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  • London: “Genetic Hide and Seek: Exploring Missing Ancestor Mysteries with Autosomal DNA”

    London Family History Centre 64-68 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, United Kingdom
    London Meetings

    Important update: This event has been expanded to two talks. 11:00: "Genetic Hide and Seek: Exploring Missing Ancestor Mysteries with Autosomal DNA" A talk by Dr. Sophie Kay. Missing ancestor mysteries' in our family tree – those perplexing blanks where an individual has defied identification in historical records – can seem like an insurmountable challenge. […]

  • Heraldry Group Meeting

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

    Why not come along and learn how to interpret the various coats of arms in stained glass windows, church monuments, etc, and discover who married who, together with their family history.

  • Wolverhampton: Members Evening

    Wolverhampton Meetings

    Join us for a Members Evening - at the moment we have not decided if it will be group members sharing details of their research or maybe a presentation about an unusual record set: the content of the evening will be determined by the group nearer to the event. If you have any ideas for […]

  • Stourbridge Group – Research Day

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

    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 - […]

  • Have Your Say on the Future of Birmingham Group

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

    Have Your Say on the Future of the Birmingham Group 2.00pm, Saturday, 5th September at the BMI, Margaret Street A discussion meeting to explore how the Birmingham Group can best continue and adapt to changing needs: What types of events and activities would you like to see? What are the best times and formats for […]

  • North Staffs: Research

    North Staffs St. John's Centre, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffs, United Kingdom
    North Staffs Meetings

  • Kenilworth: The Slave Trader: The Story of Bryan Blundell

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

    The Slave Trader: The Story of Bryan Blundell Speaker: Ben Shaw Ben Shaw is a local Kenilworth resident and passionate family historian. His talk will tell the story of how research into a family bible led to the unexpected discovery that he was descended from Bryan Blundell, an eighteenth-century Liverpool merchant, mariner, philanthropist and slave […]

  • Introduction to Family History Course – 2nd session

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

    SECOND SESSION CHECK WITH PENNY IF THERE ARE SPACES STILL AVAILABLE   Perton Library, Severn Drive, Perton, Wolverhampton WV6 7QU Monday afternoons at 2pm starting on 7th September for five consecutive weeks. To book this location call 01902 506050 All courses are free but places are limited so if you book and later change your […]

  • Stourbridge Group – Curiosities of Dudley

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

    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 […]

  • Heraldry Group Meeting

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

    Why not come along and learn how to interpret the various coats of arms in stained glass windows, church monuments, etc, and discover who married who, together with their family history.

  • Wolverhampton: Tales from the Coroner’s Casebook – Life and Death in Georgian South Staffordshire and the Black Country. Part 1: 1801 – 1826

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

    This presentation examines the cases of unexplained deaths, presided over by Henry Smith Esq. - Coroner of the County of Stafford - between 1801 and 1842.  These include accidents, manslaughter, murders, suicides and 'visitations of God'.  Join Coroner Smith's Jury and re-consider some of the cases he dealt with during the first part of his […]

  • North Staffs: Research

    North Staffs St. John's Centre, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffs, United Kingdom
    North Staffs Meetings