Herefordshire Family History Society
About Us
The Herefordshire Family History Society is a member of the Federation of Family History Societies and West Midlands Area Group, and was founded in 1980.
It exists to encourage and help those interested in Genealogy and Family History in the County and Diocese of Hereford.
Advice on how to approach the search for ancestors, and how to locate local sources of information is provided on request.
Meetings
Meetings are held on the third Friday of each month at: The Kindle Centre, Belmont Road, Hereford,
Meeting place is open at 7-00pm.
Meetings usually comprise a talk by a guest speaker covering various aspects of Family History research, or related topics, followed by an opportunity to meet other members.
The Society has an extensive library, which is available to members at meetings, together with journals of other societies which are received on an exchange basis.
Books published by the Federation, and others, are available from the Bookstall, along with various publications on CD.
Journal
The Society Journal is published quarterly and is distributed to all members. The Editor is always pleased to receive original articles for publication, about research or on related subjects.
Research Interests of new members are published as soon as possible after joining and many contacts have been made with others researching the same name, or in some instances, the same family.
Strays Index
This is an index of events, Baptisms, Marriages, Burials etc naming Herefordshire people, which have been found in other areas. This is regularly added to, and enquiries are welcomed.
Monumental Inscriptions
Many thousands of Gravestones have already been recorded and work is proceeding, on a regular basis, by our members to record those remaining. A complete list of those published on CD is available, also an index of all published MI’s is available on CD.
Marriage Indexes
Members of the Society have compiled an index of marriages in the County and Diocese from earliest registers in existence, in some cases 1538, up to the commencement of Civil Registration in 1837.
An index has also been compiled for Marriages between 1837 and 1957, which is also available on CD.
Society Projects
The 1851, 1891 and 1901 Census Indexes for Herefordshire have been published on CD.
Burial Index
A Burial Index has been produced for the period 1813-1839 from information contained in parish registers and is available for purchase on CD.
The earlier registers are being worked on at monthly sessions at Hereford Record Office.
Volunteers always welcome.
Exchange Journals
The Society exchanges journals with other Societies, in the UK and overseas, these are available for loan to members at meetings.
Exhibitions
The Society exhibits at other Family History Fairs throughout the Midlands and Wales and locally in and around the County.
Research Meetings
Throughout the year we hold dedicated research evenings which are open to all who wish to come and access our indexes.
Volunteering
All our projects are run on a volunteer basis, all help is welcome, contact the Secretary for details.
Publications
All our Society publications are available at our monthly meetings, by Post or via our web site at www.herefordshirefhs.org.uk/shop
Web Page
The Society web site contains links to other Societies, Surnames Interests page, committee members, contact address’, up-dates on Society Projects, full programme of meetings.
An Application for Membership may be printed from the web site and then forwarded to the Membership Secretary or if you prefer you may join via www.herefordshirefhs.org.uk/shop
Contact Us
All Enquiries should be addressed to the Secretary:- Mr N. Price, 28 Cypress Road, Walton Cardiff, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire GL20 7RB Tel: 07836 560511
email:- normanp.price@live.co.uk
(Registered Charity No 517785)
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Upcoming events
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Future Events
If you would like further details about the 55+ and Retirement Roadshows or would like to take part in any of these exhibitions, please contact info@retirementroadshow.co.uk
or
Victoria.milsom@thenationalcareline.org
Testimonials from visitors of previous shows
Kidderminster 12-6-16 at The Town Hall.
Just a few lines to thank you for the wonderful hospitality shown to me on Saturday. I enjoyed myself immensely and I was good to chat with the exhibitors at the Roadshow. My sincere thanks and gratitude to everyone involved. Councillor Mary Rayner, Mayor of Kidderminster
The Guildhall, Worcester 25-3-2017
"I thoroughly enjoyed walking around and talking to so many people at the event. It was so informative and I saw so many people doing good for others who were less fortunate than themselves. This kind of activity is so important for any civilized society so a very big "thank you" to you for organizing it all." Mr A
Mr and Mrs M said, " wonderful show, packed with information".
Mrs J said," I am so glad that I went in, there was something for everyone. I will definitely be going again next year".
The Guildhall, Worcester 9-3-2019
Take a look at the video of our latest show. We were very busy from start to finish.
It was a great day and enjoyed by all. Click this link and take a look.
You could also view what went on when we last visited Kidderminster
watch the Retirement Roadshow video
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