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8th January - Andrew George (Area Archivist, Lichfield Record office) gives a talk on Before the Census. A look at less well known sources for family historians.
22nd January - Members' Update and Question Time Bring us up to date with your latest research and any "brick walls"
12th February - Paulette Burkhill - Kynoch Lions. Paulette makes a welcome return to talk about George Kynoch who, in 1862, founded the company that later became IMI.
26th February - Open Evening - at Tamworth Library 6:30 to 9p.m.
12th March - Val Preece - Vauxhall Gardens. Val traces the history of Vauxhall Gardens, from Duddeston Manor to the Holts of Aston Hall.
26th March - Workshop - Howard Pidd - Presenting Your Family History
9th April - David Wood (Master Thatcher) Thatching. David will talk about the trade and it's history
23rd April - Tamworth library - Where we have exclusive use of the local studies section , including free internet access to Ancestry.com 6:30 to 9p.m.
14th May - Graham Sutherland - Wicked Women. A look at some of the more notorious females in English criminal history. There is little doubt about some of them and their guilt, but that is not always the case. Were some of these women more sinned against than sinners?
28th May - Quiz night - Louise Newton and Eileen Giblin
11th June - Patrick Hayes - The Mary Ashford Mystery. In 1817, Mary Ashford was found dead in the grounds of Pype Hayes Hall. She had been attacked and thrown into a marl pit to drown. A man is accused of her murder but found not guilty. Was he guilty or not?
25th June - Workshop - Howard Pidd (ARC Chairman) Topic to be confirmed
9th July - Delia Wyers - "Heroes in my family" Have you a hero in your family? Delia has been researching her family history for many years - she tells us what she's found.
23rd July - Treasured Possessions. Bring along and talk about an object from your family history that has special significance to you.
No meetings in August due to holidays
10th September - Barbara Clarke Death, Disease & Medicine in the 19th Century
24th September - Annual General Meeting
8th October - NO MEETING - We are unable to have a meeting as the Function Room at The Ladybridge is being re-decorated.
22nd October - Tamworth Library (6:30 to 9p.m.)
12th November - Judith Farrington - My Granny's Box When Judith's aunt asked her to find out about the family history, she did nothing. Many years later, she decided to start researching. By then the family papers were held by another aunt who would not let her see them. On her death, 'Granny's Box' was passed to Judith - and so the discoveries begin.
26th November - Howard Pidd - A Miner rides to war - My Grandfather and the Great War
10th December - Christmas Social
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