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Midland Ancestors

We are pleased to be working in partnership with Midland Ancestors, which area of interest covers the pre-1974 counties of Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

Established in 1963 as the Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, Midland Ancestors, as we are now known, is one of the oldest family history societies in England. The area of interest that it covers is the pre-1974 counties of Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

The Society meets in Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Kenilworth, Stoke-on-Trent, Stourbridge, Wolverhampton and London. All Groups and the Heraldry Group hold regular meetings.

Our Family History Centre in Birmingham contains over 9,000 items, our own publications are digitized and available via the Family History Centre PC's. Publications include Parish Register transcriptions (some have original images), Monumental Inscription transcriptions, a collection of data CD's, maps and more.

Vintage scene of a bride and bridesmaids

Vital records

Do you have ancestors from the Warwickshire area? If so, you can now delve into more vital records than ever for Warwickshire thanks to our partnership with Midland Ancestors. This includes records of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials. Who might you discover today?

Gravestones in a churchyard

Monumental Inscriptions

Thanks to Midland Ancestors you can now discover more details about your ancestors who were buried in Staffordshire or Warwickshire. The Staffordshire collection contains more than 125,000 entries from 168 churchyards, burial grounds, and cemeteries for you to explore.

Similarly, the Warwickshire collection boasts over 200,000 individual names to discover. Uncovering where and when your ancestor was buried can add valuable information to your growing family tree.

More information about the society

The Family History Centre has access to Findmypast via a UK library edition subscription. We are also an affiliate of Familysearch (IGI), so PCs at the Family History Centre have access to view Familysearch record images.

There is a link service to members outside the area. The quarterly journal ‘The Midland Ancestor’ enables members at home and further afield to enjoy general articles on family history, learn more about the area of their ancestors, and to be kept up to date with events and all the services that the society offers. We also have a Members Interests facility.

All can be found on the excellent and informative website, the Researching your Ancestors sections are especially useful as are the information contained in the local Groups own websites. The main website also contains details of the society’s research services and their large range of publications which can be bought in the online shop.

Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry is a registered charity (no 515916) and is a founder member of the Federation of Family History Societies.

You can visit the website here.