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Wolverhampton: The Diggum Uppers – Grave Robbing in the Black Country
Wolverhampton: The Diggum Uppers – Grave Robbing in the Black Country
We may be aware of Burke and Hare, the body snatchers of the early 1800 in Edinburgh, but did you know that grave robbing and body snatching went on in many places around the UK, even in the Black Country? Why did it happen? What steps did our ancestors take to prevent their family members […]
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London: Gypsy Ancestors in the Midlands
London: Gypsy Ancestors in the Midlands
Gypsy Ancestors in the Midlands A presentation by Beverley Walker, Chair and Secretary of the Romany and Traveller Family History Society. Meetings held at Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission, 49 City Road, London, EC1Y 1AU. Doors open 9:45 (coffee, tea & biscuits, some recyclable cups provided, but if you can bring your own it would help) […]
Birmingham: Birmingham in The Blitz
Birmingham: Birmingham in The Blitz
Change of Topic & Presenters, booked speaker being unavailable Birmingham in The Blitz - And Some Families Affected by It. Presenters: Jacqui Fielding and Matt Felkin Do you know who the first person to be killed in the Blitz was? About the Air Raid Precautions? About Morrison and Anderson shelters? Bomb maps and excavation zones? […]
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Kenilworth: SPEAKER CANCELLED – Members’ Meeting
Kenilworth: SPEAKER CANCELLED – Members’ Meeting
The talk, ‘Iron, Coal and Roses: The story of a Victorian Black Country family of ironmasters and their workforce’ (Speaker: Keith Robinson) has been cancelled due to ill-health. We will endeavour to re-book in 2024. This meeting will now be a Members' meeting This is an in-person meeting held at The Kenilworth Centre
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Outing to The National Archives
Outing to The National Archives
Outing to The National Archives The National Archives is the final resting place of all files and documents produced by the various departments of H.M. Government and its predecessors. Your Ancestors could well be in there somewhere, if you haven’t found him or her then perhaps you are not using the search engine to best […]
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Stourbridge: ‘How we lived then – life in a 17th century farmhouse’
Stourbridge: ‘How we lived then – life in a 17th century farmhouse’
Talk: 'How we lived then - life in a 17th century farmhouse' Speaker: Mary Bodfish
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On Line – Family History Workshop
On Line – Family History Workshop
Family History Workshop by Members An On Line Members Meeting where you can hear about other members research experiences. You can learn how they knocked down their brick walls, what new websites they found, how they got to grips with better known sites, any obscure or lesser known websites, archives offices or libraries, or tackled […]
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Wolverhampton: Gordon of Khartoum
Wolverhampton: Gordon of Khartoum
Change to Previously Advertised Presentation: Charles George Gordon - AKA Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, Gordon of Khartoum - a Victorian hero prised from the true Victorian mould. Why was it that a Royal Engineer General, who decided to take over a town in the middle of a desert, became a national hero and brought down […]