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SUMMARY:Family History Centre Open Today
DESCRIPTION:The Family History Centre is available for members on Saturday 11th April (from 10.15 – 13.45) when a guest speaker (Janet Summers) is due to attend the Birmingham Group meeting. \n
To take advantage of this facility\, members must book their place with Caroline by email\, beforehand.
URL:https://midland-ancestors.uk/event/family-history-centre-open/
LOCATION:Birmingham & Midland Institute\, 9 Margaret Street\, Birmingham\, West Midlands\, B3 3BS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Birmingham Meetings
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SUMMARY:London: "Titanic– The Midlands’ Connection"
DESCRIPTION:“Titanic– The Midlands’ Connection”\nA talk by Andrew Lound. \nAlthough the towns of Belfast and Southampton claim the Titanic as their own\, over 70% of the ship’s interior was manufactured in the Midlands. Based on his own\nresearch Andrew tells the story of the Midlands’ industrial work on the ship and the fate of the local passengers. A dramatic presentation delivered in full White Star Line Uniform\, using images\, audio and numerous props. Climb aboard and experience the voyage of your life. \nMeetings will be held at the LDS Hyde Park Family Search Centre\, 64-68 Princes Gate\, Exhibition Road\, South Kensington\, SW7 2PA. Doors open 10.00; talks start 11.00. \nWe will have the research facility largely to ourselves for the day of our meetings so will not be restricted on time. We will be able to take coffee and tea into our meetings as well as sandwiches. \nIf you download and install a Chrome extension on your laptop (which uses the building Wi-Fi)\, you can search records\, use commercial websites for free and download images directly to your laptop after our meeting. In effect\, with the Chrome extension\, your laptop has the same premium access as the PCs in the FamilySearch Centre. This access only works\, of course\, if you are within the building on Exhibition Road since it is dependent on the building Wi-Fi address. Ask a member of staff about this if you are interested. \nUnderground stations: South Kensington (District\, Circle and Piccadilly Lines). \nBuses: 14\, 49\, 70\, 74\, 345\, 360\, 414\, 430\, C1
URL:https://midland-ancestors.uk/event/london-titanic-the-midlands-connection/
LOCATION:London Family History Centre\, 64-68 Princes Gate\, Exhibition Road\, London\, SW7 2PA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:London Meetings,Public
ORGANIZER;CN="Andy Startin":MAILTO:a.startin@midanc.uk
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SUMMARY:Birmingham: FamilySearch Full-Text Search
DESCRIPTION:FamilySearch Full-Text Search\nSpeaker: Janet Summers\n‘Using a step-by-step guide\, Janet will demonstrate how this method broke through her own research “brick walls” by locating copies of probated wills.\nThis presentation expands on the article Janet wrote for the Midland Ancestor published in June 2025 Vol. 20 No. 10 page 589 – Family Search Full-Text – A Research Game Changer?’\n  \nFamilySearch.org has billions of historical records that have been digitized\, but only a portion of these record images are currently searchable. A full-text search for historical records uses artificial intelligence (AI) to transcribe images into text so they can be fully searched. This automated search will find information almost instantly\, saving hours of manual searching. Using handwriting recognition software\, FamilySearch.org can convert an image of text into a machine-readable format. This gives you the ability to search the full text of these records before they are even indexed. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://midland-ancestors.uk/event/birmingham-family-search-full-text-search/
LOCATION:Birmingham & Midland Institute\, 9 Margaret Street\, Birmingham\, West Midlands\, B3 3BS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Birmingham Meetings
ORGANIZER;CN="Peter Middleton":MAILTO:p.middleton@mid-anc.uk
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