What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
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Online Event – The 1939 Register
Online Event Using ZoomThe 1939 Register Ann Simcock will explain to us how the Register came about and how it can be used to assist with researching our more recent ancestry. She will also highlight some of the frustrations associated with its use and have some suggestions to make your 2nd WW research more than just a list […]
Stourbridge: Group Open Day & Family History Workshop – CANCELLED
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomGrow your family tree with Midland Ancestors The Stourbridge Group throw the doors open to the local community and invite them to come along to St. Peters Church Hall and see who we are. Grow your family tree with our expert advice and free access to the groups family history resources. Learn how to use the […]
Heraldry Group – CANCELLED
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 Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication “How to Do Heraldry”. Come along and join us to learn about and discuss Heraldry.
North Staffs: Staffordshire Past Track – CANCELLED
North Staffs St. John's Centre, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffs, United KingdomStaffordshire Past Track Staffordshire's History and Heritage on the Internet, a presentation by Staffordshire's Senior Museum Officer Chris Copp
Online Event – Uncle George, Lost in France
Online Event Using ZoomSearching for Uncle George, Lost in France 1916 Uncle George joined the army the day after War was declared in 1914. As a well educated young man working in the city, George was destined for an officer career. Joining the ranks he served in Egypt before being moved to Gallipoli. When invalided out from the […]
Birmingham: 65 Brunswick Road, The Musical – CANCELLED
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom65 Brunswick Road – The Musical Midlands author Shirley Thompson, who has published everything from biographies to fiction, poetry and children’s books, invites you to a musical adaptation of her 12th book, 65 Brunswick Road. This extensively researched, personal family saga relates the stories of five families from the 18th Century to the present day. […]
Bromsgrove: What’s in a Name – Talking Butts
Online Event Using ZoomOnline Event - Speaker: Anthony Paulton-Smith
Online Event – Jacqui Kirk: Roots Investigator
Jacqui Kirk is a Professional Genealogist, based in Warwickshire. If you’ve read any of the genealogy detective novels, such as the Morton Farrier ones by Nathan Dylan Goodwin, you may be wondering what does this occupation really entail, and is it really as dangerous for the genealogist as the novels suggest? The Kenilworth Group posed […]
Kenilworth: ‘Family Networks in Elizabethan England’ – CANCELLED
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomA talk by Cathryn Enis, Honorary Research Fellow at the College of Arts and Law, University of Birmingham Cathryn writes, "I tend to specialise in family networks so I could focus on Kenilworth families if you like and perhaps share some of the sources I use. I also like to bring women to the fore […]
Stourbridge: Society Resources & Magic Lantern Show – CANCELLED
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomTonight we will have two presentations. Society Resources with Caroline Mason + A Magic Lantern Show with Phil Lamb Caroline will tell us more about the Midland Ancestor Society resources held in Birmingham, some 8000+ items, then we can sit back and relax and watch a nostalgic slide show of Stourbridge and surrounding areas whilst […]
Online Event – Tompson or Thompson
Tompson or Thompson The story of how family history research went wrong, or did it ? Perhaps I was wrong initially and the documents I was looking at later were right. Dave Kerr will tell us about his researches in the Dudley and Sedgley areas and why you should explore all variations of a family […]
Heraldry Group – CANCELLED
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 Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication “How to Do Heraldry”. Come along and join us to learn about and discuss Heraldry.