Photo-Archive Stocktake
The Photographic Archive will be closed Monday 4 December – Friday 9 December for our annual stocktake.
New Garden History blog and archive images
Martha MacDonald’s latest piece on the Société Jersiaise is now live and available here. Martha is in conversation with Pat Jackson, Garden History Section Chair and the blog includes a small selection of Garden History records from the Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive.
The Roger and Margaret Long Collection
The Photographic Archive team has the pleasure of reporting on the completion of a project to digitise 20,000 images from the Roger and Margaret Long Collection.
Photo-Archive Temporary Closure
Due to staff illness, the Photographic Archive is closed today Monday 31st July.
Come work with us to protect and share Jersey’s heritage
Do you have a passion for Jersey’s heritage? Do you enjoy sharing your knowledge with others? Well this may be the perfect job for you. We are looking for a Collections Assistant to work in our Photographic Archive.
New Executive Members
The Société Jersiaise is pleased to welcome 3 new General Members to the Executive Committee.
Martha MacDonald takes a look at the Société Jersiaise
Dedicated to deepening our understanding of our Island home across a range of specialised areas of interest, the Société celebrating a century-and-a-half of research this year is a real milestone for the Jersey community.
Garden History Update
At our February meeting we enjoyed Jennifer Rendell’s photographic record of the Chelsea Physic Garden. The particular interest in medieval herbs was the link to Hamptonne’s herb garden where plants chosen to reflect seventeenth century householder’s needs had been planted.
Daveluy Prize 2022
Hervé Duval (Field Archaeologist, Société Jersiaise) was awarded the Congratulations by the Jury of the Prize for his thesis on the coastal and insular fortified sites of the Channel-Atlantic coast of Europe from the First millennium BCE.
Lord Coutanche Library
For the genealogists amongst you, the 1921 Census for England, Wales & the Channel Islands is now
available at the Library with Findmypast
Garden History Section
On February 9th we meet in the Arthur Mourant room at 2,30pm to see Jennifer Rendell’s pictures of her visit to the Chelsea Physic Garden.
150th Anniversary Tea Party
The Société Jersiaise will be holding a 150th Birthday Tea Party in the Members’ Room at 7 Pier Road on Friday 20th January 2023 at 5pm.