What’s On at Midland Ancestors –

  • Outing to The National Archives

    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 […]

  • Stourbridge: ‘King’ of the Desert

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

    'King' of the Desert The adventurous exploits of William Joseph Harding King (1869-1933) of Pedmore and Wollescote Hall. Our own Jean Weston will tell us all.   Do please note that this meeting is not on the usual Tuesday evening but a Saturday afternoon. Download a poster

  • Heraldry Group

    Birmingham Meetings

    Heraldry Heraldry can be admired, or enjoyed, (or even disliked) at a distance, but it can be much more fun with a measure of participation. Quote from Ralph Brocklebanks publication "How to Do Heraldry".

  • Wolverhampton: Hereward The Wake

    Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
    Wolverhampton Meetings

    Hereward The Wake “The Last True Englishman” or “A Hero of Romance More Than History?”  Famed through folklore, immortalised through myth, Hereward The Wake has been depicted as an all-action hero of Anglo Saxon descent (but he could have been half Danish!). His adventures and escapades were recorded in prose and verse within 40 years […]

  • North Staffs: Staffordshire curious discoveries

    North Staffs St. John's Centre, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffs, United Kingdom
    North Staffs Meetings

    North Staffs: Staffordshire curious discoveries A talk by Shawn Farrelly and AGM

  • London: DNA

    Society of Genealogists 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Rd, London, EC1M 7BA
    London Meetings

    Interpreting Your DNA Findings A presentation by Barbara Griffiths

  • Bromsgrove: Rogues and Villains

    Bromsgrove Methodist Centre 19 Stratford Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs, United Kingdom

    Rogues and Villains A talk by local historian and thespian Vanessa Morgan

  • Kenilworth: The Lost Railway

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

    The Lost Railway – Henley in Arden A talk by Paul Baker

  • Executive Committee Meeting

    Executive Committee Meeting To which satellite group committee members are invited This evenings meeting re-scheduled from 17th April.

  • Stourbridge: King John – The Worst King but the Greatest Legacy

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

    Max Keen is our speaker for this evening. Max says “ a snarling, scheming, spineless, cruel, ruthless taxman, womaniser and tyrannical King. Is there anything good to say about the man?” As usual Max will be in full costume, that of Sir William Marshall, Englands greatest knight and will entertain us in his own inimitable […]