Great expansion of website resources for members.
There are more areas and documents to explore on our website for members.
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Online talk - Tying the knot: marriage and its records - 25th Sep 2020
Our September talk is about marriage. The talk, by Gill Blanchard, is entitled "Tying the knot: marriage and its records". This free talk is on Friday 25th Sept and is for members only. If you wish to see this talk and are not yet a member you can join here.
Winslow Parish Registers
We are pleased to announce the publication of Winslow St Laurence parish registers covering:
Banns 1654 - 1901
Baptisms 1560 - 1901
Burials 1560 - 1901
Marriages 1560 - 1901
Includes a Surname Index
This parish covers the major town of Winslow in the Aylesbury Vale.
Online talk - Wills for Family History - 23rd Oct 2020
Our October talk is by Jackie Depelle and is about Wills for Family History. This free talk is on Friday 23rd October and is for members only. If you wish to see this talk and are not yet a member you can join here.
Online talk - History of Family Photography - 21st Aug 2020
Our August talk is about family photographs. The talk, by Steve Gill, will cover the history of photography, aids to dating those old family photographs and hints on restoration and conservation of your photos. This free talk is on Friday 21st August and is for members only. If you wish to see this talk and are not yet a member you can join here.
Online talk - Using Maps - 31 July
During the corona virus lock-down we are unable to hold our usual monthly meetings. As a replacement for these we are running a series of on-line talks. This also provides an opportunity for members who live away from Buckinghamshire to participate in Society talks. On Friday 31st July Les Mitchinson will tell us about "Using Maps" in family history. If you wish to see this talk and are not yet a member you can join here.
Monumental Inscriptions
Monumental Inscriptions project - A new Life?
Can you collect Monumental Inscriptions from your Buckinghamshire Church
This is an ongoing project to record all the information from monuments, tombstones and war memorials throughout the county.
We are looking to update our transcripts that are now being uploaded in our members area.
If you are interested, please contact the Chairman.
Online talk - Buckinghamshire Workhouses - 26 June
During the corona virus lock-down we are unable to hold our usual monthly meetings. As a replacement for these we are running a series of on-line talks. This also provides an opportunity for members who live away from Buckinghamshire to participate in Society talks. On Friday 26th June Julian Hunt will talk about "Buckinghamshire Workhouses". If you wish to hear this talk and are not yet a member you can join here.
Online talk - The Parish Chest - 29 May
During the corona virus lock-down we are unable to hold our usual monthly meetings. As a replacement for these we are running a series of on-line talks. This also provides an opportunity for members who live away from Buckinghamshire to participate in Society talks. On Friday 29th May Ian Waller will talk about "The Parish Chest". If you wish to hear this talk and are not yet a member you can join here.
Coronavirus COVID 19
Please note that many of our activities are being restricted due to the Coronavirus outbreak.The website will be updated when the talks program restarts.
We can still be contacted through email, which is the preferred method. Our post box for paper letters etc. will not be emptied due to travel restrictions.
We wish all our members and the general publc well in these difficult times.
Exchange Journals
Journals of other Family History Societies are now available on our website. As Societies move to exchange digital copies we are able to put these on our website so our members can read them. Paper copies were only available at Society meetings or by post so many more of our members now have access to them.
Update: We now have joournals from Dorset, Ipswich (Australia), Canberra (Australia) and many more.
Many more societies are moving over to electronic publishing of Journals. Please go to the member's area for the latest editions.