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  • National Archives Introductory Session – CANCELLED

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

    National Archives Familiarisation Intended for those who have possibly wanted to visit the National Archives, found their website a little daunting and then left it at that. Also for those who have visited perhaps just once and felt they have not had the best out of it. This is a group participation live computer assessment […]

  • Heraldry Group – CANCELLED

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

    Heraldry - 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 – Research at TNA

    Online Event Using Zoom

    Research at TNA with Phil Lamb In normal circumstances Phil regularly runs society outings to Kew and also twice a year runs a Familiarisation session at the BMI in Birmingham. Here he presents an on-line version to show how we can best make use of our lockdown time in preparation for when the National Archives […]

  • Online Event – Mabel Shaw OBE

    Online Event Using Zoom

    Mabel Shaw OBE with Penny Smith Penny will be telling us the story of a Wolverhampton grocers daughter and her work with the London Missionary Society. Penny is Chair of our Wolverhampton Group and Vice-Chair Genealogy of Midland Ancestors.   Register no earlier than 7 days prior by using this link - Mabel Shaw All […]

  • Online Event – Wills before 1858

    Online Event Using Zoom

    Wills before 1858 with Mark Thursfield Our ancestors didn’t need to be wealthy to leave a will. Mark will show us what we can expect from early wills, how they might help us interpret the lives of our ancestors, and where and how we might find them. Mark is a society member and regular presenter […]

  • Birmingham: Peplow Memorial Lecture – CANCELLED

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

    The Role of Women in Medieval Heraldry 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 has been under-estimated. Such […]

  • Outing to The National Archives – CANCELLED

    National Archives Bessant Drive, Richmond, London, United Kingdom

    Outing to The National Archives The National Archives is the final resting place of all files and documents produced by the various departments of H.M. Government and its predecessors. Your Ancestors could well be in there somewhere, if you haven’t found him or her then perhaps you are not using the search engine to best […]

  • Kenilworth: ‘Maundy Rodgers’ – CANCELLED

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

    A talk by John Frearson Wimereux 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 and military history - and […]

  • Stourbridge: Louis Etienne Goulé, Part Two – CANCELLED

    Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom
    Stourbridge Meetings

    Louis Etienne Goulé, Part Two with Wendy Larmour Following on from her talk of September 2018, Wendy will tell us part two of the enthralling story of Louis Etienne Goulé and a Threadbare Wellington Quilt. Wendy asks the question “Mad” or “Bad”? She says that this is just one of the important questions that need […]