Malvern Memories Wanted!
We have been asked by two different projects whether our members, or visitors to the website, might have information to contribute. Both are social history projects about events or places…
Download from Dr Penny Walters’ talk
Download from talk on Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy - members only
The availability of census data
This letter has been received from Richard Roger at the University of Edinburgh via the Worcestershire Local History Forum. Dear Chairman I am contacting you because I believe local and…
Changes at Worcestershire Archives
There have been some significant changes at the Worcestershire Archives, the Hive, and related services. We have received the following communication from the Archives service. Note: we are now in…
One of the churches for which we have record sets of MIs
MIs now come as part of membership
We have to date documented the Monumental (or Memorial) Inscriptions (MIs) for 5 parishes and are planning to do more. In the past, these have been available to buy at…
More titles added to our Members’ Library
Many thanks to all our members who have been sorting through their books in lockdown and released many useful books into our library. These are books that local members can…
MFHS meetings move online
Although we had hoped to return to live meetings in the Autumn, this has proved impossible. This is due to both continuing uncertainty of whether such meetings would be allowed…
When making contact with us, please check your email address
We love getting messages and queries from people and always try and reply within a day or so. As we are all volunteers, we can't necessarily reply immediately but we…
Statement re Coronavirus Precautions
With the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19) the committee of Malvern Family History Society are implementing the following changes. These are necessary as many of our members and volunteers are in…
Have you ancestors who served The Worcestershire Regiment?
We have had this information from the Mercian Regiment who are custodians of the archive collections of The Worcestershire Regiment (and its forebears). “We offer a specialist research enquiry service…
Exhibition and Viewing of 31 High Street, Droitwich Spa
31 High Street, Droitwich Spa was originally an open hall house which dates back in parts to 1340. Over the last few years it has been restored and there is…
Do you have Kidderminster connections?
For those of you with ancestors in Kidderminster, there is a new group on Facebook: the Kidderminster & District Family History Facebook Group. They are a closed group who use…