What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
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Heraldry Group Meeting
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomHeraldry GroupWhy 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.
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North Staffs: Research
North Staffs St. John's Centre, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffs, United KingdomNorth Staffs Meetings -
Birmingham: Pigs Take Precedence (New Street in 1817)
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomBirmingham MeetingsPigs Take Precedence (New Street in 1817) Speaker: Paulette Burkhill Details to follow:
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Stourbridge Group – Visit to National Memorial Arboretum
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomStourbridge MeetingsVisit to National Memorial Arboretum
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Heraldry Group Meeting
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomHeraldry GroupWhy 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.
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Wolverhampton: The Extraordinary Story of Sabrina Sidney
Wolverhampton MeetingsSabrina was at the bottom of the eighteenth-century pile; female, abandoned and illegitimate. But then she was found chosen from one of the Thomas Coram Foundling Hospitals to become an Apprentice Wife: the subject of a unique experiment in education and matrimony undertaken by a gentleman named Thomas Day. Friend to some of the men […]
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Birmingham: Tracing Your Irish Family History
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomBirmingham MeetingsTracing Your Irish Family History Speaker: Paul Wilkins Details to follow:
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North Staffs: Research
North Staffs St. John's Centre, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffs, United KingdomNorth Staffs Meetings -
Kenilworth: Natural Daughters and Deserted Children …
Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End, Kenilworth, CV8 1QJ Abbey End, Kenilworth, United KingdomKenilworth Meetings... with Summer Refreshments Natural Daughters and Deserted Children: Jane Austen, Maria Edgeworth and Eighteenth-Century Illegitimacy Speaker: Dr Kate Croft Jane Austen and Maria Edgeworth were among the most popular authors of the early 1800s. Today, Austen is widely remembered for her witty, romantic novels, while Edgeworth has faded from mainstream readership. Yet both writers […]
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London: “Genetic Hide and Seek: Exploring Missing Ancestor Mysteries with Autosomal DNA”
London Family History Centre 64-68 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, United KingdomLondon Meetings"Genetic Hide and Seek: Exploring Missing Ancestor Mysteries with Autosomal DNA" A talk by Dr. Sophie Kay. Missing ancestor mysteries' in our family tree – those perplexing blanks where an individual has defied identification in historical records – can seem like an insurmountable challenge. Yet if that missing ancestor lies within the most recent 6-7 […]
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Heraldry Group Meeting
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomHeraldry GroupWhy 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.
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Wolverhampton: Members Evening
Wolverhampton MeetingsJoin us for a Members Evening - at the moment we have not decided if it will be group members sharing details of their research or maybe a presentation about an unusual record set: the content of the evening will be determined by the group nearer to the event. If you have any ideas for […]