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  • Birmingham: Peplow Memorial Lecture – Heraldry

    Birmingham Meetings

    Title: “The Mint and I” Gregory Cameron is the Bishop of St Asaph in North Wales. However, he is a keen numismatist, armorist and amateur heraldic artist, and a design of his was selected by the Royal Mint for the “last round pound”. Gregory will speak about the role of heraldry in coinage, and explore […]

  • 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 […]

  • Stourbridge: Louis Etienne Goule and a Threadbare Wellington Quilt

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

    Fact fiction or Chinese whispers? The finding of an old auction sale notice during the refurbishment of an inglenook fireplace eventually led to a search for proof that Goule was the anonymous subject of a Worcester villages folklore. Was he really Wellington's army surgeon and was it really his quilt? Wendy Larmour will tell us. Download a poster […]

  • Wolverhampton: Dudley Street Origins, Development and Warring Neighbours

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

    What is now one of the main shopping streets of Wolverhampton has a long history going back to the early settlement of the city.  Jackie has been researching Dudley Street for almost two years and has gathered a vast archive of material and will include a selection of the available information in her talk and […]

  • Introduction to Family History Course

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

    A FREE five week course for beginners and those who have done a little research but do not know what to do next. Designed to give you the knowledge and confidence to find and interpret the records to build your family history. Held at Codsall Library. Places are limited and must be booked through the […]