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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.

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? live

Olympia, London: 26 - 28 February 2010
www.whodoyouthinkyouarelive.co.uk

Save £20!! 2 tickets for the price of 1 !!!

You can buy 2 tickets for £22, saving £22 on the full ticket price. Simply call 0871 230 5596 or visit the WhoDoYouThinkYouAre?Live website and quote FFHS241 when asked for a code.

Remember to visit us on stand 503 while you are at the show.

The London Stitch & Creative Crafts Show

ExCeL, Docklands, London: 11 - 13 February 2010

www.sccshows.co.uk

Special Offer - Discount £2 when booking online using promotional code FFHS

Admission on the door is £9.50 for adults and £8.50 for concessions with accompanied children under 16 FOC

Why not come and visit us on Stand F35 and let us help you with your family history queries

What's New on this Site

David Lambert suggests a Code of Practice for FHS Committee Members and Trustees in our Members Only section
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

History of major additions to this site

Forthcoming Events

The FFHS will be attending:

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?

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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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