What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
Stourbridge: The Bostin Tay Party- CANCELLED
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomThe Bostin Tay Party A Summer Social Evening with tea/coffee and a glass of wine provided. Please bring along a plate of food to share. Marlene Watson, our Black Country Wench will entertain us again with her Black Country humour.
Online Event – Maps & Mapping
Online Event Using ZoomMaps & Mapping, Exploring for Family Historians Phil Lamb will show us how to get to some free maps and how they can help with tracing the lives and movements of our ancestors. Register no earlier than 10 days prior by sending an email to eventsonline@midanc.uk and put into the title box Maps & […]
Executive Committee Meeting
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomExecutive Committee Meeting To which satellite group committee members are invited
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.
Genealogy Show at the NEC – Cancelled
The Genealogy Show at the NEC - Now Cancelled Put the date in your diary, 26th and 27th June 2020. Midland Ancestors will be there.
Online Event – The Parish Chest & Poor Law
Online Event Using ZoomThe Parish Chest & Poor Law with Jackie Cotterill Parish Chests date from medieval times, required by law as a place for keeping important parochial documents secure. Over the years there were collected vast quantities of paper & vellum documents relating to the governance of the parish. Registers, Accounts, Charity Records, tithes, churchwardens, settlements and […]
Birmingham: HS2 and the Park Street Dig – CANCELLED
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomSee 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 […]
London: Medieval medicine CANCELLED
Society of Genealogists 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Rd, London, EC1M 7BANorth Staffs: My 20 Favourite Staffordshire Places – CANCELLED
North Staffs St. John's Centre, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffs, United KingdomMy 20 Favourite Staffordshire Places A Presentation by David Wilkinson
Kenilworth: Members’ Evening and Summer Refreshments – CANCELLED
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomFamily History Workshop or Members' Evening. Topic to be confirmed. Summer Social This evening will be accompanied by our usual summer refreshments of strawberries and cream with drinkies.
Online Event -The Census
Online Event Using ZoomThe Census with Mark Thursfield The earliest census in Britain of any real use to family historians was held in 1841. Mark will explain this and others and how we can use the census to help us learn about our ancestors. Mark is a society member and regular presenter at the Midland Ancestors series of […]
On Line – Family History Workshop
Online Event Using ZoomFamily History Workshop by Members An On Line Members Meeting where you can hear about other members research experiences. You can learn how they knocked down their brick walls, what new websites they found, how they got to grips with better known sites, any obscure or lesser known websites, archives offices or libraries, or tackled […]