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  • North Staffs: Medieval towns of Staffordshire

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

    Medieval towns of Staffordshire A talk by David Wilkinson

  • Birmingham: Peplow Memorial Lecture

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

    Peplow Memorial Lecture William Augustus Peplow was a successful business man from the Black Country and descended from a long line of clockmakers. He had a keen interest in Heraldry, which he helped develop in the society, also making authoritative surveys of the hatchments of Worcestershire. He later became President of the Worcester Archaeological Society […]

  • Outing to The National Archives

    National Archives Bessant Drive, Richmond, London, United Kingdom

    Outing to The National Archives The National Archives is the final resting place of all files and documents produced by the various departments of H.M. Government and its predecessors. Your Ancestors could well be in there somewhere, if you haven’t found him or her then perhaps you are not using the search engine to best […]

  • Bromsgrove: Details TBA

    Bromsgrove Methodist Centre 19 Stratford Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs, United Kingdom

    For this evenings meeting at Bromsgrove details to be advised

  • Kenilworth: Probate Research

    Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
    Kenilworth Meetings

    Probate Research Also known as Heir Hunting. John Barker will tell us how they do it.

  • “The Lost Children” exhibition

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

    Between 1873 and 1948, around 6000 destitute children were sent from the Birmingham Childrens Emigration Homes, often referred to as Middlemore Homes, to live with farmers in the wilds of Canada. In preparation for the epic journey, the children spent up to a year at the Homes, where they were provided with a basic eduction […]

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  • BMI Heritage Open Day

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

    To coincide with the nations heritage celebrations Midland Ancestors will be joining with the Birmingham & Midland Institute and other groups in celebration of this nationwide event.

  • Stourbridge: Group Visit – Wolverhampton Archives

    Wolverhampton Archives Molineux House, Whitmore Hill, Wolverhampton
    Stourbridge Meetings

    A  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 […]

  • Heraldry Group

    Birmingham Meetings

    Heraldry Heraldry can be admired, or enjoyed, (or even disliked) at a distance, but it can be much more fun with a measure of participation. Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication "How to Do Heraldry".

  • Wolverhampton: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Wednesfield

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

    A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Wednesfield (with apologies to Douglas Adams) A look at the history and growth of the Field of Woden and its people from Saxon times onwards. This talk is by Jackie Harrison

  • Birmingham: An Accident Waiting to Happen?

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

    An Accident Waiting to Happen? The story of the Whittall Street explosion of 1859. Hear Liz Palmers account of the explosion at the Whittal Street Percussion Cap factory which claimed the lives of some of the workers, 18 young women and a young man.

  • London: Enclosures in the English Midlands

    Society of Genealogists 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Rd, London, EC1M 7BA
    London Meetings

    Enclosures in the English Midlands Every common’s gone, and traps are set to kill: The effect of the Enclosures on the English Midlands A presentation by Richard Churchley