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Wolverhampton: The Forgotten Staffordshire Workhouse
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomIn Victorian England, the question haunted every parish: what should be done with the poor? The answer, in 1834, was the workhouse — a place meant to provide food, shelter, […]
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Kenilworth: ABM plus “Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary People”
Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End, Kenilworth, Cv8 1QJ Abbey End, Kenilworth, United KingdomExtraordinary Lives of Ordinary People Speaker: Helen Lloyd An introduction to oral history, with audio extracts from the speaker's recordings of Birmingham life stories, and discussion of the pros and […]
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London: Group Visit to the The National Museum of Computing
The National Museum of Computing Block H, Bletchley Park, Bletchley, United KingdomGroup Visit to The National Museum of Computing The National Museum of Computing is an independent charity. It houses the world's largest collection of functional historic computers and World War […]
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Stourbridge Group – The Magic of Glass
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomThe Magic of Glass Speaker: Dr Kate Round In ancient times glass-making was viewed as mysterious and magical, it was alchemy, and referred to as ‘The Art Feat and […]
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Heraldry Group Meeting
Birmingham & Midland Institute - Kingsley Norris Room 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomWhy not come along and learn how to interpret the various coats of arms in stained glass windows, church monuments, etc, and discover who married who, together with their family […]
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Stourbridge Group – Visit to National Memorial Arboretum
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomVisit to National Memorial Arboretum
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Heraldry Group Meeting
Birmingham & Midland Institute - Kingsley Norris Room 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomWhy not come along and learn how to interpret the various coats of arms in stained glass windows, church monuments, etc, and discover who married who, together with their family […]
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Wolverhampton: The Extraordinary Story of Sabrina Sidney
Sabrina was at the bottom of the eighteenth-century pile; female, abandoned and illegitimate. But then she was found chosen from one of the Thomas Coram Foundling Hospitals to become an […]
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Kenilworth: Natural Daughters and Deserted Children …
Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End, Kenilworth, Cv8 1QJ Abbey End, Kenilworth, United Kingdom... with Summer Refreshments Natural Daughters and Deserted Children: Jane Austen, Maria Edgeworth and Eighteenth-Century Illegitimacy Speaker: Dr Kate Croft Jane Austen and Maria Edgeworth were among the most popular […]
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London: “Genetic Hide and Seek: Exploring Missing Ancestor Mysteries with Autosomal DNA”
London Family History Centre 64-68 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, United Kingdom"Genetic Hide and Seek: Exploring Missing Ancestor Mysteries with Autosomal DNA" A talk by Dr. Sophie Kay. Missing ancestor mysteries' in our family tree – those perplexing blanks where an […]
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Heraldry Group Meeting
Birmingham & Midland Institute - Kingsley Norris Room 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomWhy not come along and learn how to interpret the various coats of arms in stained glass windows, church monuments, etc, and discover who married who, together with their family […]
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Wolverhampton: Members Evening
Join us for a Members Evening - at the moment we have not decided if it will be group members sharing details of their research or maybe a presentation about […]