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Birmingham: Peplow Memorial Lecture – Heraldry
Title: “The Mint and I” Gregory Cameron is the Bishop of St Asaph in North Wales. However, he is a keen numismatist, armorist and amateur heraldic artist, and a design […]
Birmingham & Midland Heritage Open Day 2018
Saturday 8 September 10am - 4pm The Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham B3 3BS
Outing to The National Archives
National Archives Bessant Drive, Richmond, London, United KingdomOuting 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 […]
Stourbridge: Louis Etienne Goule and a Threadbare Wellington Quilt
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomFact fiction or Chinese whispers? The finding of an old auction sale notice during the refurbishment of an inglenook fireplace eventually led to a search for proof that Goule was the anonymous […]
Wolverhampton: Dudley Street Origins, Development and Warring Neighbours
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomWhat is now one of the main shopping streets of Wolverhampton has a long history going back to the early settlement of the city. Jackie has been researching Dudley Street […]
Introduction to Family History Course
Codsall Library South Staffs Council Offices, Wolverhampton Road, Codsall, WolverhamptonA FREE five week course for beginners and those who have done a little research but do not know what to do next. Designed to give you the knowledge and […]
Birmingham: Organising and preserving your family history archive
However you choose to store your family history items there are issues of best practice to be addressed. There has been a revolution in moving from hard copy to digital […]
Stourbridge: Four Yorkshire Lassies and a Lad
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomAnne Clarks experiences on BBC’s Flog It. Stories of Anne's great-grandmother and her siblings from Hull in the Victorian era to 1960 and a quick guide to interesting places in Hull […]
Further Steps training day in Birmingham
How to trace your ancestors before 1837. Details and contacts
Wolverhampton: George Marquand Truss, Lost in France 1916
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomThis talk has been timed to (almost) coincide with the ending of the 1914-18 war. One man remembered among many. Speaker: Phil Lamb
Outing to The National Archives
National Archives Bessant Drive, Richmond, London, United KingdomOuting 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 […]
Birmingham: The Riches of the Earth
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomFrom being Staffordshire husbandmen, the Gilbert family worked its way up to producing two brothers, nephews of an ancestress, who were Thomas Gilbert (1720-98) and John Gilbert (1724-95), prominent entrepreneurs […]