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  • Stourbridge Group – The Magic of Glass

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

    The Magic of Glass Speaker: Dr Kate Round   In ancient times glass-making was viewed as mysterious and magical, it was alchemy, and referred to as ‘The Art Feat and Mystery of Glass’. Sand subjected to high temperatures became jewel-like material that could be moulded into vessels, magic indeed! It has clever physical properties, it […]

  • 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.

  • North Staffs: Research

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

  • Family History Centre Open Today

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

    The Family History Centre is available for members on Saturday 6th June (from 10.15 – 13.45) when a guest speaker (Paulette Burkill) is due to attend the Birmingham Group meetings. To take advantage of this facility, members must book their place with Mark by email m.thursfield@midanc.uk beforehand.

  • Birmingham: Pigs Take Precedence (New Street in 1817)

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

    Pigs Take Precedence (New Street in 1817) Speaker: Paulette Burkill   In Handsworth Historical Society’s collection is a ten-page booklet, published for some of her friends in January 1877 by someone we know only as LB of Bromsgrove House, Aston Manor, with her memories of New Street sixty years earlier in 1817, when she was […]

  • 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 Extraordinary Story of Sabrina Sidney

    Wolverhampton Meetings

    Sabrina was at the bottom of the eighteenth-century pile; female, abandoned and illegitimate.  But then she was found chosen from one of the Thomas Coram Foundling Hospitals to become an Apprentice Wife: the subject of a unique experiment in education and matrimony undertaken by a gentleman named Thomas Day. Friend to some of the men […]

  • Family History Centre Open Today

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

    The Family History Centre is available for members on Saturday 4th July (from 10.15 – 13.45) when a guest speaker (Paul Wilkins) is due to attend the Birmingham Group meeting. 
To take advantage of this facility, members must book their place with Caroline by email c.mason@midanc.uk beforehand.

  • Birmingham: Tracing Your Irish Family History

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

    Tracing Your Irish Family History Speaker: Paul Wilkins   Join local genealogist Paul Wilkins for expert tips on uncovering your Irish ancestors. Learn what records are available online and how to navigate the challenges of tracing Irish family history. Paul lectures across the West Midlands and writes for Who Do You Think You Are and […]

  • North Staffs: Research

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

  • Kenilworth: Natural Daughters and Deserted Children …

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

    ... with Summer Refreshments Natural Daughters and Deserted Children: Jane Austen, Maria Edgeworth and Eighteenth-Century Illegitimacy Speaker: Dr Kate Croft Jane Austen and Maria Edgeworth were among the most popular authors of the early 1800s. Today, Austen is widely remembered for her witty, romantic novels, while Edgeworth has faded from mainstream readership. Yet both writers […]