What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
Birmingham: 65 Brunswick Road, The Musical – CANCELLED
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. […]
Bromsgrove: What’s in a Name – Talking Butts
Online Event Using ZoomOnline Event - Speaker: Anthony Paulton-Smith
Online Event – Jacqui Kirk: Roots Investigator
Jacqui Kirk is a Professional Genealogist, based in Warwickshire. If you’ve read any of the genealogy detective novels, such as the Morton Farrier ones by Nathan Dylan Goodwin, you may be wondering what does this occupation really entail, and is it really as dangerous for the genealogist as the novels suggest? The Kenilworth Group posed […]
Kenilworth: ‘Family Networks in Elizabethan England’ – CANCELLED
Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End,, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomA 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 I could focus on Kenilworth families if you like and perhaps share some of the sources I use. I also like to bring women to the fore […]
Stourbridge: Society Resources & Magic Lantern Show – CANCELLED
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomTonight we will have two presentations. Society Resources with Caroline Mason + A Magic Lantern Show with Phil Lamb Caroline will tell us more about the Midland Ancestor Society resources held in Birmingham, some 8000+ items, then we can sit back and relax and watch a nostalgic slide show of Stourbridge and surrounding areas whilst […]
Online Event – Tompson or Thompson
Tompson or Thompson The story of how family history research went wrong, or did it ? Perhaps I was wrong initially and the documents I was looking at later were right. Dave Kerr will tell us about his researches in the Dudley and Sedgley areas and why you should explore all variations of a family […]
Executive Committee Meeting
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomExecutive Committee Meeting To which satellite group committee members are invited
Heraldry Group – CANCELLED
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomHeraldry - All good things come in threes …… Heraldry can appeal in three different ways: The Science (or the system), the History & Romance and The Art of Heraldry Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication “How to Do Heraldry”. Come along and join us to learn about and discuss Heraldry.
Online Event – Criminal Records
Online Event Using ZoomResearching Criminal Records with Penny Smith We are frequently shocked when finding out how severely our criminal ancestors were punished for what now seem the slightest of offences. In 1868 in Wolverhampton, a sentence of 3 months hard labour was given to a 16 year old lad for the theft of a cap. Penny will […]
Birmingham: Bring and Share
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomBring and Share In the past members were very willing to bring along displays of their research and family history. There has been a move away from paper based records to computer aided storage. Members are invited to bring along your lap-tops and share examples of your research and encourage others who may not be […]
North Staffs: Research Evening
North Staffs St. John's Centre, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffs, United KingdomResearch Evening When members can avail themselves of the Groups resources, in fiche, film and book form. You can also get guidance on doing internet research. For this evening you will also be welcome to partake in festive refreshments
Bromsgrove: Worcestershire Remembered; City and rural life at the end of the 19th century
Bromsgrove Methodist Centre 19 Stratford Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs, United KingdomSpeaker: Ray Sturdy