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  • London: “Titanic– The Midlands’ Connection”

    London Family History Centre 64-68 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, United Kingdom
    London Meetings

    "Titanic– The Midlands’ Connection" A talk by Andrew Lound. Although the towns of Belfast and Southampton claim the Titanic as their own, over 70% of the ship’s interior was manufactured in the Midlands. Based on his own research Andrew tells the story of the Midlands’ industrial work on the ship and the fate of the […]

  • Birmingham: FamilySearch Full-Text Search

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

    FamilySearch Full-Text Search Speaker: Janet Summers 'Using a step-by-step guide, Janet will demonstrate how this method broke through her own research "brick walls" by locating copies of probated wills. This presentation expands on the article Janet wrote for the Midland Ancestor published in June 2025 Vol. 20 No. 10 page 589 - Family Search Full-Text […]

  • North Staffs: Research

    North Staffs St. John's Centre, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffs, United Kingdom
    North Staffs Meetings

  • ‘First Steps’ in Family History

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

    Gareth, Mark and Kim will be hosting an all day of tuition, tips and advice on how to research your family history. The day is open to anyone first starting out on their journey, but also to members who simply want to refresh their knowledge. Linda and Susan will be in the Family History Centre […]

    Free

  • Stourbridge Group – “Oh, What a Bostin War”

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

      "Oh, What a Bostin War" Speaker: Quintin Watt     “Oh, what a bostin war!”  – Mobilisation & Recruitment in the Black Country in 1914This illustrated presentation examines the military reaction to the outbreak of the Great War in the Black Country.  Were people really excited to have a ‘pop at the Kaiser’?  Did […]

  • RQG Conference 2026

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

    Register of Qualified Genealogists Conference Please join us at the Birmingham & Midland Institute on Saturday 25 April 2026 for our family history conference ‘Exploring the Past, Embracing the Future’. Keynote Speakers: Professor Rebecca Probert (University of Exeter) – Researching bigamy through family history records Dr Sophie Kay (Khronicle®) – Ethics and You: a people-centred […]

  • Heraldry Group Meeting

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

    Why not come along and learn how to interpret the various coats of arms in stained glass windows, church monuments, etc, and discover who married who, together with their family history.

  • Wolverhampton: The Forgotten Staffordshire Workhouse

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

    In Victorian England, the question haunted every parish: what should be done with the poor? The answer, in 1834, was the workhouse — a place meant to provide food, shelter, and discipline… but remembered today for something far darker. Hidden among the lanes of Trysull, the Seisdon Union Workhouse served the surrounding villages — from […]

  • North Staffs: Research

    North Staffs St. John's Centre, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffs, United Kingdom
    North Staffs Meetings

  • Kenilworth: ABM plus “Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary People”

    Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End, Kenilworth, CV8 1QJ Abbey End, Kenilworth, United Kingdom
    Kenilworth Meetings

    Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary People Speaker: Helen Lloyd An introduction to oral history, with audio extracts from the speaker's recordings of Birmingham life stories, and discussion of the pros and cons of oral history in a whistle-stop tour through the twentieth-century. Helen worked in radio for much of her life, including many years as a […]

  • London: Group Visit to the The National Museum of Computing

    The National Museum of Computing Block H, Bletchley Park, Bletchley, United Kingdom
    London Meetings

    Group Visit to The National Museum of Computing The National Museum of Computing is an independent charity. It houses the world's largest collection of functional historic computers and World War II machines. The venue is a museum situated adjacent to the main Bletchley Park complex and is an independent museum with its own separate entrance […]