What’s On at Midland Ancestors –

  • Volunteer Week – Wednesday 4th June

    Birmingham Meetings

    Volunteer Week - Wednesday 4th June Join Midland Ancestors as a Shop Product Administrator! Are you detail-oriented and tech-savvy? We’re looking for a volunteer to test PDF files, ensure bookmark […]

  • Volunteer Week – Thursday 5th June

    Birmingham Meetings

    Volunteer Week - Thursday 5th June 📢 Volunteer Opportunity! 📢 Are you detail-oriented and a great listener? We need a volunteer to type up minutes from Executive Committee meetings using […]

  • Volunteer Week – Friday 6th June 2025

    Birmingham Meetings

    Volunteer Week - Friday 6th June 2025 Join Our Team as Programme Secretary! Are you passionate about family history and eager to make a difference? Our Family History Society is […]

  • National Volunteer Week – Meet the Trustees at the BMI

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

    National Volunteer Week at Midland Ancestors! Join us on Saturday 7th June 2025, from 12:30pm to 1:30pm, at Sir Arthur Sullivan Hall, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, […]

  • Birmingham: Early 20th. Century Family and Social History Research

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

    Early 20th. Century Family and Social History Research Presenter - Stephen Dyer The 1920s & 1930s was an era of defining events that would change the course of many families […]

    Free
  • Birmingham: Country House Libraries

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

    Country house libraries and a case study of the library at Linley Wood. Presenter - JJ Heath-Caldwell In the 1700s and 1800s many of the old English gentry families amassed […]

    Free
  • Closure of Kingsley Norris Room

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

    The talk by Adrian de Redman 'A Brief Introduction to Heraldry'- will take place from 2pm to 4pm but there there will be NO access to the Kingsley Norris room […]

  • Birmingham: Peplow Memorial Lecture

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

    Peplow  Memorial Lecture – Heraldry Presenter - Adrian De Redman A light-hearted invitation to become addicted to the handmaid of history. Subject to confirmation nearer the time, this is expected […]

    Free
  • Birmingham: Whose Ancestor is it Anyway? – Ethics in Family History”

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

    Whose Ancestor is it Anyway? - Ethics in Family History" Presenters - Margaret Roberts and Ann Simcock "I am only researching my family tree, where does ethics come into it?” […]

    Free
  • Birmingham: Was Your Ancestor a Criminal ?

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

    Was Your Ancestor a Criminal ? – An examination of 18th & 19th Century Crime Presenter - Colin Chapman.   This meeting will be in the John Peek Room. Several […]

    Free
  • Birmingham: The Adventures of Harry Payne – the Edwardian “Literary Tramp”

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

    The Adventures of Harry Payne – the Edwardian “Literary Tramp” Presenter - Quintin Watt This presentation will piece together the remarkable story of a partially-sighted vagrant, as he tramped around the British Isles. […]

    Free
  • 2026 Kingsley Norris Memorial Talk via Zoom

    Birmingham Meetings

    As this is an online event, you will need to register your interest via the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/eQjW05g5TQidHs8Fx9OsRQ. Please use the email address we have on record as your credentials […]