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Memberships to Bucks FHS are now available to purchase through ParishChest.com - Buckinghamshire Bucks FHS is continuing to migrate away from our old shop.
The full range of Parish Registers and other items are available.
Tours of Bucks Archives
The Bucks Archives in Walton St, Aylesbury continue to hold tours of their archives. Keep an eye on their Facebook page to see when they are available.
Executive Committee Nomination Form
Bucks FHS is needs to find new members to join the Executive Committee. Please consider a valued role within Bucks FHS.
The nominations are now open to join the Executive Committee of Bucks FHS. at the next AGM in May.
The committee needs your support and input to continue running Bucks FHS.
All committee meetings are conducted via Zoom.
Due to an issue with this website some accounts have been lost and re-created. These accounts were created between 1st November 2022 and 11th December 2022. If you cannot log in and think you have been affected please contact the website administrator.
BucksFHS Executive Committee
Have you considered joining the Society's Executive Committee?
Online Helpdesk - Next Meeting 8th April 2024 - 8pm
Our Online Helpdesks meet online 8.00 pm UK time on the second Monday of each month for our members only. This is your chance to get your research questions answered. Is there a topic that you want to discuss? Recently we have discussed Wills Directories & Newspaper Research. Here is your chance to improve your research skills or suggest topic ideas. Login in to see the Zoom Links.
Bucks FHS Reports for 2020 & 2019
Please log in to the Annual Reports for 2020 & 2019. The the Minutes for 2019 AGM are here.
A Meeting about Meetings
To our Members,
There has been a clamour for online meetings to continue from members outside Buckinghamshire and those who cannot travel to one of our meeting venues.
Therefore you are invited to a meeting to discuss the subject and the practicalities involved. Some of these are given below.
Bucks FHS Executive Committee Meeting Dates 2024
Executive Committee Dates
All the Executive Committee meetings are being held via Zoom.
Changes have been made the 2nd Friday each month (except February & March)
Also going to 7 p.m start.
If you wish to join the Society or renew your membership you can pay by credit card on-line in our shop.
Members' Interests
Are you researching your ancestors in Bucks? If so, do you know if anybody else is researching the same name/s ? All visitors to the site may search our Members Interests database to see if they can make contact with one of our members who shares their interest. Members may register their interests by using this form. Members Interests Form
Members can see the current list At Members Interests Records
The current Centre Pages of Origins for the latest additions Feb 2021.pdf
Are you researching your ancestors in Bucks? If so, do you know if anybody else is researching the same name/s ? All visitors to the site may search our Members Interests? database to see if they can make contact with one of our members who shares their interest.
Subcategories
Membership
The Society is a family history organisation with world-wide membership. We exist to educate people in family history and to help each other with research. The following are some of the benefits of membership:
- Members receive a free copy of our journal "Origins"(On-line members will receive a pdf version)
- Attendance at Society meetings at a lower rate than non members, Meetings are held at Aylesbury, Bourne End & Bletchley.
- Library access to material on Bucks FHS website
- Free "look up" service at Bucksinghamshire Archives
- Access to over 300 articles available to members only in this website.
- Use of our "members only" mailing list
- Contribute to our "Members' Interests" database (which holds names, dates, locations of people you are researching). This database is accessible by all visitors to this site. See Members / Members' Interests in the menu.
- Access to "members only" items in the website forums
- Access to back issues of "Origins" magazine online (where available)
Our membership year is from 1st January to 31st December. Anyone joining in October or later will be joining for the following year - getting up to 3 months of the current year free!
If you would like to join, please use the link 'Buy Membership On-line'. There is no direct access to parish records on-line for members.
About Bucks FHS
The Buckinghamshire Family History Society was formed in 1976 to encourage and promote the study of family history in Buckinghamshire including the historic county. With over 1000 members the Society caters for those with Bucks ancestry and members researching ancestry elsewhere.
There are regular meetings held in Aylesbury, Bourne End and Bletchley. Most meetings have a speaker talking about an aspect of family history although we do have occasional themed meetings where members are invited to talk on a subject from their own family history research.
The Society is a registered Charity (charity number 290335) and a member of the Federation of Family History Societies and is affiliated to the Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society, the Buckinghamshire Record Society and Bourne End Community Association.
The objectives of the Society are
- to promote and encourage the public study of family history, genealogy, heraldry, local history and other associated subjects with a particular reference to Buckinghamshire;
- to promote the preservation, security and accessibility of archival material;
- to promote and engage in educational activities including the publication and sale of a regular journal and other appropriate material.
Members receive a magazine 'Origins'. We have published a complete transcription of the 1851 Census for Bucks, many parish registers, session records and are currently digitising school log books and many other records relating to Bucks. We maintain a Directory of Members' Interests which is constantly updated.
If you have interests in Bucks or live in the area please consider joining the Society. We have a depth of knowledge of researching family history and of Buckinghamshire which we are sure you will find very useful.