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& Avon Family History Society |
Welcome to the B&AFHS web site. Please look at the maroon boxes on the right of this page for news and site updates.
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JOURNAL EDITOR REQUIRED 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. |
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Can't find what you want on this site? Try this 'alphabetical index' |
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Our next open day will be in 2010 at Thornbury click here for more information |
How to join B&AFHS. |
The former County of Avon - the area we cover. |
Details of our monthly meetings at Bristol, Bath
and Yate.
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Explore our website shop for data CDs and books of local interest.
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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.
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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
books, source materials on fiche and CD and vouchers to access records
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.
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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
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Monumental Inscriptions up to 1980.
Arnos Vale Cemetery:-
Information about Bristol's 'unique heritage cemetery'.
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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)The Canadian Government has declared 2010 as
The Year of the British |
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. |
 Visiting our area? Local
transport/accommodation information. |
 Need
some advice on information sources? Are you having problems
tracing your local ancestors? - click this button to send us an
email.
Please note that we are not able to research your family history for
you but we are very happy to offer advice and try to point you in the right direction.
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Problems with this site? Want to send comments or suggestions? Please email.
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RECENT SITE UPDATES (Members' interests pages are updated frequently - these updates are not noted below) 13/2: Unwanted Certificates updated 17/2: Redland 1902 Map added to shop 7/3: Links to Members websites updated 9/3: Open Days updated 9/3: BRO 2010 closure days added to Research Room page 9/3: On the Internet article from March Journal added to website |
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NEWS GRO certificates - price increase Bristol Burials 1754 - 1812 New CD now available to order from our shop. Next trip to KEW - Wednesday 7th April 2010 details B&AFHS CD's now available on-line from Genfair details Open Days: details |
