Federation Of Family History Societies

Projects

 

The Executive Committee has transferred the responsibility for Projects to the FFHS Services Company, this is to allow the Services Company to operate freely in the market to maximize income from projects for our societies.
The long running National Burial Index (NBI) is an on-going project and responsibility for it has been transferred to the Services Company. For general enquiries on purchasing costs, distribution, discounts, please email or telephone 0151 645 2059.  

Any other enquiries should be directed to the following email address These will be answered as quickly as possible and emails about specific projects will be forwarded internally to the appropriate person.

The above process was agreed at an Executive Meeting earlier this year and will be reviewed after being in place for one year.  Any suggestions for new projects should also be sent to

At a meeting of the FFHS Executive Committee held on the 19th of November 2011, but unrelated to the information above, it was announced, with regret, that Ann-Marie Wilkinson had tendered her resignation as Projects Officer (FFHS) and also as a Director of FFHS Services Ltd. for personal reasons.

The Chairman of the FFHS said

‘I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ann-Marie for her hard work as an Executive Trustee, a Director of the Services Company and our Projects Officer.  She has given outstanding service and loyalty not only to the FFHS but to her local family history societies in the South West, and to Somerset & Dorset FHS in particular.  I know that Ann-Marie will continue with her support of local societies and on your behalf I would like to thank her for her hard work and wish her well in the future.’

We do not have anyone in post as Projects Officer at this time.

The National Burial Index (NBI) for England and Wales

The National Burial Index (NBI) is a database of entries recorded in English and Welsh burials registers - parish, nonconformist, Roman Catholic, Quaker and cemetery.

Coverage is incomplete, but over 18.4 million records are included in the third edition, covering 1538-2008. The NBI also incorporates those records previously published of which many have since been checked and corrected.  Millions of these records will not be found on any website.

For detailed information of the project and coverage http://www.ffhs.org.uk/projects/nbi/nbi-v3.php

To order a copy of The National Burial Index please visit FFHS Services Ltd.

 

Historically, the FFHS in conjunction with the Genealogical Society of Utah and The National Archives assisted in the production of a database of 30+ million names for the whole of Great Britain 1881 Census. Following publication on CD, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) made access to the data free on the LDS website www.familysearch.org and on other sites such as www.findmypast.co.uk

A number of our member societies have made and continue to make available through an arrangement between the FFHS and www.findmypast.co.uk data which they have transcribed. This data includes – Baptism, Marriage, burial and census records

I cannot stress how invaluable the work of our members is and the contribution they are making is to the benefit of family historians worldwide.

 

As Projects Officer, when necessary, I am able to call on the services of Rob White and Ian Hartas who are both consultants, under contract with FFHS Services Ltd. Rob White is the FMP/Society Liaison Officer and as such is the first point of contact between our member societies and FindMyPast. Rob can be contacted at

Ian Hartas is the Data Manager. His role is to help societies format their data in the manner required by FindMyPast and forward the completed data set to FindMyPast. Ian is the person to talk about transcription formats, data manipulation etc. Ian can be contacted at

Currently, member societies are encouraged to participate or continue with the following projects:

• National Burial Index on a county and national basis by submitting new and checked records for inclusion in the Third Edition. This is an ongoing project, for which member societies would appreciate donations of data or volunteers to assist with recording further records. (See listing of member societies)
• Monumental Inscriptions transcription for all church & chapel yards, and public cemeteries on a county basis.
• National Inventory of War Memorials (in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum) on a county basis. FFHS has donated a massive amount of information towards the 53,000 total of memorials (including personal names). Work is still in progress to record the remaining memorials and, where appropriate, to update and verify the existing information. See http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show
• Marriage Indexes on a county basis, particularly for the period 1754-1837
• Lost Ancestors Project covering people found in places other than their country of origin.  This project involves the indexing of data items relating to people who are found away from their country of origin.