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Online Event – When the Lights Went Out – Birmingham goes to War
Online Event Using ZoomWhen The Lights Went Out - Birmingham Goes To War Speaker - Andrew Lound Looking at Birmingham people during the 39-45 war, focussing on W.T. Avery’s famous Soho Foundry as well as the darkened streets of Birmingham. The Soho Foundry saw many employees volunteer and had many reserved occupations, Andrew has been able to access […]
Online Event – AGM
Online Event Using ZoomAnnual General Meeting This years AGM will take place using Zoom video conferencing platform, a first for Midland Ancestors More details now appear in the members area. Log in via the Menu Drop down at upper right using the password in your journal.
Goose Grease & Brown Paper
Online Event Using ZoomOrganised by MA Bromsgrove Group. Online via Zoom. Speaker: Kath Reynolds Register here
Kenilworth: ‘The Blind Postmaster General and the Suffragist’
Online Event Using ZoomParliament Square's first monument to a woman, Millicent Fawcett, and also its first sculpture by a woman, Gillian Wearing, marks 100 years since some women won the right to vote and was unveiled on 24 April 2018. 'The Blind Postmaster General and the Suffragist' A talk by Alan Godfrey FRPSL. The story of the lives […]
Online Event – Using DNA Testing to Trace Your Family Tree
Online Event Using ZoomUsing DNA Testing to Trace Your Family Tree Presenter - Karen Evans This presentation covers how DNA testing works in very general terms, getting the most from the test (what the results mean) and how to use your results to validate your paper research or overcome brick walls such as illegitimacy. It also highlights the […]
Online Event – Lest We Forget
Online Event Using ZoomLest We Forget with Sandra Taylor Worcestershire Memorials and their Casualties War memorials are a familiar sight on our landscape (there are around 100,000 in the UK), located on village greens, outside churches, in schools etc. They are part of our nation’s heritage, each and every one of them demonstrating the skills of stonemasons, woodworkers, […]
Kenilworth: CHANGE OF PROGRAMME ‘My Criminal Past’
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomOur scheduled speaker, John Berkeley OBE, would prefer to give his talk live, rather than via Zoom. We will therefore be postponing his talk, 'Looking for Answers... a family quest' to another date. Instead, we are very pleased to announce: My Criminal Past A talk by Paul Millington of the Malvern Family History Society. The […]
Online Event – Who’s The Daddy ?
Online Event Using ZoomWho's The Daddy ? Or some ideas for identifying the father of an illegitimate child. Presenter - Penny Smith. Most of us have come across an illegitimate child in our research and then wondered about who is the father. Routinely we are told that it is impossible to identify the father but occasionally you can. […]
Kenilworth: Members’ Evening and Summer Refreshments
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomSummer Social This evening will be accompanied by our usual summer refreshments of strawberries and cream with drinkies.
Online Event – Park Street Burial ground
Online Event Using ZoomPark Street Burial Ground - The HS2 Dig Did you know that one of the biggest archaeological digs in the UK has been taking place in Birmingham city centre ? Park Street burial ground was begun in 1810 as an overspill burial site from St Martins. The Bull Ring cemetery was filling up as the […]