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  • Family History Centre Open Today

    Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
    Birmingham Meetings

    The Family History Centre is available for members on Saturday 4th July (from 10.15 – 13.45) when a guest speaker (Paul Wilkins) is due to attend the Birmingham Group meeting. 
To take advantage of this facility, members must book their place with Caroline by email c.mason@midanc.uk beforehand.

  • Birmingham: Tracing Your Irish Family History

    Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
    Birmingham Meetings

    Tracing Your Irish Family History Speaker: Paul Wilkins   Join local genealogist Paul Wilkins for expert tips on uncovering your Irish ancestors. Learn what records are available online and how to navigate the challenges of tracing Irish family history. Paul lectures across the West Midlands and writes for Who Do You Think You Are and […]

  • North Staffs: Research

    North Staffs St. John's Centre, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffs, United Kingdom
    North Staffs Meetings

  • Kenilworth: Natural Daughters and Deserted Children …

    Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End, Kenilworth, CV8 1QJ Abbey End, Kenilworth, United Kingdom
    Kenilworth Meetings

    ... with Summer Refreshments Natural Daughters and Deserted Children: Jane Austen, Maria Edgeworth and Eighteenth-Century Illegitimacy Speaker: Dr Kate Croft Jane Austen and Maria Edgeworth were among the most popular authors of the early 1800s. Today, Austen is widely remembered for her witty, romantic novels, while Edgeworth has faded from mainstream readership. Yet both writers […]

  • London: “Genetic Hide and Seek: Exploring Missing Ancestor Mysteries with Autosomal DNA”

    London Family History Centre 64-68 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, United Kingdom
    London Meetings

    Important update: This event has been expanded to two talks. 11:00: "Genetic Hide and Seek: Exploring Missing Ancestor Mysteries with Autosomal DNA" A talk by Dr. Sophie Kay. Missing ancestor mysteries' in our family tree – those perplexing blanks where an individual has defied identification in historical records – can seem like an insurmountable challenge. […]

  • Heraldry Group Meeting

    Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
    Heraldry Group

    Why not come along and learn how to interpret the various coats of arms in stained glass windows, church monuments, etc, and discover who married who, together with their family history.

  • Wolverhampton: Members Evening

    Wolverhampton Meetings

    Join us for a Members Evening - at the moment we have not decided if it will be group members sharing details of their research or maybe a presentation about an unusual record set: the content of the evening will be determined by the group nearer to the event. If you have any ideas for […]

  • Stourbridge Group – Research Day

    Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom
    Stourbridge Meetings

    Open to Members and Non Members of Midland Ancestors.    We have access to the following sites Ancestry - excellent site for building a family tree FindMyPast - super search engine for UK records Fold3 - military records, especially American and British Britishnewspapersarchive.co.uk - now have over 105 million pages of British newspapers. Newspapers.com - […]

  • Have Your Say on the Future of Birmingham Group

    Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
    Birmingham Meetings

    Have Your Say on the Future of the Birmingham Group 2.00pm, Saturday, 5th September at the BMI, Margaret Street A discussion meeting to explore how the Birmingham Group can best continue and adapt to changing needs: What types of events and activities would you like to see? What are the best times and formats for […]

  • North Staffs: Research

    North Staffs St. John's Centre, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffs, United Kingdom
    North Staffs Meetings

  • Kenilworth: The Slave Trader: The Story of Bryan Blundell

    Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End, Kenilworth, CV8 1QJ Abbey End, Kenilworth, United Kingdom
    Kenilworth Meetings

    The Slave Trader: The Story of Bryan Blundell Speaker: Ben Shaw Ben Shaw is a local Kenilworth resident and passionate family historian. His talk will tell the story of how research into a family bible led to the unexpected discovery that he was descended from Bryan Blundell, an eighteenth-century Liverpool merchant, mariner, philanthropist and slave […]

  • Introduction to Family History Course – 2nd session

    Perton Library Severn Drive, Perton, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom
    Classes

    SECOND SESSION CHECK WITH PENNY IF THERE ARE SPACES STILL AVAILABLE   Perton Library, Severn Drive, Perton, Wolverhampton WV6 7QU Monday afternoons at 2pm starting on 7th September for five consecutive weeks. To book this location call 01902 506050 All courses are free but places are limited so if you book and later change your […]