DNA 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 DNA results for your family history research.  Examples of how to use the site’s probability-based tools for relationship prediction will be presented alongside an overview […]

Heraldry - 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 Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication “How to Do Heraldry”.   Come along and join us to learn about and discuss Heraldry.

On 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 North Americans count them as their ancestors. The Pilgrims were the first group to found their own colony and run it on a system of […]

Heraldry - 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 Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication “How to Do Heraldry”.   Come along and join us to learn about and discuss Heraldry.

Friends of Key Hill and Warstone Lane Cemeteries Speakers: Volunteers of the Friends The Friends of Key Hill and Warstone Lane Cemeteries  who formed in 2004, are a group of volunteers working to preserve, research, inform and promote these important historic and interesting cemeteries in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, Hockley. We will learn how the friends […]

Heraldry - 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 Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication “How to Do Heraldry”.   Come along and join us to learn about and discuss Heraldry.

Friends of Birmingham Archives & Heritage Established in June 2009, FoBAH aims to promote and support the work of Birmingham Archives and Heritage in making their historical collections available to as wide an audience as possible. Their committee has a range of expertise, including: archivists, researchers, academics and archive users. This presentation by the Friends […]

Heraldry - 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 Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication “How to Do Heraldry”.   Come along and join us to learn about and discuss Heraldry.

Lost Industries and Businesses of Birmingham A slide show by Keith Clenton, most photographs used in this presentation come from The Birmingham Lives Carl Chinn Archive. Keith will bring to us the reality that despite the ability of Birmingham people to adapt to innovation, for a variety of reasons there was a decline in manufacturing […]

Heraldry - 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 Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication “How to Do Heraldry”.   Come along and join us to learn about and discuss Heraldry.

See re-scheduled event 21 July 2021, click here Park Street HS2 Archaeology works: Park Street Former Burial Ground Did you know that one of the biggest archaeological digs in the UK has been taking place right here in Birmingham? As part of the preparations for HS2’s phase one, an archaeological team has been excavating the […]

Heraldry - 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 Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication “How to Do Heraldry”.   Come along and join us to learn about and discuss Heraldry.