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  • Stourbridge Group – AGM and “Women in the Glass Industry”

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

    Talk - "Women in the Glass Industry" Stourbridge Glass Museum is custodian of many thousands of pieces of glassware reflecting the skills and artistry of glassblowers, designers, and decorators from the Stourbridge area for over 400years. It reflects the industrial efforts from such world-renowned makers as Richardson’s, Stuart Crystal, Royal Brierley Crystal and Webb Corbett’s. Yet […]

  • Wolverhampton: Guidance from The Wise Woman!

    Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
    Wolverhampton Meetings

    Join us for a talk on the naughtier side of Tudor and Medieval life, looking at  sexual attitudes and beliefs, by the Wise Woman in full costume.  Funny but  graphic - not suitable for those of a sensitive disposition! Our presenter, Pam Manning, a former nurse and midwife, tells us about the historical research she carried […]

  • Birmingham: The Power of Balance – Kingsley Norris Memorial lecture

    Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
    Birmingham Meetings

    The Power of Balance  - W&T Avery in the First World War’ Presenter - Andrew Lound It was a war that would forever change our view of humanity. A war that was driven by treaty and alliances. A war that would leave millions dead. The Great War started out as a great patriotic adventure and […]

    Free

  • The history of Staffordshire Oatcakes by Steve Booth

    St. John’s Centre St. John’s Centre, 122 Newcastle Rd. Trent Vale, Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom
    North Staffs Meetings

    Oatcakes are sold through out North Staffordshire and are a form of pan cake made with yeast as a raising agent. Nowadays sold plain or with a variety of fillings

  • Kenilworth: The Cottage by the Well

    Online Event Using Zoom
    Kenilworth Meetings

    Via Zoom Speaker - Mary Bodfish Mary says “The world of the past has fascinated me from my earliest memories; and exploring it continues to absorb me in retirement. My working life was spent firstly in bookselling and then in university administration, but days off frequently found me rummaging happily in record offices and libraries. […]

  • Stourbridge Group – “The Black Country Miners. A Struggle for Justice 1850-1926” – CANCELLED

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

    CANCELLED Cancelled due to Ill-Health "The Black Country Miners. A Struggle for Justice 1850-1926" The talk examines why Black Country miners suffered the highest death rate in the British coal industry. It also follows the attempts by the region's miners to secure better pay and conditions as well as examining the experiences of many individual […]

  • Wolverhampton: Members Evening

    Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
    Wolverhampton Meetings

    We invite members of the group to consider sharing details of their own research.  You may like to tell the group about your discoveries whether this is your own family history or a topic, or theme, you have researched.  It's also an opportunity to ask for suggestions about where next, or problems you have encountered, […]

  • Birmingham: My Churchley family – a typical West Midlands family?

    Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
    Birmingham Meetings

    My Churchley family – a typical West Midlands family ? Presenter - Richard Churchley In this talk our speaker will trace his family from early times through Worcestershire, Warwickshire and North Gloucestershire in the 17th and 18th centuries and into Birmingham in the 19th century and then back out to Worcestershire in the 20th century. […]

    Free

  • Wolverhampton Course: Introduction to Family History (Perton Library)

    Perton Library Severn Drive, Perton, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom
    Classes

    Week one of a five week course which is structured for beginners and those who have done a little reseach but do not know what to do next.   Each week covers a different topic with the first three being the basic building blocks of family history research. Find out how to .... get started in […]

  • Research Evening

    St. John’s Centre St. John’s Centre, 122 Newcastle Rd. Trent Vale, Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom
    North Staffs Meetings

    Informal help or research evening. Committee Members have access to numerous items in our digital library and to subscription websites. Members free; we welcome visitors but ask for a donation of  £1.50

  • Wolverhampton Course: Introduction to Family History (Codsall Library)

    Codsall Library South Staffs Council Offices, Wolverhampton Road, Codsall, Wolverhampton
    Classes

    Week one of a five week course which is structured for beginners and those who have done a little reseach but do not know what to do next.   Each week covers a different topic with the first three being the basic building blocks of family history research. Find out how to .... get started in […]

  • Kenilworth: Researching Irish Ancestors

    Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End, Kenilworth, CV8 1QJ Abbey End, Kenilworth, United Kingdom
    Kenilworth Meetings

    Speaker - Paul Wilkins Paul is the founder of The Family Tree Tracers, Director of Family History Detectives and delivers family history courses at WCRO as well as giving talks and teaching genealogy, and writing for WDYTYA? Magazine.