What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
Kenilworth: Members’ Evening and Summer Refreshments
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomSummer Social This evening will be accompanied by our usual summer refreshments of strawberries and cream with drinkies.
Online Event – Park Street Burial ground
Online Event Using ZoomPark Street Burial Ground - The HS2 Dig Did you know that one of the biggest archaeological digs in the UK has been taking place in Birmingham city centre ? Park Street burial ground was begun in 1810 as an overspill burial site from St Martins. The Bull Ring cemetery was filling up as the […]
Kenilworth: ‘Maundy Rodgers – A doctor abroad’
Online Event Using ZoomA talk by John Frearson Maundy Rodgers: A doctor abroad Wimeraux and Amara during WWI Maundy was an Assistant Surgeon 4th Class from India, and with his hospital served in France in the seaside town of Wimereux in WWI from 1914 and later went Mesopotamia. He was mentioned in Dispatches. The talk gives a family […]
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 […]