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Vanessa Morgan

Email
vanessa62472@hotmail.co.uk
Phone
07746 800484
Fees
£40 to £65 negotiable. No additional travel expenses
Equipment required
None
Size of audience
Any
Availability
Day or evening
Subjects covered
  1. Genealogy - four different talks available from beginners to writing your family history
  2. Diary of William Lea - local (Droitwich), national and international events written between 1848 and 1882
  3. Stories Granddad Told - Countryside tales of the early 1900s
  4. Local Murders of the Nineteenth Century (murders within the vicinity of the talk are chosen from a large collection)
  5. My Father, POW in Poland
  6. Read All About It. Snippets from the newspapers, late 1700s to early 1900s
  7. Local Rogues and villains of the Nineteenth Century (chosen for locality of talk)
  8. The Revenge of Dr. Wilmore (a Victorian melodrama)
  9. National Trust:
    a) A Weekend Away
    b) Family Stories:
    • The families at Hanbury Hall, Coughton Court and Charlecote Park (3 separate talks)
    • Baddesley Clinton and Packwood House (combined talk)
  10. Two talks set in WW1:
    a) Reports from the Front. Extracts taken from The War Illustrated.
    b) Dear Mother. Letters between a son and a mother, but not a happy ending.
  11. Fact Stranger than Fiction - Aimed at writers, this talk shows how old newspapers and registers can give ideas for stories or novels and help authentically set the scene for the period. Includes a workshop if wanted.
  12. Birmingham, its History and its People. Extracts and descriptions from various books and newspapers written between the 1700s and the 1900s.
  13. Worcestershire, from Romans to Victorians. Written to compliment my book, 'The Little History of Worcestershire'
  14. Lavinia, Princess or Fake. An 1860s court case involving the Royal Family
Additional information

Speaker is a freelance researcher in family and local history.

She is also a writer and has had 4 books published by The History Press:

  • Worcestershire, a Family History Guidebook
  • Birmingham Murders and Crime
  • Warwick Murders and Crime
  • Coventry Murders

Numerous articles have also been published in genealogy and general interest magazines.

Page last updated
22 November 2023
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