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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 […]
Kenilworth: Members’ Evening
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomFamily History Workshop or Members' Evening. Topic to be confirmed.
Online Event – The Work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Online Event Using ZoomThe Work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Speaker - Sarah Moody Initially the Graves Registration Commission formed in 1915 by Fabian Ware, with a Royal Charter in 1917, the remit of the CWGC is the care and maintenance of the graves and memorials to Commonwealth war dead at more than 23,000 sites worldwide. Sarah […]
The History of Bromsgrove School
Online Event Using ZoomOrganised by MA Bromsgrove Group. Online via Zoom. Speaker: Philip Bowen Note date changed from 09 March as originally advertised. Register here
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The Craythorne Family
Online Event Using ZoomOrganised by MA Bromsgrove Group. Online via Zoom. Speaker: Jan Pick Register here.
Kenilworth: CHANGE OF PROGRAMME: ‘Marriage law and practice in the Midlands, 1837-1900’
Online Event Using ZoomOur scheduled speaker, Richard Churchley, would prefer to give his talk live, rather than via Zoom. We will therefore be postponing his talk, ''My Churchley Family' - From 1300 – 2019: A typical West Midlands Family' to another date. Instead, we are very pleased to announce a returning speaker: Marriage law and practice in the […]
Online Event – When the Lights Went Out – Birmingham goes to War
Online Event Using ZoomWhen The Lights Went Out - Birmingham Goes To War Speaker - Andrew Lound Looking at Birmingham people during the 39-45 war, focussing on W.T. Avery’s famous Soho Foundry as well as the darkened streets of Birmingham. The Soho Foundry saw many employees volunteer and had many reserved occupations, Andrew has been able to access […]