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  • Talk about Etruria Bone Mill

    St. John’s Centre St. John’s Centre, 122 Newcastle Rd. Trent Vale, Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom
    North Staffs Meetings

    Many people living or working in the Stoke on Trent Area will be aware of the Etruria Bone Mill. Now an industrial Museum. Bernard Lovatt is going to tell us all about it. Members free we welcome visitors but ask for a donation of  £1.50    

  • Kenilworth: Researching & Writing the Mourning Brooch Trilogy

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

    Speaker - Jean Renwick Jean Renwick’s talk reveals years of research behind her family saga, The Mourning Brooch, based upon the lives of real Yorkshire people who lived in the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th century. After inheriting a mourning brooch, Jean was intrigued to know who was Elizabeth Addy, commemorated in […]

  • London: “British Newspapers as Historical Resources”

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

    “British Newspapers as Historical Resources” A talk by Denise Bates. Themed around family history (though the main principles can be applied to other topics) this talk covers locating newspapers with potentially relevant information, searching effectively, identifying an ancestor and using the varied content of newspapers to understand something about the world in which they lived. […]

  • Stourbridge Group – The Rise and Fall of Worcestershire’s Witley Court

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

    Talk - The Rise and Fall of Worcestershire's Witley Court A Royal Palace created by the Earls of Dudley before its untimely demise. Witley Court was once one of the great country houses of England. An impressive early 17th-century mansion here was transformed in three remodellings: twice by the Foley family in the 18th century […]

  • Wolverhampton: The Story of Carribee Island

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

    In Victorian times Carribee Island was a notorious part of Wolverhampton, home to the city's Irish migrants.  The neighbourhood was stigmatized as a problem space using public health language that was shot through with racial and social stereotypes.  In fact, it was home to ordinary people doing ordinary things.  Once the myths that were layered […]

  • Birmingham: Society Conference and AGM

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

    Family History Day incorporating Annual General Meeting An All day event with Speakers Sharon Hintze and Beverley Walker. Programme Timings – 09.30 – Doors Open & Registration 10:00 – Welcome 10:15 – Presentation by Sharon Hintze, topic - By the Sweat of Thy Face; Occupations. 11:15 – Coffee Break 11:45 – AGM – A link […]

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