What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
Stourbridge Meetings
Stourbridge: Identifying Old Photographs
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomOld Photographs and their identification and dating A presentation by Tom Doig. Tom will not consider the technical processes used in production of photographs but rather use the clues offered by the mounts, the dimensions and the materials to uncover the essential facts. Similarly costumes will not be examined as a dating factor as grandma, just as […]
Stourbridge: Group Visit – Wolverhampton Archives
Wolverhampton Archives Molineux House, Whitmore Hill, WolverhamptonA Guided Tour of Wolverhampton Archives with a talk by Penny Smith - ‘The Thorneycroft Family Scrapbook’ Wolverhampton Archives is the former home of Benjamin Molineux, a wealthy local banker and iron founder. The tour will be followed by Penny’s talk about the Thorneycroft’s family scrapbook from the late 1800’s. There will be opportunities to do […]
Stourbridge: Getting Rid of the Stink
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom‘Getting Rid of the Stink’ A presentation by Dr. Mike Haynes. Emeritus professor Mike, discusses with some humour, how the introduction of clean water helped rid us of some unpleasant diseases so improving the lives of our ancestors. The works of the great engineers of the 19th century and how their efforts effectively eliminated death by typhoid, cholera […]
Stourbridge: How I record My Family Tree
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom‘How I record My Family Tree’ by Ourselves A social evening where Members are asked to bring in their family trees and charts, family albums etc. to showcase their work. Festive refreshments will be served. Download a Poster here
Stourbridge: AGM and followed by The Life and Times of Buffalo Bill Cody
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomThe Life and Times of Buffalo Bill Cody by Neil Brazier This illustrated talk gives details of Buffalo Bill’s life from boy messenger on Waggon Trains, The Pony Express, his time working for the railroads, his military service and how he became involved with the theatre and formed Wild West Shows. Famous acts including Annie […]
Stourbridge: Catching Up With Family Search
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomCatching Up With Family Search - Sharon Hintze Sharon, former Director of the London Family History Centre and member of Midland Ancestors, will bring us up to date with all the latest news with what is the largest free genealogical database. Sharon is a frequent writer and speaker on genealogical topics and is a fifth generation […]
Stourbridge: A Yeomanry Trooper with Lawrence of Arabia
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomA Yeoman Trooper with Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Byard Jones Trooper Thorne, of the Warwickshire Yeomanry, was involved in the Gallipoli campaign in November/December 1915, when he set sail for Egypt. He became batman to Captain George Lloyd in January 1916 and spent the rest of the war in this position. Captain Lloyd was […]
Stourbridge: Am I a Brontë ? – CANCELLED
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomTonight we will have two presentations. Am I a Bronté ? by Jo Baker Midland Ancestors local member Jo explores the evidence leading to her conclusion that she is descended from the Bronte’s, She asks the questions is Branwell Bronté my Grandfather, am I a Bronté? The Midland Ancestors website Do you know your way […]
Stourbridge: Herbert Austin and Longbridge – CANCELLED
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomHerbert Austin and Longbridge by Max Hunt Max’s talk will give an enthralling insight into the Motoring Mastermind of Lord Austin. He will tell us of Herbert Austin’s beginnings on a family farm, the development of sheep shearing equipment, the early development of his cars, the progress of the Longbridge Factory and the enormous contribution […]
Stourbridge: The Bostin Tay Party- CANCELLED
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomThe Bostin Tay Party A Summer Social Evening with tea/coffee and a glass of wine provided. Please bring along a plate of food to share. Marlene Watson, our Black Country Wench will entertain us again with her Black Country humour.
Stourbridge: Group Visit – Church of St. Mary, Kingswinford – CANCELLED
St. Marys Church Kingswinford, United KingdomSummer Evening Visit to St. Mary’s Church, Kingswinford Margaret Penn will be our host The Parish Church of Kingswinford, St. Mary’s overlooks the village green where the pound can still be seen and ‘The Old Court House’ where years ago most of the parish business was transacted. This church used to serve a vast parish […]
Stourbridge: Louis Etienne Goulé, Part Two – CANCELLED
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomLouis Etienne Goulé, Part Two with Wendy Larmour Following on from her talk of September 2018, Wendy will tell us part two of the enthralling story of Louis Etienne Goulé and a Threadbare Wellington Quilt. Wendy asks the question “Mad” or “Bad”? She says that this is just one of the important questions that need […]