What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
On Line Event
Online Event – The 1939 Register
Online Event Using ZoomThe 1939 Register Ann Simcock will explain to us how the Register came about and how it can be used to assist with researching our more recent ancestry. She will also highlight some of the frustrations associated with its use and have some suggestions to make your 2nd WW research more than just a list […]
Online Event – Uncle George, Lost in France
Online Event Using ZoomSearching for Uncle George, Lost in France 1916 Uncle George joined the army the day after War was declared in 1914. As a well educated young man working in the city, George was destined for an officer career. Joining the ranks he served in Egypt before being moved to Gallipoli. When invalided out from the […]
Bromsgrove: What’s in a Name – Talking Butts
Online Event Using ZoomOnline Event - Speaker: Anthony Paulton-Smith
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 […]
Online Event – Tompson or Thompson
Tompson or Thompson The story of how family history research went wrong, or did it ? Perhaps I was wrong initially and the documents I was looking at later were right. Dave Kerr will tell us about his researches in the Dudley and Sedgley areas and why you should explore all variations of a family […]
Online Event – Criminal Records
Online Event Using ZoomResearching Criminal Records with Penny Smith We are frequently shocked when finding out how severely our criminal ancestors were punished for what now seem the slightest of offences. In 1868 in Wolverhampton, a sentence of 3 months hard labour was given to a 16 year old lad for the theft of a cap. Penny will […]
The Accident Waiting to Happen – The Whittall St. Explosion of 1859
Online Event Using ZoomOrganised by MA Bromsgrove Group. Online via Zoom. Speaker: Liz Palmer Register here
Online Event – Pinpointing the Origin of a Surname
Online Event Using ZoomPinpointing the Origin of a Surname with John Titterton This presentation looks at surname origins and distribution, explaining how a surname origin can be pinpointed statistically. Doing a one name study, John has traced his surname to a point in North Staffordshire around 1400. An Online event using Zoom. Register by using this link – […]
Stories from the Worcestershire Archives
Online Event Using ZoomOrganised by MA Bromsgrove Group. Online via Zoom. Speaker: Paul Hudson Register here
Online Event – Kenilworth: ‘The Baby in the Locket’
Online Event Using ZoomA talk by Mary Bodfish The Baby in the Locket My great-grandmother’s locket contains a tiny faded photograph of a baby, and solving the mystery of its identity was one of the links in a 250 year chain of family history through Wolverhampton, Derby and Yorkshire. Originally booked as a face-to-face meeting, Mary has kindly […]
Online Event – My Ancestors Were Boring – They were only Ag Labs
Online Event Using ZoomMy Ancestors Were Boring - They were only Ag Labs Presenter Jacqui Kirk Inspired by an off the cuff comment, Jacqui aims in the talk to show that agricultural labourers and their lives were not boring. From ladies of questionable virtue to agricultural show prize-winners, the traces of our forebears are everywhere if you only […]
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 […]