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- 14 May 2008
- GRO Open Days
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- More records to go online
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- The April edition of the FFHS Ezine is now available
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- Don Steel dies
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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.
To find your nearest Family History Society or one covering your area of research visit our list of Family History Societies
For more information why not download Our Really Useful Information Leaflet.
Download the 'Statement of Intent' from our new chairman, David Holman.
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What's New on this Site
- Minutes of March GM and AGM added to Members Only section
- Details of a new 1851 Census transcription project
- The Spring 2008 edition of the NBI Newsletter can be downloaded
- A new on-line searchable version of the Directory of Speakers is now available
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 and the set of CDs can be purchased through GENfair, or many of our member societies.
Help with any problems installing the NBI program is available on our Help with any difficulties page. Help for installing under Windows Vista is available on our NBI in Vista page.
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