What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
Kenilworth Meetings
Kenilworth: Christmas Social & Workshop
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomFamily History Workshop with Jacqui Kirk Jacqui Kirk, professional local genealogist and author, will return to coach us on successful sharing of our research and how to write up our family stories. Christmas Social Visitors are invited to bring a festive plate of food for one, which can be shared. We'll provide the sparkling refreshments.
Kenilworth: ‘The Lost Railway’
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomA talk by Paul Baker Picture of an engine being delivered to work on completion of the new railway in Henley in 1894. The Engine was delivered to Bearley then driven under its own steam up the High Street with track laid in front as it went. A new branch line opened from Lapworth via […]
Kenilworth: ‘Getting Rid of the Stink’
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomGetting Rid of the Stink – The Public Health Revolution A presentation by Dr. Mike Haynes Throughout history, millions have been killed by typhoid, cholera, diphtheria and even simple diarrhoea. Drawing on years of research into the history of public health in the UK and Europe, this talk looks at the ways in which a […]
Kenilworth: Workshop: Sharing Our Stories
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomFamily History Workshop/Members' Evening A Workshop session for members and all, with the theme of Sharing our Stories - following up on the ideas and discussions of the December 2019 workshop; everyone is invited to bring and share their family stories, in whatever stage of “publication” they may be!
Kenilworth: MEETING CANCELLED
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomDUE TO COVID-19, CONSIDERING THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF OUR GROUP AND FOLLOWING ADVICE FROM THE GOVERNMENT, THE KENILWORTH BRANCH COMMITTEE HAS DECIDED TO CANCEL THIS MEETING. WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO RE-BOOK THE SPEAKER IN 2021. The meeting was to have been: 'My Churchley Family' - From 1300 – 2019: A typical West Midlands Family […]
Kenilworth: MEETING CANCELLED
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomParliament Square's first monument to a woman, Millicent Fawcett, and also its first sculpture by a woman, Gillian Wearing, marks 100 years since some women won the right to vote and was unveiled on 24 April 2018. DUE TO COVID-19, CONSIDERING THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF OUR GROUP AND FOLLOWING ADVICE FROM THE GOVERNMENT, THE KENILWORTH BRANCH […]
Kenilworth: MEETING CANCELLED
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomDUE TO COVID-19, CONSIDERING THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF OUR GROUP AND FOLLOWING ADVICE FROM THE GOVERNMENT, THE KENILWORTH BRANCH COMMITTEE HAS DECIDED TO CANCEL THIS MEETING. WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO RE-BOOK THE SPEAKER IN 2021. Expert Trackers or Big Game Hunters? A talk by John Barker of Find-my-Family.co.uk and Federation of Probate & Asset […]
Kenilworth: Members’ Evening and Summer Refreshments – CANCELLED
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomFamily History Workshop or Members' Evening. Topic to be confirmed. Summer Social This evening will be accompanied by our usual summer refreshments of strawberries and cream with drinkies.
Kenilworth: ‘Maundy Rodgers’ – CANCELLED
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomA talk by John Frearson Wimereux and Amara during WWI Maundy was an Assistant Surgeon 4th Class from India, and with his hospital served in France in the seaside town of Wimereux in WWI from 1914 and later went Mesopotamia. He was mentioned in Dispatches. The talk gives a family and military history - and […]
Kenilworth: ‘Jacqui Kirk: Roots Investigator’ – CANCELLED
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomA talk by Jacqui Kirk Jacqui will talk to us about her life as a professional genealogist. REPLACED BY ZOOM TALK ON 11 NOVEMBER
Online Event – Jacqui Kirk: Roots Investigator
Jacqui Kirk is a Professional Genealogist, based in Warwickshire. If you’ve read any of the genealogy detective novels, such as the Morton Farrier ones by Nathan Dylan Goodwin, you may be wondering what does this occupation really entail, and is it really as dangerous for the genealogist as the novels suggest? The Kenilworth Group posed […]
Kenilworth: ‘Family Networks in Elizabethan England’ – CANCELLED
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomA talk by Cathryn Enis, Honorary Research Fellow at the College of Arts and Law, University of Birmingham Cathryn writes, "I tend to specialise in family networks so I could focus on Kenilworth families if you like and perhaps share some of the sources I use. I also like to bring women to the fore […]