Society membership is open to all family historians with ancestors or interests in the area covered by the society. We also welcome membership from people living in the area with no local connections, but who have a general interest in family history.
Members receive a quarterly Journal about family history in our area, the opportunity to attend meetings held at three venues most months of the year, and use of the Research Room. They can also list their surname interests in our on-line register and have a personal page showing all the surnames and places they are interested in. Access to the Register is available to all, but only members can have their interests listed.
The subscription year begins in APRIL. Applications for membership are welcome throughout the year, in which case journals already published that year will be supplied.
Joining the Society or Renewing your Subscription
Details of subscription rates, and a downloadable application form can be found here.
Standing Order Payments
The March Journal each year contains a subscription renewal form. U.K. members may also choose to pay their subscription by standing order, and a form is supplied for you to send to your bank. Standing order payments should now be sent to our new account with Lloyds TSB. The details are as follows:
Bank: Lloyds TSB at 15 High Street, Westbury on Trym, Bristol, BS9 3DA
Sort code: 30-99-38 Account number: 03104709
Your reference on the standing order should consist of your membership number and surname.
Click for a form to send to your bank.
Overseas members have the option of joining or renewing on-line, and paying by credit card through GENfair, which is now incorporated into the online bookshop of the Federation of Family History Societies. Unfortunately, because of problems with the addition of VAT to subscriptions for UK and EU residents, this option is currently not available to them
Our Register of the surnames being researched by our members is now available on-line. Only paid-up members of the Society can have their interests listed here. Click here to access the Register.