What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
Birmingham Meetings
“The Lost Children” exhibition
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomBetween 1873 and 1948, around 6000 destitute children were sent from the Birmingham Childrens Emigration Homes, often referred to as Middlemore Homes, to live with farmers in the wilds of […]
Heraldry Group
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 […]
Birmingham: An Accident Waiting to Happen?
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomAn Accident Waiting to Happen? The story of the Whittall Street explosion of 1859. Hear Liz Palmers account of the explosion at the Whittal Street Percussion Cap factory which claimed […]
Heraldry Group
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 […]
Birmingham: The Quarter Sessions: A resource for family historians
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomThe Quarter Sessions: A resource for family historians. Genealogist, author and publisher Mike Sharpe will tell us about what is perhaps an oft overlooked resource for family historians, The Quarter […]
Heraldry Group
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 […]
Birmingham: ‘May We Remind You’
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom‘May We Remind You’ – Members Evening The late Joyce Finnemore when "doing" the family history talks circuit would frequently deliver a presentation entitled "May I Remind You" intended to […]
Birmingham: The Riches of the Earth – Kingsley Norris Lecture
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomThe Riches of the Earth Mary Bodfish will explain all From being Staffordshire husbandmen, the Gilbert family worked its way up to producing two brothers, nephews of an ancestress, who […]
Heraldry Group
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomHeraldry - All good things come in threes …… Heraldry can appeal in three different ways: The Science (or the system), the History and Romance, The Art of Heraldry Quote […]
Birmingham: DNA Painter
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomDNA Painter Jonny Perl will introduce the concept of chromosome mapping and demonstrate various features with his DNA Painter website that can help you make the most of your autosomal […]
Heraldry Group
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomHeraldry - All good things come in threes …… Heraldry can appeal in three different ways: The Science (or the system), the History & Romance and The Art of Heraldry […]
Birmingham: On the Trail of The Pilgrim Fathers
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomOn the Trail of The Pilgrim Fathers Speaker: J Keith Cheetham The Pilgrim Fathers stand out in history as the best remembered of all American colonists and over one million […]