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Who Were Your Ancestors?
Wolverhampton Archives Molineux House, Whitmore Hill, WolverhamptonFamily History sleuthing courses at Wolverhampton Archives. Find out how to get started in researching your family history, learn about, find and interpret, the records which will help you. Discover the heroes and rogues in your family and reveal the truth behind your family tales. A six week course held at Wolverhampton Archives. To book […]
First Steps training day in Birmingham
How to trace your ancestors back to 1837. Details and contacts
Wolverhampton: Mad Dogs and Maria Marten
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomEarly 19th century local stories and the shock-horror sensations of the day, from Birmingham's local newspaper Speaker: Mary Bodfish
Birmingham: AGM followed by “An Over-View of BMD Sites”
UKBMD was started as a simple web site to enable the main BMD sites to be found via one convenient starting point. It was quickly discovered that there were many other sites offering BMD listings that were not readily accessible. UKBMD grew in the number of links it had. We will learn about the latest […]
London: The Name Event
A family history fair. Midland Ancestors will be exhibiting. Tickets available on the door. http://thenameevent.com/
Outing to The National Archives
National Archives Bessant Drive, Richmond, London, United KingdomOuting to The National Archives The National Archives is the final resting place of all files and documents produced by the various departments of H.M. Government and its predecessors. Your Ancestors could well be in there somewhere, if you haven’t found him or her then perhaps you are not using the search engine to best […]
North Staffs:
North Staffs St. John's Centre, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffs, United KingdomStourbridge: Medieval Medicine: Beyond the Stereotypes
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomKevin Goodman will present us with a look at Medieval health and hygiene, diseases and revolting illnesses, their healers and cures, some even worse than the illnesses. How they were comprehended and treated, will there be mention at all of Eye of Newt or Toe of Toad ? Download here a poster for this meeting
Introduction to Family History Course
Codsall Library South Staffs Council Offices, Wolverhampton Road, Codsall, WolverhamptonA FREE five week course for beginners and those who have done a little research but do not know what to do next. Designed to give you the knowledge and confidence to find and interpret the records to build your family history. Held at Codsall Library. Places are limited and must be booked through the […]
Birmingham: Second City Executions & the Coffin Works
This talk looks at some events where people met their end with the help of a hangman’s noose in Birmingham over a period of 200 years. This ties in (so to speak) with a few of the Birmingham Conservation Trust higher profile projects, including the Jewellery Quarter Cemeteries, against a background of some well-known people who made […]