What’s On at Midland Ancestors –

  • On Line – Family History Workshop

    Online Event Using Zoom

    Family 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 […]

    Free
  • Stourbridge: Talk on Family History

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

    Talk on Family History   Speaker: Vanessa Morgan   Making a start Its more than just a list of names and dates

  • Wolverhampton: Enclosure in the English Midlands

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

    This presentation had originally been planned for early 2020 but was cancelled because of the covid pandemic. This is a talk about the effect on people and the landscape of opening up heathland when historically all the fields were enclosed.  How did this affect our agricultural and farming ancestors? Our speaker, Richard Churchley, is an […]

  • Kenilworth: ‘Military Matters’

    Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
    Kenilworth Meetings

    Speaker: Mick Rawle This is an in-person meeting held at The Kenilworth Centre

  • Birmingham: The Staffordshire Enclosure Award Maps Project

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

    Note Change of Date due to Rail Strike The Staffordshire Enclosure Award Maps Project Presenter - Richard Totty Richard is Chairman Friends of Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archives (FoSSA) which successfully applied for a grant from the Midland Ancestors’ Kemp Legacy Fund. Their proposal was to prepare digital images of Staffordshire Enclosure (or Inclosure) […]

    Free
  • Stourbridge: A ‘virtual’ tour of Dudley’s graveyards

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

    A 'virtual' tour of Dudley's graveyards.   Speaker: Craig Deniston A virtual tour of Dudley's graveyards and their fascinating stories. The talk will include a few ghosts, a skeleton under the tarmac and the discovery of an extraordinary coffin      

  • On Line – Family History Workshop

    Online Event Using Zoom

    Family 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 […]

    Free
  • Wolverhampton: The Families of Charles Street, Wolverhampton, in the 1800’s

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

    Charles Street and the surrounding area disappeared under the ring road of Wolverhampton and there is now a collaborative ongoing project to remember the stories of those who lived there in the past.  Come and learn of what has so far been discovered and understand the events of the area that affected those living there.  […]

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