What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
Volunteer Week – Wednesday 4th June
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 links function correctly, and add items to our shop. 🔹 Role: To test pdf files to ensure bookmark links work and then add the item […]
Volunteer Week – Thursday 5th June
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 recorded audio. Help preserve important discussions and keep our records clear and organized! Interested? Get in touch today! General Secretary: k.walker@midanc.uk
Volunteer Week – Friday 6th June 2025
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 looking for a volunteer Programme Secretary to help us organise engaging guest speakers for the Birmingham group. What You’ll Do: - Plan and coordinate our […]
National Volunteer Week – Meet the Trustees at the BMI
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomNational 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, for an informal chat with the Trustees. Learn how you can get involved and help preserve family history! 📜✨ Come along, ask questions, and explore […]
Birmingham: Early 20th. Century Family and Social History Research
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomEarly 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 for decades to come, leading up to the 1921 Census which was released in January 2022. Stephens talk looks at the effect on the family […]
Kenilworth: Charles Dickens, Warwickshire & the Great Jennens Case
Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End, Kenilworth, Cv8 1QJ Abbey End, Kenilworth, United KingdomSpeaker - Laurence Ince Laurence is from Solihull, a member of Solihull Local History Circle, and has been working for many years on family history, particularly of his wife’s family, the Holbeches of Alvechurch.
Wolverhampton: John Wilkinson – part two
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomJoin us for this, the second part of a presentation from March 2025, about John “Iron-Mad” Wilkinson by Richard Sells The adult Wilkinson was involved from the start in the ‘new’ iron industry, eventually operating nine ironworks including the New Willey Ironworks near Broseley, which was established in 1757. He was a man of huge […]
Birmingham: Country House Libraries
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomCountry 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 considerable collections of books in their country house libraries. These collections were a vast range of books passed down from ancestors, relatives, and friends of […]
North Staffs Group research/help evening
St. John’s Centre St. John’s Centre, 122 Newcastle Rd. Trent Vale, Stoke on Trent, United KingdomInformal help or research evening. Committee Members have access to numerous items in our digital library and to subscription websites. Members free but we welcome visitors but ask for a donation of £1.50
Kenilworth: The Feud between the Smalbroke & Colmore Families
Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End, Kenilworth, Cv8 1QJ Abbey End, Kenilworth, United KingdomSpeaker - Marie Fogg Looks at the feud that led to numerous court cases and attempted murder in the 17thcentury. Marie is the author of several books, about the Smalbroke family of Birmingham and Thornton School.
London: “The Commonwealth War Graves Commission”
London Family History Centre 64-68 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, United Kingdom"The Commonwealth War Graves Commission" A talk by Jay Morgan Hyrons. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is an intergovernmental organisation whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died in the two World Wars. Their objective is to make sure […]
Stourbridge Group – Afternoon Visit to Kates Hill Church (St John’s)
St Johns Church, Kates Hill 40-49 St John's Road, DudleyAfternoon Visit to Kates Hill Church (St John's) If you would like join us please email p.burkitt@mid-anc.uk. Please respond by the end of June St. John's Church was built at the same time (1838-1840) as its sister church, St. James’s at Eve Hill. The two churches were constructed to a similar design […]