What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
Bromsgrove: An Accident Waiting to Happen: The Battle of Worcester 1651
Bromsgrove Methodist Centre 19 Stratford Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs, United KingdomSpeaker: Malcolm Atkin
Kenilworth: Workshop: Sharing Our Stories
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomFamily History Workshop/Members' Evening A Workshop session for members and all, with the theme of Sharing our Stories - following up on the ideas and discussions of the December 2019 workshop; everyone is invited to bring and share their family stories, in whatever stage of “publication” they may be!
Birmingham: On the Trail of The Pilgrim Fathers
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomOn the Trail of The Pilgrim Fathers Speaker: J Keith Cheetham The Pilgrim Fathers stand out in history as the best remembered of all American colonists and over one million North Americans count them as their ancestors. The Pilgrims were the first group to found their own colony and run it on a system of […]
Executive Committee Meeting: Finance
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomExecutive Committee Meeting - Finance To which satellite group committee members are invited
Outing to The National Archives
National Archives Bessant Drive, Richmond, London, United KingdomOuting to The National Archives The National Archives is the final resting place of all files and documents produced by the various departments of H.M. Government and its predecessors. Your Ancestors could well be in there somewhere, if you haven’t found him or her then perhaps you are not using the search engine to best […]
Heraldry Group
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.
Wolverhampton: Enclosure in the English Midlands
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomWolverhampton: Enclosure in the English Midlands A talk by Richard Churchley about the effect on people and landscape of opening up heathland, when historically all the fields were enclosed.
Stourbridge: A Yeomanry Trooper with Lawrence of Arabia
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomA Yeoman Trooper with Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Byard Jones Trooper Thorne, of the Warwickshire Yeomanry, was involved in the Gallipoli campaign in November/December 1915, when he set sail for Egypt. He became batman to Captain George Lloyd in January 1916 and spent the rest of the war in this position. Captain Lloyd was […]
Birmingham: Friends of Key Hill and Warstone Lane – CANCELLED
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomFriends of Key Hill and Warstone Lane Cemeteries Speakers: Volunteers of the Friends The Friends of Key Hill and Warstone Lane Cemeteries who formed in 2004, are a group of volunteers working to preserve, research, inform and promote these important historic and interesting cemeteries in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, Hockley. We will learn how the friends […]
London: Gypsy ancestors in the Midlands MEETING CANCELLED
Society of Genealogists 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Rd, London, EC1M 7BAThis meeting has been cancelled. Please check nearer the date to see if July meeting is also cancelled.
North Staffs: Research Evening – CANCELLED
North Staffs St. John's Centre, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffs, United KingdomResearch Evening. When members can avail themselves of the Groups resources, in fiche, film and book form. You can also get guidance on doing internet research.
Kenilworth: MEETING CANCELLED
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomDUE TO COVID-19, CONSIDERING THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF OUR GROUP AND FOLLOWING ADVICE FROM THE GOVERNMENT, THE KENILWORTH BRANCH COMMITTEE HAS DECIDED TO CANCEL THIS MEETING. WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO RE-BOOK THE SPEAKER IN 2021. The meeting was to have been: 'My Churchley Family' - From 1300 – 2019: A typical West Midlands Family […]