What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
Online Event – Spread the Net Wider and Dig Deeper
Online Event Using ZoomSpread the Net Wider and Dig Deeper. Speaker: Ann Simcock. When we first begin to research our families, often the aim is to try and get as far back as possible adding names and dates with a hope to find a link to someone famous. However, our ancestors were living breathing human beings with fascinating […]
Coffee Morning in the BMI
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomCoffee Morning in the BMI Catch up with old friends you haven't seen in more than 18 months and find out what we are aiming to do now we are coming out of the pandemic. Let Jackie know if you intend to drop in so that we can make sure there are enough chairs […]
Kenilworth: ‘Heir Hunting’ – POSTPONED
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomTHIS EVENT HAS BEEN RE-SCHEDULED TO 13 APRIL 2022 Heir Hunting: A Family Historian turned Professional Probate Researcher tells us more A talk by Helen Ball BA MCLIP FPAR --- Following a discussion, the Kenilworth Branch has chosen to continue with online meetings until Spring 2022. The speaker for this event, Helen Ball, would like […]
Kenilworth: ‘A Brummie in the Family’
Online Event Using ZoomA talk by Vanessa Morgan NOTE: Our scheduled speaker, Helen Ball, who was going to talk to us about Heir-hunting, would prefer to give her talk in-person, so according to the new talk schedule, this will be postponed until the Spring/Summer 2022 (date TBC). Instead, Vanessa Morgan has agreed to do a talk for us, […]
Stourbridge: An Amble Around Worcestershire
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomAn Amble Around Worcestershire A slide show and talk by John Billingham This will be the first meeting at Stourbridge Group since Covid came upon us.
Online Event – Birth & Death. The Hidden Secrets of Registration
Online Event Using ZoomBirth & Death, The Hidden Secrets of Registration Presenter - Antony Marr Why can the same birth be registered more than once and in different years ? Why does a single death registration involve three different certificates ? This talk by Antony Marr will look at the complex rules of registering birth and death events, […]
Bromsgrove: Old Occupations
Bromsgrove Methodist Centre 19 Stratford Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs, United KingdomSpeaker: Richard Churchley
Kenilworth: ‘Family Networks in Elizabethan England’ – CANCELLED
Online Event Using ZoomWITH APOLOGIES, THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO BEREAVEMENT Re-scheduled for 2022 - further details will be available in due course Family Networks in Elizabethan England A talk by Cathryn Enis, Honorary Research Fellow at the College of Arts and Law, University of Birmingham Cathryn writes, "I tend to specialise in family networks so […]
Birmingham: 65 Brunswick Road – The Musical
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom65 Brunswick Road – The Musical Midlands author Shirley Thompson, who has published everything from biographies to fiction, poetry and children’s books, invites you to a musical adaptation of her 12th book, 65 Brunswick Road. This extensively researched, personal family saga relates the stories of five families from the 18th Century to the present day. […]
Stourbridge: My Family Heirloom
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomMy Family Heirloom Members are invited to bring in a family heirloom, photograph or interesting article that they cherish, pertaining to their Family History and to do a short presentation describing the item. There will be seasonal refreshments, mulled wine and soft drinks. Jean is making us a fruit cake and there will be a chance […]
Online Event – Why Pay ??
Online Event Using ZoomWhy Pay For Information From the Internet ? Presenter - John Hanson FSG No one likes to pay for information unless they have to and, whilst there is an increasing trend towards more information going into pay per view sites, there is still a lot around for free - if you know where and how […]
On Line Event: My Millward Family – Kingsley Norris Memorial Lecture
Online Event Using ZoomRe-scheduled, New Date & On Line. Not in the BMI My Millward Family - 50 Years Of Research A Presentation by Jackie Cotterill Jackie says - This is the story of researching my paternal family and what started as a journey of hope, after 50 years, I am no further forward – or back […]