at 16 Alfred Road, Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire. #WW1

1. Women who served in the ATS WW2. We remember Lance Corporal Mary Edna Wilkin. Mary Edna Wilkin was born in 1922. She was the daughter of Ernest Henry Wilkin and Elsie Berresford. #WW2 #ATS #yorkshire

1. Men who had military links and worked at the Doncaster Plant: Thomas Fletcher Featon was born in 1897, Brayton, Yorkshire. He was the son of John Fletcher Featon and Margaret Elizabeth Williamson. #doncasterplantworks

1. Remembering the Barnbow lasses that died in the explosion at the Barnbow Factory. Today we remember Lilian Eva Ellis. Lilian Eva Ellis was born in 1897, Bloxwich, Walsall, Staffordshire. She was the daughter of Alfred Ellis and Margaret Ann Robinson.

1. Men from Yorkshire who served in Gallipoli: Edward Found was born in 1877, Scarborough, Yorkshire. He was the son of George Found and Mary Wherrit. #WW1 #gallipoli #yorkshire

Our next Help Desk day is on Monday 13th April 10.00am - 1.45pm at Armthorpe Library. You will have free access to Ancestry and Find My Past websites plus access to the 1921 census. So do come along and bring a friend. Do remember to bring your library card. #genealogy #familyhistory

Our next Help Desk day is on Monday 13th April 10.00am - 12pm at Conisbrough Library. You will have free access to Ancestry and Find My Past websites plus access to the 1921 census. So do come along and bring a friend. Do remember to bring your library card. #genealogy #familyhistory

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1. Women at War: Women who served in Voluntary Aid Detachent (VAD) WW1 Today we remember Nurse Hilda Moorby. Hilda Moorby was born in 1895, Skipton, Yorkshire. She was the daughter of Welbury Moorby Edith Elizabeth Duckworth. #VAD #WW1

On behalf of D&DFHS I would like to wish you all a Happy Easter. #easter

1. Women who served with Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service, WW2: This is the story of sister Audrey Mary Blackman. Audrey Mary Blackman was the daughter of Albert and Alice Blackman. She started out as a State Registered Nurse (SRN) and State Registered Fever Nurse (SRFN) #WW2 #QAIMNS

1. Armthorpe War Memorial: Commemorating the men who served in WW2. Charles Bertram Barber son of Daniel George Barber and Edith Barber of Armthorpe. He was born in 1919, Doncaster, Yorkshire. #WW2

1. Continuing Women's History Month: I thought I would end the Women's History Month on the story of Violet Edith Akehurst. Violet Edith Akehurst daughter of Alexander James Akehurst and Edith MacDonald, she was born in 1925, Ticehurst, Sussex. #ATS #WW2

1. Sprotbrough War Memorial: Commemorating the men who fought in WW2. Cyril Atkin son of Walter Atkin and Harriet Bland. He was born in 1910, Sculcoates, Yorkshire. #WW2 #yorkshire

1. Continuing women's History Month: Remembering the women who joined the Auxiliary Territoral Service and lost there lives. Today we remember Volunteer Gertie May Evelyn "Bunty" Aldrich. #WW2 #ATS

1. If anyone who would like to join our society. We are always looking for volunteers plus we have four vacancies on our committee which do need filling. If anyone would like to become a member please go to our website or even volunteer. #familyhistory #genealogy #DDFHS

D&DFHS History Fair. #historyfair #genealogy #familyhistory

1. Mexborough War Memorial: Commemorating the men who served in WW2. David Beresford Barnett son of Samuel Barnett and Rebecca Whitehead, he was born in 1917, Mexborough, Yorkshire. In 1921 David aged 4 lived with his family at 41, Dolcliffe Road, Mexborough. #WW2

1. DDFHS AGM - Wednesday 25th March 2026 Members will have the option to attend via Zoom as it will be a hybrid meeting, and the logon details will be circulated to all members on email, 48 hours prior to the AGM. . #historysocieties

1. Remembering the women who served in the Territorial Force Nursing Service attended, WW1. Alice Hilda Lancaster daughter of Thomas Lancaster and Alice Hallilaye Milner. She was born in 1883, Barnsley, Yorkshire. She began her nursing duties shortly after the war broke out in 1914. #WW1 #TFNS

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1. Continuing the series of men who worked at the Doncaster Plant with military connections: Henry Day son of Robert Day and Emma Middleton. He was born in 1891 Doncaster, Yorkshire. #WW1

1. Continuing Women's History Month: Remembering the women who served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) WW2: Joyce Sanderson daughter of George Sanderson and Gertrude Alice Burnett. She was born in 1928, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Joyce joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). #WW2 #ATS

Our next Help Desk day is on Wednesday 25th March 10.00am - 2.00pm at Sprotbrough Library You will have free access to Ancestry and Find My Past websites plus access to the 1921 census. So do come along and bring a friend. Do remember to bring your library card. #genealogy #familyhistory

1. Our Family History Fair this year is on Saturday 18th July at the Corn Exchange, 9.am-2.pm. We will have our Help Desk and raffle. We have plenty of Heritage Societies joining us so there is something for everyone. #DDFHS #geanolgy #cornexchangedoncaster

Happy St. Patrick's day to all those with irish ancestry. #stpatricksday☘️