What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
Stourbridge: Group Visit – Church of St. Edmund, Dudley
A Tour conducted by Jon Harcourt, church historian. Known locally as Bottom Church with dedication to St Edmund, King and Martyr, the church is in Castle Street Dudley. St. Edmund King of East Anglia from 855 AD to 870 AD was defeated by the Vikings, bound to a tree and executed with arrows, then beheaded […]
Heraldry Group
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: Skulduggery at Soho Foundry
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomSkulduggery at Soho Foundry - by Mary Bodfish Soho Foundry was created in 1795 by Matthew Boulton and James Watt. What skulduggery can Mary mean ? James Watt's letter copying machine preserved the remarkable story, in the words of all those involved, of what happened in 1826 when the Soho Foundry's chief cashier was caught […]
North Staffs: Research Evening
North Staffs St. John's Centre, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffs, United KingdomResearch Evening When members can avail themselves of the Groups resources, in fiche, film and book form. You can also get guidance on doing internet research.
Birmingham: Oral History at The Hive
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomOral History at The Hive The Hive is jointly home to Worcester Records Office and The University of Worcester. Maggie Tohill our speaker is an archivist with the Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service and is one of the Oral History Society's regional networkers for the West Midlands area. Maggie will look at how family historians […]
London: Tracing a 16th and 17th century family tree
Society of Genealogists 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Rd, London, EC1M 7BABromsgrove: Visit
This month the Group will be taking part in a visit, Hartlebury Castle. Note this is a Saturday and not the usual 3rd Tuesday evening
Summer Refreshments Members Evening & Help Desk
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomKFHS - Trying out the info and websites we've learned about this year
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 […]
Executive Committee Meeting
Executive Committee Meeting To which satellite group committee members are invited
Wolverhampton: The Bicycle Industry of Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomThe Bicycle Industry of Wolverhampton - A talk by Vic Davies A history of the bicycle industry in Wolverhampton - one of rise and fall. From its earliest beginnings in the town in 1868 until the early 1970s, cycles were made in large quantities. There are known to have been over 200 cycle makers in the […]
National Archives Introductory Session
National Archives Introductory Session Intended for those who have possibly wanted to visit the National Archives, found their website a little daunting and then left it at that. Also for those who have visited perhaps just once and felt they have not had the best out of it. This is a group participation live computer […]