Join us for a walk around Barnards Green
History with a Gentle Walk … We will be meeting in person on Saturday 10th September 2022 for a walk through the area of Malvern known as Barnards Green. This…
Older items of news which may still be of some interest.
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…
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…
Q&A Panel – The Results
In April 2019, our meeting was a "Ask the Panel" session. Three of our most expert and knowledgeable members were on the panel: Frank Townsend, Gwen Evans and Mary Fraser.…
Tour the forge in Barnards Green
The Barnards Green History Group invite you to join them at an open morning of an historic local venue. Barnards Green Forge was opened in 1868 by William Reynolds and…
CARN cards – some information from one of our members
I wonder if members know about the demise of the County Archive Research Network (CARN) card last November. I am planning my annual visit to Dorset and thought I would…
Lower Howsell’s very own Lark Rise to Candleford!
Susan Payne, a member of MFHS who lives in Lincolnshire, has this postcard of Lower Howsell Road in Malvern sent by her great-grandmother. She wrote to us asking if anyone…
General Register Office (GRO) – PDF Extended Pilot
The GRO is piloting a service from 12th October 2017 to provide portable document format (PDF) copies of digitised historical birth and death records. The pilot will run for a…