What’s On at Midland Ancestors –

  • Wolverhampton: Members Research Session

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

    Come along and join in a research session to help each other with problem solving and share ideas.  Bring details of your "missing ancestors", "brick walls" and other queries and see if others can help you find the answers. Access to various records will be available. Internet access will be available so you can bring […]

  • London: Talk on ‘using DNA research in your family tree’

    Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission 49 City Road, London, United Kingdom
    London Meetings

    Karen Evans: “Using DNA research in your family tree”. Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission, 49 City Road, London, EC1Y 1AU. Doors open 10.00. Underground stations: Old Street (due to building works at Old Street, please use subway 3) (Northern Line City Branch) Moorgate (Northern, Circle and Metropolitan Lines). Buses: 21, 43, 55, 76, 141, 205, 214, 243, […]

  • Birmingham Hybrid: Where Does My Family Come From?

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

    Where Does My Family Come From ? Unlocking the Secrets of DNA Testing Presenter - Karen Evans Adverts for DNA testing kits are constantly on the TV - but what do you actually get? This talk covers understanding how the test works in very general terms, getting the most from the test (what the results […]

    Free
  • Stourbridge: Local Visit.

    Stourbridge Meetings

    Group Visit This year we will be visiting St Mary’s Church, Kingswinford for a guided tour by Margaret Penn. St Mary’s Church Kingswinford has been in existence since 12th Century and probably longer.   Note an earlier start than when we gather at our usual meeting rooms. Cost £4, advance booking essential.  

    £4
  • Executive Committee Meeting

    Online Event Using Zoom

    Executive Committee Meeting To which satellite group committee representatives are invited

  • Wolverhampton: Coroners’ Inquest Records

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

    Birmingham Genealogist Liz Palmer will be sharing her knowledge of Coroners' Inquest Records and how these can be useful in discovering more details to help with family history research. Even if you have not yet encountered a death in your research that has resulted in a coroners inquest you never know when this may happen.  […]

  • Birmingham: The Role of Women in Medieval Heraldry

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

    The Role of Women in Medieval Heraldry - The Peplow Memorial Lecture Speaker: Dr. Paul A. Fox Early heraldry at a superficial level appears to have been a very masculine affair, but women played a much more important role than has been generally recognised.  Moreover, the frequency with which maternal arms (or elements thereof) were inherited […]

    Free
  • Bromsgrove: Flowers in the Field

    Bromsgrove Methodist Centre 19 Stratford Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs, United Kingdom

    Speaker: Sandra Taylor. Nursing in the First World War.

  • Executive Committee Meeting

    Online Event Using Zoom

    Executive Committee Meeting To which satellite group committee representatives are invited

  • Kenilworth: ‘The Unknown Socialist: John Frearson – hooks, screws and a giant!’

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

    A talk by John Frearson Witness to Owenites , Co-operation and Morris’s Socialism . Wife born at Waterloo. Bookseller, reformer, socialist, inventor of cross-head screws. Managed a French giant!

    Free