What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
London Meetings
London: Talk on ‘Gypsy Ancestors in the Midlands’
Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission 49 City Road, London, United KingdomBeverley Walker: “Gypsy Ancestors in the Midlands”. Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission, 49 City Road, London, EC1Y 1AU. Doors open 10:00. Underground stations: Old Street (due to building works at Old Street, please use subway 3) (Northern Line City Branch) Moorgate (Northern, Circle and Metropolitan Lines). Buses: 21, 43, 55, 76, 141, 205, 214, 243, 271 Railway […]
London: Kathy Chater – Insanity
Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission 49 City Road, London, United KingdomThis talk offers clues about possible sufferers from mental illness in the family, what kinds of records there are and where to look for them. Kathy Chater has been tracing her own ancestry for over forty years. She is the author of My Ancestor Was A Lunatic (2014); Tracing Your Huguenot Ancestors (2012); The Reformation […]
London: Gypsy Ancestors in the Midlands
Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission 49 City Road, London, United KingdomGypsy 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) […]
London: “Home cine films for family historians.”
Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission 49 City Road, London, United Kingdom“Home cine films for family historians.” A talk by Tim Emblem-English Tim joined the television recording department at the BBC in 1981 and he became a specialist in archive film transfer. Most of us are familiar with photographs and the part they play in family history research but what about home movies? Tim will start […]
London: “Whatever happened to Lucy?”
Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission 49 City Road, London, United Kingdom“Whatever happened to Lucy?” A talk by Ian Waller. Ian Waller is an experienced researcher and well known speaker. Ian’s talk looks at the plight of adoptees, foundlings, orphans and the Empire Children (child migrants) through the 19th and 20th centuries. Please note that the planned afternoon visit to the Foundling Museum will not now […]
London: “The London Family History Centre”
London Family History Centre 64-68 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, United Kingdom"The London Family History Centre" A talk by Sharon Hintze. Sharon will tell us what is available at the centre that we cannot access elsewhere. As ever Sharon will be open to questions on a wider scale and as we have the afternoon to use the facility this will be a wonderful opportunity. In addition […]
London: “The Friend’s Ambulance Service in World War One”
Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission 49 City Road, London, United Kingdom"The Friend’s Ambulance Service in World War One” A talk by Paul Handford, plus a visit to St John’s Museum and garden in the afternoon (free) for those interested. We can arrange a free introductory speaker if there are sufficient numbers. Paul Handford MBE will be talking on the experiences of those individuals, who for […]
London: Members Day: “The Ancestor I would most like to meet”
Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission 49 City Road, London, United KingdomMembers Day: “The Ancestor I would most like to meet” This is an opportunity for members to pick out an ancestor that for whatever reason they would like to meet. Was it a notable person, someone who was a rogue or even someone who went missing? All of our ancestors will have a story or […]
London: “By the sweat of their brows”
London Family History Centre 64-68 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, United Kingdom“By the sweat of their brows” A talk by Sharon Hintze. Sharon will be talking about industrial workers and their like in our area of interest in past times. Meetings will be held at the LDS Hyde Park Family Search Centre, 64-68 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, SW7 2PA. Doors open 10.30; talks start […]
London: “British Newspapers as Historical Resources”
London Family History Centre 64-68 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, United Kingdom“British Newspapers as Historical Resources” A talk by Denise Bates. Themed around family history (though the main principles can be applied to other topics) this talk covers locating newspapers with potentially relevant information, searching effectively, identifying an ancestor and using the varied content of newspapers to understand something about the world in which they lived. […]
London: “The Commonwealth War Graves Commission”
London Family History Centre 64-68 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, United Kingdom"The Commonwealth War Graves Commission" A talk by Jay Morgan Hyrons. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is an intergovernmental organisation whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died in the two World Wars. Their objective is to make sure […]
London: Members Day – “The job my ancestor did”
London Family History Centre 64-68 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, United KingdomMembers Day – “The job my ancestor did” Following on from Sharon Hintze’s talk about occupations this is an opportunity for members to give a short talk about the occupation of an ancestor. Meetings will be held at the LDS Hyde Park Family Search Centre, 64-68 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, SW7 2PA. Doors open […]