The current
Editor will be standing down at the AGM in June.
If anyone is
interested in taking on this interesting job please
could they email
editor@bafhs.org.uk for further information. It
may be possible to arrange for a potential successor
to shadow the current Editor in the preparation of
the March and June editions.
Details of our monthly meetings at Bristol, Bath
and Yate.
Explore our website shop for data CDs and books of local interest.
Search our Register of
B&AFHS members' surname interests - regularly updated. Members: please
click here to find out how to to add, delete or correct entries
on your page.
South Gloucestershire Burial Index : Prepared by
B&AFHS Sodbury Vale Group
for the National Burial Index. This free on-line
version contains additional information.
Visit us at Bristol Record Office. Six computers, including three with internet access
plus 'Ancestry' subscription, and microfiche readers. Resources
are free to all with B&AFHS volunteers on hand for help and advice.
Open Wednesday a.m., Thursday p.m. and
a.m. on the first two Saturday of the month. Non-members welcome - just walk in. Buy a range of
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on some sites.
Free resources which you can download
with a
link to FreeBMD Church Cross-reference for the Bristol area and a
list of the records we have in our Research Room.
Including
'Avon' Monumental Inscriptions - includes all parish churches in Avon.
Find out about the resources that we are working on - and how you can
help.
A growing resource about local parishes.
Local graveyard closures and cemetery openings.Shirehampton Cemetery
:-
Monumental Inscriptions up to 1980.
Arnos Vale Cemetery:-
Information about Bristol's 'unique heritage cemetery'.
Between 1869 and 1939 about 100,000 child immigrants, casualties
of unemployment and poverty in Britain were uprooted from their
homes and families with "hope of giving them new lives in Canada..."
Some of them came from Bristol and Shirley Hodgson tells their story
here.
(Database of names
updated: Autumn 2008)
Past B&AFHS Journal articles about family history on
the internet (Note: the links on older articles may
no longer work).
Help notes about the census, wills and burgesses
('i.e. freemen').
Other web sites about family history and local
history including B&AFHS members personal
websites.
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