Our group meets to help and encourage our members in their individual family history research.  We like to share our discoveries and pass on what we have found out.  New members are welcomed  There are people in the group with lots of experience who are always available to help newer members.  We are a friendly group and always have a Christmas social meeting.  We aim to make new members feel very welcome.

Meetings are usually on the 4^th Monday of the month.  We also have house or garden meetings at other times, usually during the Summer and at Christmas.

Before each session in the Library, we meet in the café there from 13:00 to have lunch or coffee and share and talk about our research before the meeting.  In the IT room we have 16 computers to use to research our own family histories or to help other members to research theirs. 

Other activities

We also have occasional meetings in our homes to look at topics in more detail.  We have recently had a home workshop to look at dating old photographs and restoration of the old images.  A group of us visited Birmingham Library Archives department and the Midland Ancestors Birmingham Library in September.  Other members have attended talks and meetings in Birmingham and London.  We pass on information about any such events to members of the group and keep them informed about any new websites that become available.