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LATEST NEWS
- 18 December 2008
- The December edition of the FFHS Ezine is now available
more..... - 12 December 2008
- More non-conformist records online
more..... - 27 November 2008
- Reduced VAT rate and VAT-registered societies
more..... - 18 November 2008
- National Library of Wales to reduce opening hours
more..... - 12 November 2008
- Canadian Census digitisation & indexing
more..... - 11 November 2008
- Invitation to GRO User Forum
more..... - 10 November 2008
- Maggie Loughran resigns from post of FFHS Administrator
more..... - 11 October 2008
- Good news from Tower Hamlets
more..... - 26 September 2008
- More records online at FindMyPast.com
more..... - 24 September 2008
- Consultation on proposed CIOs
more..... - 17 September 2008
- Draft Heritage Protection Bill
more..... - 2 September 2008
- Dering Roll saved
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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
Please note that as from 11 December 2008, any emails addressed to
will be forwarded to Philippa McCray for appropriate action. Maggie Loughran will no longer be contactable at FFHS addresses.
Our best wishes go with Maggie for the future.
What's New on this Site
- David Lambert discusses Latest Charities Commission advice to Educational Charities in our Members Only section
- David Smetham discusses Communication beween the FFHS and our members.
- Some notes on the Credit Crunch from our Chairman added to the Members Only area
- Directory of Speakers and Genealogy Courses moved to Education in the public area.
National Burial Index
SALE - 2nd EDITION PRICE REDUCED - details here
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.
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.