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  • Stourbridge Group – Research Day

    Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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    Open to Members and Non Members of Midland Ancestors.    We have access to the following sites Ancestry - excellent site for building a family tree FindMyPast - super search engine for UK records Fold3 - military records, especially American and British Britishnewspapersarchive.co.uk - now have over 105 million pages of British newspapers. Newspapers.com - […]

  • Stourbridge Group – Curiosities of Dudley

    Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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    Curiosities of Dudley Speaker: Craig Denston   A talk about the curiosities & oddities wrapped up in Dudley's history, using dozens of images from a huge collection of engraved prints, postcards, photographs, maps and memorabilia from the town. Including the Castle and Castle Hill, the old town hall & market place, the fountain & many […]

  • Stourbridge Group – Winston Churchill – Escape from a Boer Prison Camp

    Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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    Winston Churchill - Escape from a Boer Prison Camp In November 1899 during the Second Boer War, a 25-year old Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was working as a war correspondent for the Morning Post. He was captured after Boers ambushed a British armoured train in South Africa and sent to a prisoner of war camp in […]

  • Stourbridge Group – Clive of India

    Wollaston Room Stourbridge Library, Stourbridge
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    Clive of India Speaker: Max Keen Robert Clive(29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774) At Madras, Clive was moody and quarrelsome; he attempted suicide and once fought a duel. He found solace in the governor’s library, where he virtually educated himself. Find out how he grew from tearaway youth to empire builder: the facts, figures, battles, […]

  • Stourbridge & Black Country Group – Karen Evans – Unlocking the Secrets of DNA Testing

    Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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    Unlocking the Secrets of DNA Testing   Adverts for DNA testing kits are constantly on the TV-but what do you actually get? This talk covers areas such as understanding how the test works in very general terms, getting the most from the test (what the results mean) and how to use your results to overcome […]

  • Stourbridge & Black Country Group – Wilful Murder? The Story of the Lusitania

    Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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    Wilful Murder? The Story of the Lusitania Speaker: Andrew Lound Warfare has always produced a number of horrendous incidents, but one remains as controversial today as it did in 1915 – the sinking of the crack Cunard liner ‘Lusitania’. In a dramatic presentation featuring music and visual effects Andrew traces the history of the ship, […]

  • Stourbridge & Black Country Group – The Legendary Lawrence of Arabia – Later Years and Enduring Legacy

    Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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    The Legendary Lawrence of Arabia - Later Years and Enduring Legacy   Thomas Edward (T.E) Lawrence Starting with a traumatic event in 1917 that profoundly altered his approach to war, this lecture traces Lawrence's path from his battlefield victories to his life post-World War I. Delving into the period from 1917 to 1935, it reveals […]

  • Stourbridge & Black Country Group

    Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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    Research Day