Bristol & Avon
Family History Society

We have added a lovely collection of secondhand books to our webshop. They include pictorial books by Reece Winstone and the Bygone Bristol series by Janet and Derek Fisher. There are also some postcard books by Ian Bishop. These books are nolonger in print and consequently they always sell very quickly. The books are available from our webshop: https://bafhs.org.uk/shop

The BAFHS Research Room will be closed during the Christmas and New Year period from Wednesday 17th December 2025 and reopening on Wednesday 7th January 2026 at 10am.

Next Monday, 8 December, there will be a Bristol Group meeting and talk entitled “Coming Here: Records of Immigrants & Immigration to England C13-C20” presented by Janet Few. This presentation looks at the background history to immigration into England over 700 years. General records of immigration are considered, as well as a more detailed look at the immigration of the Roma and Traveller Communities, those of the Jewish faith and Huguenots. Sources available to trace these groups will also be discussed.

On Monday 24th November there will be a Bath Group talk entitled “Researching your Second World War Ancestors” given by Simon Fowler. Discover how to research your parents and grandparents service in the forces and on the Home Front between 1939 and 1945. Whether they were Cockleshell Heroes, in Coastal Command or cooked in a Canteen, this talk will start off this aspect of your family tree with a bang!