Family History Federation

Family History Societies survive because of volunteers. Every hour given helps protect records, knowledge, and heritage. With just a little time you can get involved in many different ways. www.familyhistoryfederation.com/find-a-society

The Coventry Family History Society is for those with Coventry ancestors and for genealogy enthusiasts living in the area. www.familyhistoryfederation.com/societies-co...

Our Society Journal is issued four times a year. It's packed with interesting articles written by members. Did you take any images of Battle of Britain parades and commemorations on 15 September? If so, we would be delighted to receive them? www.dartford.gov.uk/events/event...

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social #Crewe ResearchCentre Mon/Tues Helpdesks #Chester #Nantwich #Wallasey Group Meetings #Chester Discussion Grps #DNA Zooming in on #FamilyHistory Journeys our Ancestors made ReseachBuddies #Northwich area Find out more/how to join👉 fhsc.uk

1. Doncaster Plant Workers with Military Links: We remember Seaman Frederick charles Petch Frederick Charles Petch was born in 1895, Doncaster. He was the son of James Henry Petch and Emma Burton. #WW1 #doncasterplantworks

28 October 10.30am Zoom Scottish Interests Discussion with Pam Goddard Topic: Scotland and slavery - sources to aid your research nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv... #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

The canal era really began in 1759 when the Duke of Bridgewater built a short waterway to link his coal mines at Worsley with Manchester to enable coal to be easily delivered to power the mills and heat workers' homes. Over the next fifty years, 2000 miles of canals were constructed. #FamilyHistory

#FamilyHistoryFriday. What is going in with your #FamilyHistory and #Genealogy at the moment?

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp New at @findmypast.bsky.social this week 🚩 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐲, 𝐇𝐦𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟓 🚩 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐲, 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐫 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟓 Details in the screenshots below or go to 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/explore/new-...

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Two updated titles for #Cheshire this week at the BNA 🚩 #𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞: 2002, 2005 🚩 #𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧: 1919 Full list in screenshot below with #AltText as usual

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp New at @thegenealogist.bsky.social #Cornwall has been added to the Lloyd George Domesday Survey collection Find out more 👉 www.thegenealogist.co.uk/news/

Our next Help Desk Day is on Wednesday 28th October 10.00am - 2.00pm at Sprotbrough Library. You will have free access to Ancestry and Findmypast websites plus access to the 1921 census. So do come along and bring a friend. Do remember to bring your library card. #genealogy #familyhistory

Find out about funeral undertakers in the past. #FamilyHistory www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/funeral-unde...

Hooray! #WestMiddlesexFHS are going to the #OxfordshireFHS fair on Sat 24 Oct to help them celebrate 50 years of #familyhistory. There will be lots of FH societies there so whether you’re a newbie or an old hand, come and see what we can offer. Looking forward to seeing you!

Sudbury group 27 Oct at 2:30pm Peter Tatam presents "Suffolk Villages at Long Melford Village Hall, Hall St, CO10 9JQ. Free parking. £2.50 SFHS members & £3.00 non-members. Refreshments after talk #FamilyHistory

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp New Free Historical Records from 26 Countries October 2026 update from #FamilySearch Link 👉 www.familysearch.org/en/blog/new-...

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social #Crewe ResearchCentre Mon/Tues Helpdesks #Chester #Wallasey Group Meetings #Congleton - Clockmakers of Congleton Seminar History of #SchoolDinners with Heather Ellis Find out more/how to join👉 fhsc.uk

The crimes behind unearthed Victorian police mugshots Find out more with a tour of the Northgate Street cells in the police station below Chester Town Hall, starting later this month www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

21 October 10.30am Zoom Talk with Debbie Bradley: The impact of the Settlement Act of 1662 and what it meant for our ancestors #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv...

Next Zoom 26 Oct, 7:30pm Mike Wabe Discover captivating history of witch hunting in E Anglia where fear & superstition reigned supreme. E Anglia in 17thC was epicenter of a witch-hunting frenzy led by Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins Members only-link to register in Sept & Oct newsletters

Use our events listing to see a great range of upcoming #FamilyHistory talks. www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/news-and-eve...

If you have any ancestors from London, the guide ‘which archives are where?’ will definitely be one to cut out and keep. #FamilyHistory ⬇️

Undertakers were essential in every community because everyone, irrespective of status, wanted a decent burial for their kinfolk. #FamilyHistory

The latest Really Useful Bulletin is out now! #FamilyHistory www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/files/1249-1...

#FamilyHistoryFriday. What is going in with your #FamilyHistory and #Genealogy at the moment?

Great news for Londoners that the Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich is now a FamilySearch affiliate library. #FamilyHistory www.rmg.co.uk/collections/...

Reminder of the Guild of One Name Studies event in #Cheshire [Cuddington and Sandiway Village Hall CW8 2LB] on Sat 17th October Mapping Your One-Name Study Find out more and buy your ticket from 👉 one-name.org/seminar-even... @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social will be there so drop by and say hello

Here is more information about our talks and exhibitors at our forthcoming Family & Local History Fair on Saturday 24 October. So much for everyone - hope you can join us. Maybe we can break down your brick wall! #Huddersfield #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory @federationfhs.bsky.social

Find out about your blacksmith ancestors. #FamilyHistory www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/blacksmiths-...

Amidst all the conference mayhem, I've completed my sponsored all in aid of the The Samaritans. Many thanks to all who contributed. More sponsorship welcome - details in the post. thehistoryinterpreter.com/2026/10/12/w...

We’re proud to welcome the Family History Federation as a Silver Sponsor of #AATP26! Supporting family history societies and connecting researchers with local expertise. www.familyhistoryfederation.com #FamilyHistory @federationfhs.bsky.social

To complement both our upcoming Zoom (26 October) with Mike Wabe on Witches and Witch Hunting in Suffolk and the exhibition at the Hold - here's an article from 1980 Suffolk Roots

Another CD/Download Parish Register Index now available. Sudbury Deanery East Marriage Index 1538-1649. Use this link www.suffolkfhs.co.uk... £10 for download, for CD add p+p. Members get 20% discount, except on postage

#WMFHS have a late change to the speaker for Thursday 15 October. The talk will now be “Behind the Sequins: the dressmakers of Ealing”. The speaker will be Annie Greene. Hybrid meeting begins at 7.30 pm, talk begins at 7.45. Non-members welcome Full details: www.west-middlesex-fhs.org.uk.

Heather Landells from Australia is currently researching Rev. Thomas TIMPSON (1791–1860), an Independent/Congregational minister associated with Lewisham, along with the wider Timpson family during the early–mid 19th century. Please get in touch if you can help.

1. Our next Hybrid members monthly meeting is on Wednesday 28th October 7.30pm-9.00pm at the Earl of Doncaster. Our speaker is Janet Stain giving a talk about Fashion on Ration during the WW2 era. #history

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social Busy busy 🐝🐝 #Crewe ResearchCentre Mon/Tues Helpdesks #Chester #Macclesfield #Wallasey Group Meetings #Crewe #Northwich #Sale Discussion Groups PC users, MAC users, Family Historian Find out more/how to join👉 fhsc.uk #FamilyHistory

Our next Help Desk Day is on Tuesday 20th October 10.00am - 2.00pm at Doncaster Archives. You will have free access to Ancestry and Findmypast websites plus access to the 1921 census. So do come along and bring a friend. Do remember to bring your library card. #genealogy #familyhistory

Cumbria Family History Society was founded 50 years ago in 1976 to help members carry out their genealogy researches. www.familyhistoryfederation.com/societies-cu...

14 October 10.30am Zoom DNA Discussion Group with Laura Lincoln nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv... #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

Great to see @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social out and about at a #FamilyHistory Fair especially one in #Yorkshire @federationfhs.bsky.social @huddsfhs.bsky.social @balhnews.bsky.social @oneplacestudies.bsky.social

15 Years of the IRISH DNA ATLAS by Dr Edmund Gilbert of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland- Tuesday 13 October 2026 - Free Event - All Welcome - Please Share. GRMA (Thanks) @federationfhs.bsky.social @rcsipophealth.bsky.social @isogg.bsky.social #GeneticGenealogy #DNA #IrishDNA

Ireland's Genealogical Gazette (October 2026) - monthly newsletter of the Genealogical Society of Ireland is available on the Society's website - www.familyhistory.ie/gazette @federationfhs.bsky.social @dlrheritage.bsky.social

Many of us will have carters, carriers or carmen within our ancestry. The occupational title is very much interchangeable depending upon time period and location. #FamilyHistory

#FamilyHistoryFriday. Share your #FamilyHistory and #Genealogy finds and tips, recommendations every Friday.

Thursday - box gazing, bag stuffing - thanks sponsors, cake making, 2 tours - photos to follow and eating - 14 people from 4 countries at this gathering. Today the fun really starts. Safe travels to all our delegates.

WIshing everyone attending this very exciting event a fantastic time! #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

In The Name of God Amen:Wills for Family History. That’s the title of the October #WMFHS talk. And our speaker is #DaveAnnal. Thursday 15th October Hybrid meeting, St John’s Isleworth and on Zoom. Meeting starts 7.30pm (BST) , talk starts at 7.45pm. Full details: www.west-middlesex-fhs.org.uk

Sevenoaks Branch Talk: 10 October: Bob Ogley on the Great Storm of the night of 15/16 October 1987 preceded by the Sevenoaks Branch Annual Meeting #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy No booking, just turn up. nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv...

Our conference goers are already gathering - safe journeys everyone. Today is about packing 150 bags with conference goodies for delegates each worth £50 thanks to generous sponsors.

Zoom Talk: 8 October 7.30pm: French-speaking Protestants Part 1 : The Walloons in England - Refugees from the Low Countries with speaker Sandra Robinson #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv...