Family History courses

Tracing Ancestors back to period of Slavery – Synopsis of October Talk by Steve Porter

In October, as part of our research sessions on tracing your ancestors back to the period of slavery, one of our senior researchers, Steve Porter gave a detailed talk on tracing back to this period in time. This is the first part of his talk which gives detailed information including documents, on how he traced …

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Are you interested in learning how to research

Future Learn and the University of Strathclyde are again offering the opportunity to complete a Family history research course ‘Genealogy – Researching your Family Tree’ where you can learn the basics of research and start to build your own family tree. More information can be found here If you are considering taking a DNA test …

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Our research meeting Saturday 26th November

We are pleased to advise that our Exhibition at Solihull Core Library has been extended until the end of November and we have decided to offer another open day and free of charge hybrid research meeting for our final meeting of the year this Saturday 26th November. If you have not seen our exhibition, do …

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Open Day – Solihull Library – 29th October 2022

To aid you joining us at our Open Day in person, or online, here are further details .  Location – First Floor, Core Library, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 SRG and Onlne (via Zoom) Date and times – Saturday 29th October 2022, 10am – 4pm Areas or Zones of activity –  Welcome and Information Table – …

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