As genealogists you may have observed that in the British Isles births/baptisms in large families were customarily recorded at regular intervals; though on occasions there are “gaps” caused, you may have concluded, by an absent father, a miscarriage or stillbirth. But could a change in the regularity be by parents achieving family planning?
In this lecture, illustrated with slides and artefacts, Dr Chapman describes the fascinating history of contraception from ancient to more recent times.
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About the Speaker
Dr Colin Chapman
Dr Colin Chapman, MA FSG, a retired professional scientist and engineer and well-known family historian, has been interested for over half a century in population numbers worldwide, nationally, locally and within a typical family. This led him to examine and write about historic censuses, many designed to measure trends and reasons for population changes. He has studied the works of Thomas Malthus, Margaret Sanger and others, became a personal friend of Marie Stopes’s family, had meetings with Carl Djerassi, “father of the pill”, and addressed audiences in Japan and Europe on implications of family size.
06/08/2026
16:00 - 17:00
Society of Genealogists / Online
In Person talk with the option to watch on Zoom, by Dr Colin Chapman, well known family historian