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. 
To take advantage of this facility, members must book their place with Caroline by email c.mason@midanc.uk beforehand.

FamilySearch Full-Text Search Speaker: Janet Summers '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. This 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 […]

At our Family History Centre, B.M.I., Margaret Street, Birmingham. B3 3BS. The day is an in-person event full of research topics - open to anyone wanting to learn from experienced researchers how to use best practice for greater results or simply to use it as a refresher. A follow up 'Further Steps' on-line event will […]

The Family History Centre in the Kingsley Norris Room is available for RQG Conference delegates during their lunch break and for any other Midland Ancestors members on Saturday 25th April from 10 am – 2 pm (not the usual opening times)

AGM and Study Day Programme BMI, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BS Saturday 9th May 2026 10.00 - Doors Open & Registration 10.30 – Presentation: The History of Medicine. Dr Mike Jenkins Exploring the origins and evolution of medicine and the health challenges experienced by our ancestors, as well as the innovations that have supported […]

The Family History Centre is available for members on Saturday 6th June (from 10.15 – 13.45) when a guest speaker (Paulette Burkill) is due to attend the Birmingham Group meetings. To take advantage of this facility, members must book their place with Mark by email m.thursfield@midanc.uk beforehand.

Pigs Take Precedence (New Street in 1817) Speaker: Paulette Burkill   In Handsworth Historical Society’s collection is a ten-page booklet, published for some of her friends in January 1877 by someone we know only as LB of Bromsgrove House, Aston Manor, with her memories of New Street sixty years earlier in 1817, when she was […]

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.

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 […]