What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
Coffee Morning in Birmingham
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomCoffee Morning in the BMI We will be holding a Coffee Morning in the BMI Cafeteria at the BMI. Do please come along and join us. Stay after lunch and take advantage of the society resources in our Family History centre
Kenilworth: Christmas Social and Members’ Meeting
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomOn Line – Family History Workshop
Online Event Using ZoomFamily History Workshop - The 12 Days of Christmas A presentation by Penny Smith of our Wolverhampton group. This offering will have a seasonal theme and will give you all plenty of family history related ideas to be thinking about over the festive season. An Online event using Zoom. Visit this page to find out […]
Christmas Day
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
Boxing Day
Bank Holiday
Bank Holiday New Year's Day
Birmingham: Lives and Times on the Birmingham Canal System
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomLives and Times on the Birmingham Canal System Mrs. Violet Atkins and daughter Violet, on Butty boat RAVEN, 1952. Image from the BCN Society Archive, Bob May Collection. Presenter - Phil Clayton Phils presentation will cover the past and present on the West Midlands waterways, in particular focussing on the Birmingham Canal Navigations. Our speaker […]
Kenilworth: ‘Freedom of Information for Genealogy’ (ONLINE)
Online Event Using ZoomSpeaker: Richard Holt BA (Hons) This talk discusses the Freedom of Information Act and using FOI requests for family history research. Richard will go through how to make a request to a public authority, what to expect, what types of record might be held, and what to do if you think the public authority has […]
London: “Home cine films for family historians.”
Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission 49 City Road, London, United Kingdom“Home cine films for family historians.” A talk by Tim Emblem-English Tim joined the television recording department at the BBC in 1981 and he became a specialist in archive film transfer. Most of us are familiar with photographs and the part they play in family history research but what about home movies? Tim will start […]
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 […]
Stourbridge Group – AGM and History of Midland Ancestors
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomStourbridge Group AGM and "History of Midland Ancestors" The meeting will start at 2.30pm and the first 15 minutes will cover AGM matters followed by a talk from Mike Sharpe on the "History of Midland Ancestors" Please note doors open at 2pm
Wolverhampton: The Wednesbury Workhouse and The Parish Poor
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomA look at the stories of those who are often unheard. Digging into the records our presenter, Keith Robinson, uncovers the fate of Wednesbury's poor and some who were present in the workhouse in the town and in that of West Bromwich. Keith looks at the children who were indentured as parish apprentices and the […]