Bourne End Feb 2020 Meeting

Peter Christian:

Making the most of Find My Past

Findmypast is one of the major genealogical data services. We will look at the best ways to search and how to overcome search problems..

Tuesday 11th February Door: 7.15pm Talk: 7.45pm

At Bourne End Community Centre. Wakeman Road, Bourne End, SL8 5SX. See Southern Branch for details & charges.

Aylesbury Feb 2020 Meeting

Colin Oakes: Local Workers and the Chesham Riot of 1834

When nine persons were indicted for obstructing the removal of paupers from Chesham to the Union workhouse at Amersham by dragging them out of a waggon, and beating, assaulting, and wounding a magistrate, they received prison sentences of between 14 days and 4 months.

Saturday 16th February  Door: 1.30pm Talk: 2pm

At Turnfurlong Junior School, Turnfurlong Lane, Aylesbury, Bucks., HP21 7PL. See Central Branch for details & charges.

Website Changes

Over  the next few weeks there will be changes to the organisation of the website to make content more accessible for members. We hope to improve accessibility.

UPDATE

Some of the menus have changed with the members area being greatly expanded.

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 for December 2019

Many more societies are moving over to electronic publishing of Journals. Please go to the member's area for the latest editions.

Bletchley Feb 2020 Meeting

Ken Doughty: My Ancestor was a Brushmaker

Ken is the founding member of The Brushmakers Society and has written books and articles for Family History magazines on the subject. He started his family research in 1989 and discovered brushmakers amongst his ancestors. He uncovered so many forgotten facts about brushmakers that in 1993 he started the Brushmakers Society for those with brush and broom makers in their ancestry. This talk gives insights into Kens research and the lives of brush and broom makers.

Wednesday 5th February Open: 7.00pm Talk 7.30pm

At Methodist Church Hall, Queensway, Bletchley MK2 2HB See Northern Branch for details & charges.

Membership Renewals

Now is the season for membership renewals.

This can be done easily via our shop at

Bucks FHS Shop - Membeship

Thank you for supporting Bucksinghmashire FHS.

The Lee Parish Registers

We are pleased to announce the publication of St John, The Lee parish registers covering:
Banns 1876 - 1899;
Baptisms 1671 - 1901;
Burials 1671 - 1901
Marriages 1700 - 1901;
Includes a Surname Index

The transcription includes events and records from Bishops' Transcripts to supplement the registers.

Welcome

Visitors are welcome to browse this website, registration is restricted to Society members.

Memberships are available in our shop.

Many pages of additional material are available afrer registration has been completed. Registration at Bucks FHS shop is not linked to the main site.

Please note. If you have just made a purchase of a membership, there is no automatic confirmation or linking of the websites. There could be a delay while the administrators check the registration.

Upton cum Chalvey - Parish Registers

We are pleased to announce the publication of the parish registers of Upton cum Chalvey  in CD format - not suitable for MAC

This publication covers the old church of St Lawrence and the Victorian St Mary and illustrates the expansion of Upton, Chalvey and Slough with the coming of the Great Western Railway. The parish is better known as Slough in the modern county of Berkshire.

The parish registers start in 1539 and this publications ends at 1901. It excludes St Paul Slough.

Now available in our on-line shop. Upton cum Chalvey Parish Registers

Eton Parish Registers

We have published the Parish Registers for Eton Parish - in CD format.

Now available in our on-line shop

The registers covered are:

St John the Evanlegist in the High Street, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary which is Eton School Chapel and St John the Baptist at Eton Wick

Banns 1723 - 1901
Baptisms 1598 - 1901
Burials 1603 - 1901
Marriages 1604 - 1901
Includes a Surname Index

Alan Dell Memorial Award

The Award has been introduced to commemorate the life of Alan Dell who made such a great contribution the Society as President, long-serving committee member and award-winning editor of Origins, the Society magazine.

We would like to hear about our member's research, please continue reading to find out more.

Now accepting entries from all writing about Family History & Local History with an emphasis on Buckinghamshire.

Read more: Alan Dell Memorial Award

Waddesdon Parish Registers

We are pleased to announce the publication of Waddesdon St Michael & All Angels parish registers covering:

Banns 1754 - 1921
Baptisms 1541 - 1921
Burials 1538 - 1921
Marriages 1538 - 1921
Includes a Surname Index

Available to via our shop

This parish covers a large area to the northwest  of Aylesbury covering Woodham, Waddesdon & Eythorpe.