What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
London Meetings
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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London: “Wills & Probate”
London Family History Centre 64-68 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, United Kingdom"Wills & Probate" A talk by Sharon Hintze. A talk primarily covering England and Wales, and including how to use FamilySearch resources to find probate records and record copy wills […]