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Heraldry Group
Heraldry Group
Heraldry - All good things come in threes …… Heraldry can appeal in three different ways: The Science (or the system), the History & Romance and The Art of Heraldry Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication “How to Do Heraldry”. Come along and join us to learn about and discuss Heraldry.
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Wolverhampton: The History of Dudley Castle
Wolverhampton: The History of Dudley Castle
The History of Dudley Castle - 1071 - 1933 A presentation by Max Keen, local historian and retired history teacher. A fortress since 1087, Dudley has seen its fair share of sieges, political derring do and royal visits - not to mention illegal mints, ghosts and great fires. Featuring a quick change from medieval to […]
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Stourbridge: Catching Up With Family Search
Stourbridge: Catching Up With Family Search
Catching Up With Family Search - Sharon Hintze Sharon, former Director of the London Family History Centre and member of Midland Ancestors, will bring us up to date with all the latest news with what is the largest free genealogical database. Sharon is a frequent writer and speaker on genealogical topics and is a fifth generation […]
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North Staffs: Hangmen Murderers & Thieves
North Staffs: Hangmen Murderers & Thieves
Hangmen Murderers & Thieves A talk by well known local author Nicholas Corder
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Kenilworth: Workshop: Sharing Our Stories
Kenilworth: Workshop: Sharing Our Stories
Family History Workshop/Members' Evening A Workshop session for members and all, with the theme of Sharing our Stories - following up on the ideas and discussions of the December 2019 workshop; everyone is invited to bring and share their family stories, in whatever stage of “publication” they may be!
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Birmingham: On the Trail of The Pilgrim Fathers
Birmingham: On the Trail of The Pilgrim Fathers
On the Trail of The Pilgrim Fathers Speaker: J Keith Cheetham The Pilgrim Fathers stand out in history as the best remembered of all American colonists and over one million North Americans count them as their ancestors. The Pilgrims were the first group to found their own colony and run it on a system of […]
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Executive Committee Meeting: Finance
Executive Committee Meeting: Finance
Executive Committee Meeting - Finance To which satellite group committee members are invited
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Outing to The National Archives
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 […]
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Heraldry Group
Heraldry Group
Heraldry - All good things come in threes …… Heraldry can appeal in three different ways: The Science (or the system), the History & Romance and The Art of Heraldry Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication “How to Do Heraldry”. Come along and join us to learn about and discuss Heraldry.
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Wolverhampton: Enclosure in the English Midlands
Wolverhampton: Enclosure in the English Midlands
Wolverhampton: Enclosure in the English Midlands A talk by Richard Churchley about the effect on people and landscape of opening up heathland, when historically all the fields were enclosed.
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Stourbridge: A Yeomanry Trooper with Lawrence of Arabia
Stourbridge: A Yeomanry Trooper with Lawrence of Arabia
A Yeoman Trooper with Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Byard Jones Trooper Thorne, of the Warwickshire Yeomanry, was involved in the Gallipoli campaign in November/December 1915, when he set sail for Egypt. He became batman to Captain George Lloyd in January 1916 and spent the rest of the war in this position. Captain Lloyd was […]
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Birmingham: Friends of Key Hill and Warstone Lane – CANCELLED
Birmingham: Friends of Key Hill and Warstone Lane – CANCELLED
Friends of Key Hill and Warstone Lane Cemeteries Speakers: Volunteers of the Friends The Friends of Key Hill and Warstone Lane Cemeteries who formed in 2004, are a group of volunteers working to preserve, research, inform and promote these important historic and interesting cemeteries in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, Hockley. We will learn how the friends […]
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London: Gypsy ancestors in the Midlands MEETING CANCELLED
London: Gypsy ancestors in the Midlands MEETING CANCELLED
This meeting has been cancelled. Please check nearer the date to see if July meeting is also cancelled.