Capturing, preserving and sharing Solihull's history. Also commemorating local casualties from the First World War #SolihullRemembers
At Solihull Heritage & Local Studies we try to make sure that we are collecting items that will help future historians understand the history that we lived through.
Official reports will give the statistics of the COVID-19 pandemic, but won’t include the stories of everyday experiences and people’s feelings. Please help us to document what it’s like so that future generations can understand what we went through.
Having a prolonged period of time indoors may be an opportunity to start researching your family tree. Make the most efficient use of your time by following our tips to get started. A word of warning – genealogy can be addictive, so it may end up occupying more time than you think!
Continue reading “Starting your family tree – the first 3 steps”
Private Leslie Jones, 1st South Midland Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, died on 15th March 1920 and is buried at Olton Franciscan Cemetery, Solihull. He was born in Birmingham in 1889 and baptised at St Asaph’s Church on 7th July 1889. His parents were Thomas Henry Jones, a carpenter, and Harriet Elizabeth (née Evans), a tailoress who had married at St Peter & St Paul’s Church, Aston in 1886.
