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New UK family history show.
 26th & 27th April 2019, at London’s Alexandra Palace.
Stalls, lectures, workshops, Family History.
 Save the dates to your computer or diary.

 Birmingham & Midland History Fair . Sat 12 May 2018

Family History with BMSGH ( Midland Ancestors ).
 
 Help with locating an ancestors  burial plot in Hockley , Birmingham Jewellery Quarter  with the - Friends of Key Hill Cemetery & Warstone Lane Cemetery.

Local  Historian , Presenter  &  Author Andrew Lound. 

Family Tree Charts .

Local History, post cards, books, maps  etc

Plus tours of the BMI building.

Time 10.30am- 4pm

to be held at Birmingham & Midland Institute
9 Margaret Street.
Birmingham City Centre
B3 3BS 

Building is on the corner of Margaret Street & Cornwall Street by the side of Birmingham Council House. Parking is limited. But near to railway stations and bus routes.

Updated Absent Voter databases are now online including addresses thanks to a volunteer project at WAAS. Showing soldiers away from home eligible to vote after the Representation of the People Act 1918 they include their rank, regiment and service numbers. Our first completed indexes are for the City of Worcester in autumn 1918 and the April 1919 indexes for Bewdley, Evesham, Kidderminster (with Bromsgrove), and Stourbridge.

https://www.explorethepast.co.uk/2018/02/updated-absent-voter-indexes-now-available-online/

https://www.explorethepast.co.uk/…/updated-absent-voter-in…/

FREE Event: Saturday 9 Sept 2017 --- 10.30 am – 4pm
Open Day and Local History Fair at  Birmingham & Midland Institute, Margaret Street, Birmingham. B3 3BS.  (  a short walk from  Birmingham Council House )

Join us for:
• Local History Fair

• Self-led tours of the building

• Exclusive access to our library

• Learn how to trace your family tree with the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and History . Purchase  your ancestors burial record from four Birmingham Cemeteries.

Christine Phipps Golden Memories Family Tree Charts .


The Friends of Key Hill Cemetery and Warstone Lane Cemetery in Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, Hockley . The good and the great of Birmingham are buried in these two historic cemeteries. Help with locating your ancestors plot number. 

Andrew Lound ,  T.V Presenter & Author. Titanic Made in The Midlands.

• Vintage book sale

• Explore the Society of the History of Astronomy’s unique library and collection

Come in and explore the Birmingham & Midland Institute building!                                           
 Meet staff and volunteers who will tell you about what we do and discover our extensive Grade II* listed building. You will also get an exclusive chance to see our library; the original Birmingham Library established in 1779.     The Birmingham & Midland Institute has been at the heart of Birmingham’s cultural life for over 150 years, Charles Dickens was one of its early Presidents.                                                         
 Today, the BMI has a thriving programme of cultural and educational activities, which includes a wide spectrum of arts and science lectures, exhibitions and concerts.
Tours at 11am and 1pm.

www.bmi.org.uk