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Annual Subscription

New levels of subscription apply from 1st Jan 2024

Single digital £14.50                           Single postal £19.50
Joint digital £20.00                            Joint postal £25.00
Digital means the journal is sent to you by email
Joint means 2 people at the same address
Overseas Airmail (not for digital) is currently £10. Will change in line with postal costs.

Printable Forms

Although it is recommended to buy a membership online (above), if this is not possible, you can download and print the following form and mail them to us:

Membership Application Form – Click to Download

Complete Page 1 only and send to the Membership Subs Secretary. Address on the form

Membership Renewal Form – Same Form

The benefits of membership include :-

Local and Special Interest groups

We have Local Groups, where regular meetings take place, in :

• Staffordshire:  Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton
• Warwickshire:  Birmingham , Kenilworth
• Worcestershire:  Stourbridge
• London & Home Counties

We have Special Interest Groups :

•  using DNA matching to find shared ancestors. This group ‘meets’ on Facebook to exchange experiences.
•  the Heraldry Group meets occasionally in Birmingham.

The Midland Ancestor journal

There are four issues each year, with articles covering a wide range of topics.
Keep up to date with what’s going on in family history at local, national and international level.
Learn about the latest resources. Read about other members’ research experiences.

Family History Centre and Libraries

You can explore your heritage and grow your family tree with the help of the Library and Archive in the Midland Ancestors Family History Centre in the Kingsley Norris Room at The Birmingham & Midland Institute. We have FindmyPast Library edition and are a recognised FamilySearch Affiliate Library. It is close to the excellent reference collections in the Library of Birmingham. The Midland Ancestors Family History centre is based in the Birmingham and Midland Institute, Margaret Street , Birmingham. Directions here

The Family History Centre is open on most weekdays. Books and other holdings may not be borrowed.

More library information here.

Search Services

We maintain and continue to build Baptism, Marriage and Burial Indexes for Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. ( Birmingham is treated separately from Warwickshire in this context simply because it is so large). We have a variety of other specialist indexes, such as cemetery interment registers, monumental inscriptions, wills & probate, and poor law. These are shown on the Search Services pages.

Publications List

A full listing of the Society’s publications can be viewed via our online shop, together with a selection of more general publications. If there is any publication that is not listed, please contact our Bookshop Manager who may be able to obtain copies.