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Course: Introduction to Family History
Perton Library Severn Drive, Perton, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United KingdomA FREE five week course run by Midland Ancestors at Perton Library. This is a course run by Midland Ancestors for complete beginners or those who have done a little research and don't know where to go next. Find out how to... get started in researching your family history learn about the records which will […]
Birmingham: On the Trail of The Pilgrim Fathers
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomOn the Trail of The Pilgrim Fathers - CANCELLED Speaker: J Keith Cheetham The Pilgrim Fathers stand out in history as the best remembered of all American colonists and over one million North Americans count them as their ancestors. The Pilgrims were the first group to found their own colony and run it on a […]
Kenilworth: ‘Fred Hancox – An Exceptional Edwardian Amateur Coventry Photographer’
Online Event Using ZoomA talk by David Fry, a researcher and author from Coventry, who has been giving talks for over 25 years. David describes this talk: "Twenty years ago a few glass plates turned up at a car boot sale in Warwickshire. This led to the discovery of many more that had been found in the attic […]
On Line Event: Heir Hunting: The Real Deal
Online Event Using ZoomHeir Hunting: The Real Deal Presenter Kirsty Gray Born in Stourbridge now based in Calne, Wiltshire, Kirsty Gray is a professional genealogist and probate researcher/heir hunter.As well as a freelance author and well known speaker on the family history circuit, Kirsty is the founder of THE Genealogy Show. Kirsty’s talk will shed light on how […]
Wolverhampton: Prince Rupert of The Rhine – King Charles I’s Pirate Prince
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomAn exciting presentation by Max Keen who will be dressed in period costume. Prince Rupert was the nephew of King Charles I and one of the English Civil War's most paradoxical heroes. Handsome, impetuous and courageous, he was the epitome of the 'Cavalier', yet he was born a German prince and a protestant. As the […]
Stourbridge: A Yeomanry Trooper with Lawrence of Arabia
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomA Yeoman Trooper with Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Byard-Jones Trooper Thorne, of the Warwickshire Yeomanry, was involved in the Gallipoli campaign in November/December 1915, when he set sail for Egypt. He became batman to Captain George Lloyd in January 1916 and spent the rest of the war in this position. Captain Lloyd was reporting […]
Course: Introduction to Family History
Perton Library Severn Drive, Perton, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United KingdomA FREE five week course run by Midland Ancestors at Perton Library. This is a course run by Midland Ancestors for complete beginners or those who have done a little research and don't know where to go next. Find out how to... get started in researching your family history learn about the records which will […]
Bromsgrove: Coroner’s Inquest Records
Bromsgrove Methodist Centre 19 Stratford Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs, United KingdomSpeaker: Liz Palmer. Liz is a former librarian and archivist at Birmingham Archives and will share her in-depth knowledge of this fascinating record set.
Kenilworth: Members’ Special – Getting back to business live!
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomAn informal get-together, 2 years after we last met face-to-face. Come and renew acquaintance, and share what you've been doing.
On Line Event: Shady Rock Clent – Kingsley Norris Memorial Lecture
Online Event Using ZoomShady Rock Clent - A History in House Deeds. A Presentation by Linda Newey, BA Dip Gen QA Linda has an impressive pedigree - BA DipGen QA, of Four Oaks Genealogy, AGRA member, Pharos tutor and advanced programme mentor and (of course!) editor of our quarterly journal The Midland Ancestors. Lindas talk traces the history […]
Stourbridge: Louis Etienne Goulé, Part Two
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomLouis Etienne Goulé, Part Two with Wendy Larmour Following on from her talk of September 2018, Wendy will tell us part two of the enthralling story of Louis Etienne Goulé and a Threadbare Wellington Quilt. We are moved to consider whether his son was mad, bad, or insane. Wendy says that this is just one of […]
On Line – Family History Workshop
Online Event Using ZoomFamily 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 […]