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Corals Birmingham photo archive Our speaker writes “Back in 2013 we began working on something special. In partnership with the Library of Birmingham we developed Corals, a web platform designed to deliver its collections to digital audiences. Since then we’ve been busy growing Corals to enable other organisations to join us. In this talk we’ll […]
Resources of Midland Ancestors A presentation by Caroline Mason and Jackie Cotterill. Caroline has been for a long time a librarian in the society library at the BMI in Birmingham. Jackie is General Secretary of the society. This meeting will be preceded by the AGM which should take no time at all.
Research Evening When members can avail themselves of the Groups resources, in fiche, film and book form. You can also get guidance on doing internet research.
The Stagecoach Era How the stagecoach transformed our area. A presentation by John Butterorth
Outing to The National Archives The National Archives is the final resting place of all files and documents produced by the various departments of H.M. Government and its predecessors. Your Ancestors could well be in there somewhere, if you haven’t found him or her then perhaps you are not using the search engine to best […]
Group visit to the Coffin Works and Pen Museum in Birmingham. Refreshments upon arrival at the Coffin Works, followed by an introductory talk and tour. For lunch we will adjourn to the nearby Shakespeare Tavern. We shall after then walk to the Pen Museum where there will be an introductory talk and tour. The Coffin […]
Heraldry Heraldry can be admired, or enjoyed, (or even disliked) at a distance, but it can be much more fun with a measure of participation. Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication "How to Do Heraldry".
There will be no meeting on our usual Thursday this month due to it being during the bank holiday week.