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Welcome to the FFHS website
The Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) is an educational charity which exists to represent, advise and support its membership of family history societies and other genealogical organisations world-wide.
Our principal aims are: to co-ordinate and assist the work of societies or other bodies interested in family history, genealogy and heraldry; to foster mutual co-operation and collaborative projects to help researches; and to represent the interests of our members, and family historians generally, especially in the preservation and availability of archival documents.
For details of a family history society near you please consult our list of members
What's New on this Site
- Read the Federation's response to the 21st Century Archives Consultation document.
- A new page gives a guide to Researching Adopted Persons in England & Wales
- A new page explains the status of the National Burial Index Edition 3
Forthcoming Events
The FFHS will be attending:
The Milton Keynes Family History Fair 22 November
The London Stitch & Creative Crafts Show 11-13 February 2010
WDYTYA?LIVE 2010 26 - 28 February 2010
further details and special ticket offers
We look forward to seeing you there
National Burial Index
The National Burial Index (NBI) is a collection of burials transcribed from parish registers by member societies. The database is fully searchable and results can be printed out or exported. More information is available on our NBI pages.
Help for installing under Windows Vista is available on our NBI in Vista page.
Our Really Useful Information Leaflet
Why not download 'our really useful information leaflet' . As well as giving you lots of useful information perhaps you can help us by identifying the unknown family? Your chance to win £100 of merchandise from GENfair
Thinking of taking a course in Genealogy or Family History? Why not look at our page on Genealogy & Family History Courses
Not sure where to start your research? Then why not take a look at our Research Tips pages?
Link to this Site
We are very happy for you to provide a link to this site, and would invite you to use one of our approved logos. Feel free to download either of the images shown above to use on your website. Simply right click on the chosen image and choose to save it to disk. The images must not be altered or distorted in any way.
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