Gloucestershire Family History Society

Who are we?

Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) promotes research into family history and house history. It concentrates on Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire and the towns and parishes listed on the UK and Ireland Genealogical virtual reference library (GENUKI).

GFHS is a registered charity, run by a group of volunteers that form its committee and act as trustees. It has around 2,000 members worldwide and is a member of The Federation of Family History Societies.

What do we do?

GFHS has been working with Gloucestershire Archives for many years, more closely since moving to its current premises, adjacent to the main Gloucestershire Archives building, five years ago.

Our Family History Centre has a suite of computers which are free to use, and a well stocked library. It is staffed by expert volunteers who help visiting members of the public with their research. Visitors can use the computers to access a range of online research facilities free of charge, including Ancestry, Find My Past, The Genealogist and British Newspapers Online. The Centre is entirely funded by membership subscriptions and donations.

Part of Gloucestershire Heritage Hub

Once building works are complete, GFHS will be moving into Gloucestershire Heritage Hub’s new premises. We are looking forward to becoming the first port of call for many people beginning their family history journey.

Our new home will have better facilities to support new researchers, as well as those who are already well underway on their journey of discovery. Also, because we’ll be sharing premises with Gloucestershire Archives, we will be able to swap skills and knowledge with Archives staff and volunteers.

All of this puts us in a better position to meet one of our main objectives, which is ‘to promote and encourage the public study of British Family History, Genealogy, Heraldry, and local history with particular reference to Gloucestershire’.

Being part of Gloucestershire Heritage Hub means we can work even more closely with the Archives staff, other partners and volunteers in the future. Together we’ll be able to offer a range of opportunities for visitors to the Hub. We’ll help them to learn more about the county’s heritage and how they can become actively involved in research or contribute to the many projects we organise.

Find out more

The Society produces a quarterly Journal which is mailed worldwide, or available as a download.

We also hold monthly meetings with talks subjects that are of interest to family and local historians. Visitors who are not members of the society are welcome to attend free of charge.

For more information visit our website http://gfhs.org.uk/

 

 

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