What’s On at Midland Ancestors –

  • Wolverhampton:

    Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
    Wolverhampton Meetings

    Festive cheer !  Bring a plate of food to share, and perhaps a drink, to welcome the start of the Christmas season.   A social evening with the opportunity to chat with other members.   Usually a quiz (not too difficult and with a family history theme) with prizes for the winning team and a […]

  • Birmingham: The Victorians and the Christmas Season

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

    This illustrated talk looks at the influence of the Victorians on Christmas as we know it today. The Victorians repackaged older traditions and customs that suited their new sensibilities, ideas and concerns. It is said the Victorians:‘mixed the ingredients of the English Christmas to create an extremely rich plum pudding’. Many of these changes took […]

  • Kenilworth: The Green Room Plaque

    Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
    Kenilworth Meetings

    The Green Room Plaque A bronze memorial plaque commemorating twelve actors who died serving in WWI was discovered in a Rugby sale-room. The stories of the lives and deaths of these actors will be revealed and show something of  the acting profession at the turn of the 20th Century. Military archives, contemporary newspapers and other sources allow their […]

  • London: The Story of Two Bilston Families

    Society of Genealogists 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Rd, London, EC1M 7BA
    London Meetings

    The Story of Two Bilston Families Dave Kerr has researched extensively his interests in Bilston, here he will tell us the fruits of his work.

  • Birmingham: From Chisel to Cloud – The Kingsley Norris Lecture

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

    From Chisel to Cloud, The Past and Future of Family History. A thought-provoking journey through thousands of years of development of family history record keeping and record preservation. Not all technology over the millennia has changed and, surprisingly, the future is not entirely digital. You’ll see your own family history research and documentation in a new […]

  • Stourbridge: AGM Followed by ‘All Gas and Gaiters’

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

    All Gas and Gaiters Caroline Haycock, parishioner at St. Thomas’, will tell us about the priests who made the church what it is today. This is the church in Market Street that dates from 1836, built for the people of Stourbridge, by the people of Stourbridge, the venue for our outing in June 2018. This is […]

  • Heraldry Group

    Birmingham Meetings

    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 "How to Do Heraldry".

  • Wolverhampton: Members’ Evening

    Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
    Wolverhampton Meetings

    Members’ Evening