What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
Kenilworth: ‘Beer, Bets and Bullbaiting’
Online Event Using ZoomA talk by Mary Bodfish. Mary hails from Smethwick, West Midlands, and has been researching her family history - and more! - for many years, and giving talks for over 20 years. Our forebears revelled in bull-baitings, cockfighting, boxing matches and abominable drunkenness; especially in the Black Country. The boozy, bloody amusements of the working […]
Birmingham: Motor Ambulance Units during WW1 – CANCELLED
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomSadly Cancelled due to Covid The History of The Friends’ Ambulance Unit Motor Ambulance Convoy during WW1 A Presentation by Paul Handford MBE The talk looks at the experiences of those individuals who, for conscience and other reasons, chose to serve in the non-combatant Friends’ Ambulance Unit (Quakers) during World War I. Paul will […]
Executive Committee Meeting
Online Event Using ZoomExecutive Committee Meeting To which satellite group committee representatives are invited.
Stourbridge: AGM followed by Society Resources
Online Event Using ZoomSociety Resources & Website A presentation by Caroline Mason and Phil Lamb Caroline is a long time volunteer worker at the group Family History Centre, the little used resource at the BMI in Birmingham, she will tell us what can be found there. Phil will give us a tour of the society website. This meeting […]
Wolverhampton: 1921 Census Presentation
Perton Library Severn Drive, Perton, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United KingdomDue to rising Covid infection rates, the meeting at this venue is Cancelled but prospective attendees will still be able to join in with the event on Zoom. You can Register from this page - Click Here Join the Wolverhampton group meeting, in person, in the Terry Harding Room at Perton Civic Centre when we […]
Online Event – Introduction to the 1921 Census
Online Event Using ZoomIntroducing the 1921 Census of England & Wales A Presentation by Myko Clelland The 1921 Census of England and Wales is here. Join Findmypast for an unmissable exploration of the biggest new arrival in family history. After years spent digitising and transcribing this unique snapshot of our recent history, discover the stories and secrets contained […]
Course: Introduction to Family History
Perton Library Severn Drive, Perton, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United KingdomA FREE five week course run by Midland Ancestors at Perton Library. This is a course run by Midland Ancestors for complete beginners or those who have done a little research and don't know where to go next. Find out how to... get started in researching your family history learn about the records which will […]
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 - CANCELLED 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 […]
Kenilworth: ‘Fred Hancox – An Exceptional Edwardian Amateur Coventry Photographer’
Online Event Using ZoomA talk by David Fry, a researcher and author from Coventry, who has been giving talks for over 25 years. David describes this talk: "Twenty years ago a few glass plates turned up at a car boot sale in Warwickshire. This led to the discovery of many more that had been found in the attic […]
On Line Event: Heir Hunting: The Real Deal
Online Event Using ZoomHeir Hunting: The Real Deal Presenter Kirsty Gray Born in Stourbridge now based in Calne, Wiltshire, Kirsty Gray is a professional genealogist and probate researcher/heir hunter.As well as a freelance author and well known speaker on the family history circuit, Kirsty is the founder of THE Genealogy Show. Kirsty’s talk will shed light on how […]
Wolverhampton: Prince Rupert of The Rhine – King Charles I’s Pirate Prince
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomAn exciting presentation by Max Keen who will be dressed in period costume. Prince Rupert was the nephew of King Charles I and one of the English Civil War's most paradoxical heroes. Handsome, impetuous and courageous, he was the epitome of the 'Cavalier', yet he was born a German prince and a protestant. As the […]
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 reporting […]