{"id":188,"date":"2026-09-18T14:30:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kfhs.uk\/events\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=188"},"modified":"2026-09-18T15:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:22:16","slug":"zoom-lifeboats-and-lighthouses-a-tour-around-the-coast-exploring-stories-of-heroism","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/kfhs.uk\/events\/all_events\/zoom-lifeboats-and-lighthouses-a-tour-around-the-coast-exploring-stories-of-heroism\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoom &#8211; Lifeboats and Lighthouses &#8211; a tour around the coast exploring stories of heroism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tuesday 2nd March 2027, 20:00-21:15<\/h2>\n<h3>Online &#8211; via Zoom<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Virtual &#8211; speaker Helen Baggott<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/files\/images\/2026_news\/Helen_Baggott.jpg\" alt=\"Helen Baggott\" width=\"167\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t make this talk a recording will be broadcast tomorrow 3rd March 2027 at 10am (UK)<\/p>\n<p>Convert to times in your own part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/converter.html?iso=20270302T200000&amp;p1=2434&amp;p2=101&amp;p3=256&amp;p4=179&amp;p5=250&amp;p6=196&amp;p7=240&amp;p8=22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world clock here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About the Talk<\/h3>\n<p>Using postcards sent more than a hundred years ago, this illustrated talk, will look at some of the coastal landmarks that reveal stories written by our ancestors. As well as sharing the stories of who sent and received some of the postcards, this talk will also explore the families who called \u2018the lighthouse\u2019 their home.<\/p>\n<h3>About the Speaker<\/h3>\n<p>Helen Baggott is an editor, speaker and writer from Dorset. Her most recent project is researching the stories behind postcards sent more than 100 years ago. So far, she has published three collections of stories under the theme Posted in the Past, plus a series of genealogical novels; Memories from the Future. She has also written for regional and national magazines including: This England, Discover Your Ancestors, Who Do You Think You Are?, Picture Postcard Monthly and The Card Scene, and has also contributed to Family Tree magazine\u2019s blog. Her work has been recognised by national newspapers as both a Postcard and Heirloom Detective. Through the power of Zoom, Helen speaks to groups on both sides of the Atlantic and Australia and has been a speaker at a number of online genealogy shows and a guest speaker for the Society of Genealogists.<\/p>\n<p>About Virtual talks for Kent Family History Society&#8217;s members.<br \/>\n\u2022 Register in advance &#8211; Zoom will send you the joining details.<br \/>\n\u2022 Meetings open between 15 and 5 minutes before the start time<br \/>\n\u2022 It can be helpful to download Zoom&#8217;s free app, but it is not obligatory.<br \/>\n\u2022 Can&#8217;t attend after registering? Let us know via the joining email link.<\/p>\n<p>Non-members please Join Us to access talks<\/p>\n<p><strong>Registration is not open, please return to register closer to the date of the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday 2nd March 2027, 20:00-21:15 Online &#8211; via Zoom Virtual &#8211; speaker Helen Baggott If you can&#8217;t make this talk a recording will be broadcast tomorrow 3rd March 2027 at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-188","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kfhs.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kfhs.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kfhs.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kfhs.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kfhs.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191,"href":"https:\/\/kfhs.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/188\/revisions\/191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kfhs.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kfhs.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kfhs.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}