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.
Origins - Latest Issue
Origins Vol 44 Issue 4 Spring 2020 is now in the member''s area. Please log in and follow the links below.
A current membership will be required. Please contact the Membership Secretary for details.
The Origins Journals can be found by the sub-menu after clicking on Origins.Origins Volume 44 - 2020
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: 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.
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
Available in our shop as a searchable CD ( Requires Windows PC not MAC compatible )
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.
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
This parish covers a large area to the northwest of Aylesbury covering Woodham, Waddesdon & Eythorpe.
We want to reach potential new members
Originally published in Origins
We have an excellent website which is in the course of being re-designed, and an increasingly active group on Facebook. Both of these enable members and visitors to share research interests, seek advice and help and explore the records and other sources of information in Buckinghamshire.
Booker Wesleyan Methodist Church - Subscription Stones
The chapel was first built in 1847 with the present church building being built in 1886.
The Sunday School room was rebuilt in 1907.
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