What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
Birmingham: Spread the Net Wider and Dig Deeper – CANCELLED
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West MidlandsSpread 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 […]
Birmingham: 65 Brunswick Road, The Musical – CANCELLED
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands65 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. […]
Birmingham: Bring and Share
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West MidlandsBring 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 […]
Birmingham: 65 Brunswick Road – The Musical
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands65 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. […]
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 […]
Birmingham: Motor Ambulance Units during WW1 – CANCELLED
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West MidlandsSadly Cancelled due to Covid The History of The Friends’ Ambulance Unit Motor Ambulance Convoy during WW1 A Presentation by Paul Handford MBE The talk looks at the experiences of those individuals who, for conscience and other reasons, chose to serve in the non-combatant Friends’ Ambulance Unit (Quakers) during World War I. Paul will […]
Birmingham: On the Trail of The Pilgrim Fathers
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West MidlandsOn the Trail of The Pilgrim Fathers - CANCELLED Speaker: J Keith Cheetham The Pilgrim Fathers stand out in history as the best remembered of all American colonists and over one million North Americans count them as their ancestors. The Pilgrims were the first group to found their own colony and run it on a […]
On Line Event: Shady Rock Clent – Kingsley Norris Memorial Lecture
Online Event Using ZoomShady Rock Clent - A History in House Deeds. A Presentation by Linda Newey, BA Dip Gen QA Linda has an impressive pedigree - BA DipGen QA, of Four Oaks Genealogy, AGRA member, Pharos tutor and advanced programme mentor and (of course!) editor of our quarterly journal The Midland Ancestors. Lindas talk traces the history […]
Birmingham Hybrid : From Ennis to Emmie – A Postcard Exchange
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West MidlandsFrom Ennis to Emmie - A Postcard Exchange A presentation by John Frearson John will tell us the story of a post card exchange from the early 1900s, and tracking down the senders and their families. How the finding of a series of postcards allowed the sender and her family to be tracked down – […]
Birmingham Hybrid: Group AGM followed by Lunatick Astronomy
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West MidlandsLunatick Astronomy Presenter Andrew Lound The Lunar Society was one of the most influential groups in the 18th century, no aspect of science and industry was overlooked at their monthly dinner parties. Although the development of the steam engine and coinage production became the main focus for Matthew Boulton, he had developed a passion for […]
Birmingham Hybrid: Lost Industries and Businesses of Birmingham
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West MidlandsLost Industries and Businesses of Birmingham Presenter Keith Clenton Most photographs used in this presentation come from The Birmingham Lives Carl Chinn Archive. Keith will bring to us the reality that despite the ability of Birmingham people to adapt to innovation, for a variety of reasons there was a decline in manufacturing resulting in the […]
Birmingham Hybrid: Where Does My Family Come From?
Birmingham & Midland Institute 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West MidlandsWhere Does My Family Come From ? Unlocking the Secrets of DNA Testing Presenter - Karen Evans Adverts for DNA testing kits are constantly on the TV - but what do you actually get? This talk covers understanding how the test works in very general terms, getting the most from the test (what the results […]
