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Family History Course Find out how to …. get started in researching your family history learn about the records which will help you find the records and interpret them discover the heroes and rogues in your family reveal the truth behind your family tales This is a FREE five week course, held at Codsall Library, […]
Family History Course Find out how to …. get started in researching your family history learn about the records which will help you find the records and interpret them discover the heroes and rogues in your family reveal the truth behind your family tales This is a FREE five week course, held at Cannock Library, […]
Speaker: Philip Bowen. A fresh look at The Gunpowder Plot, reminding us that it was very much a Midland Rising.
A talk by Nick Barratt Nick's website reads, "I’ve been interested in history from a very early age. Although my training has taken me back to the thirteenth century – something I’m still actively researching after all these years – my professional career, working on TV shows such as Who Do You Think You Are, […]
New Date Due to Industrial Action on the railways In Memoriam - Records Of Commemoration Presenter Doreen Hopwood As family historians, we follow our ancestors from the cradle to the grave and this presentation explores the many ways in which the memory of our ancestors has been kept alive. It explains how to locate their […]
The Bostin Tay Party. Members are asked to bring along their memories and photographs of past family parties or celebrations and do a short presentation. Please bring along a small plate of party food to share. Tea, coffee, mulled wine provided
After a gap of two years, Saturday 19th November, 10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m., the Wolverhampton Local History Fair is to be held at Wolverhampton Archives, The Molineux Hotel Building, Whitmore Hill, Wolverhampton WV1 1SF. It's a great opportunity to meet and speak with various history groups and organisations about the city's history and to […]
Join us for our pre-Christmas social gathering. There will be a presentation entitled "12 Days of Christmas" - OR aka "12 Record sets to Explore over the Holiday Season". Penny will be sharing details of a websites that you may not have previously encountered that will keep you busy over the Christmas holiday period. Will […]
Madness, Mania and Melancholia: The Mental Health of our Ancestors Presenter Dr Janet Few The history of mental ill-health is poorly understood and many of those who were labelled as ‘idiots’, ‘imbeciles’ or ‘lunatics’ in the past would have a very different diagnosis today. This presentation looks at the history of reactions to and the […]