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  • Breaking Down Brick Walls: Zoom

    Birmingham Meetings

    As this is an online event, you will need to register your interest via the link below: Click here to register for this meeting before 7th February 2026 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Please use the email address we have on record as your credentials will […]

  • Kenilworth: “Thomas Stokes, Apprentice” via Zoom

    Kenilworth Meetings

    As this is an online event, you will need to register your interest via the link below: Click here to register for this meeting before 11th February 2026 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.   The Life and Times of Thomas Stokes, Apprentice Speaker: Steve Manning A […]

  • Course: Introduction to Family History Research at Perton Library

    Perton Library Severn Drive, Perton, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom
    Classes

    Week one of a five week course which is structured for beginners and those who have done a little research but do not know what to do next.   Each week covers a different topic with the first three being the basic building blocks of family history research. Find out how to …. get started in […]

  • Heraldry Group Meeting

    Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
    Heraldry Group

    Why not come along and learn how to interpret the various coats of arms in stained glass windows, church monuments, etc, and discover who married who, together with their family history.

  • Course: Introduction to Family History at Wombourne Library

    Wombourne Library Church Road, Wombourne, South Staffordshire, United Kingdom
    Classes

    Week one of a five week course which is structured for beginners and those who have done a little research but do not know what to do next.   Each week covers a different topic with the first three being the basic building blocks of family history research. Find out how to …. get started in […]

  • Wolverhampton: Members Evening

    Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
    Wolverhampton Meetings

    We invite members of the Wolverhampton group to consider sharing details of their own research.  You may like to tell the group about your discoveries whether this is your own family history or a topic or theme you have researched.  No-one is expected to speak for longer than they feel comfortable with however we do […]

  • Stourbridge Group – J M W Turner and the Black Country

    Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom
    Stourbridge Meetings

    J M W Turner and the Black Country Speaker: Brendan Clifford Voted Britain’s favourite artist in a 2004 BBC Poll, JMW Turner visited the Black Country and Birmingham area a couple of times during his life (1775-1851). The Talk covers the background of Turner’s interest in the area, the watercolours he produced and specifically the […]

  • North Staffs: Research

    North Staffs St. John's Centre, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffs, United Kingdom
    North Staffs Meetings

  • Posted in the Past – Zoom Talk

    Birmingham Meetings

    Posted in the Past - via Zoom Speaker - Helen Baggott A soldier killed in the First World War, the man who helped keep the doors to Great Ormond Street Hospital open for more than 30 years, and a 10-year-old servant working for a laundress in 19th-century Bath are all revealed by messages sent using […]

  • Kenilworth: “Fatal Transport Accidents”

    Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End, Kenilworth, CV8 1QJ Abbey End, Kenilworth, United Kingdom
    Kenilworth Meetings

    “Let my quick fate a warning be…” Fatal Transport Accidents in the West Midlands, 1820s-1920s Speaker: Quintin Watt This illustrated presentation deals with various accidents that involved the region’s stage-coaches, canals, railways and trams. How and why did these shocking events occur, and who was to blame? What ‘Health & Safety’ lessons were learnt from […]

  • Family History Show: Malvern Showground

    Malvern Three Counties Showground , United Kingdom
    Fairs

    Family History Show: Malvern Showground Saturday 14th March 2026 See all the details here