Membership Renewals
Now is the season for membership renewals. This can be done easily via our shop at Bucks FHS Shop - Membeship
Thank you for supporting Bucksinghmashire FHS.
For those of you who pay via standing order please update the payments due to the new rates :
Individual £12
Family £15
International £17
Online £6
Online talk - The Long Paper Trail - Oct 2021
On 22nd October Sue Paul will use an example of the papers discovered in an attic to demonstrate how we may find forebears hidden in private papers held in archives. This talk is free and is for members only. If you wish to see this talk and are not yet a member you can join here.
November Online Helpdesk
The next Online Helpdesk will meet online 7.00 pm UK time (GMT) on Monday 8th November 2021 for our members only. This is your chance to get some of your research questions answered. Is there a topic that you want to discuss? Recently we have discussed Diretories, Newspaper Research, Archive Catalogues & Quarter Sessions. For our International audience Britian will be on GMT for the winter from the 30th October.
Here is your chance to improve your research skills or suggest topic ideas. Questions can be emailed to me, Tony Sargeant ( email address below) or asked during the meeting.
Online talk - Trades and Occupation Sources - Sep 2021
On 24th September David Cufley will show methods to reasearch trades using examples fpr brickmakers, ratcatchers and calico printers. This talk is free and is for members only. If you wish to see this talk and are not yet a member you can join here.
Welcome
Visitors are welcome to browse this website, registration is restricted to Society members.
Memberships are available in our shop.
Many pages of additional material are available afrer registration has been completed. Registration at Bucks FHS shop is not linked to the main site.
Please note. If you have just made a purchase of a membership, there is no automatic confirmation or linking of the websites. There could be a delay while the administrators check the registration.
Online talk - The 1832 Rural Queries - Aug 2021
On 27th August Judy Hill will tell us all about the 1832 Rural Queries. This talk is free and is for members only. If you wish to see this talk and are not yet a member you can join here.
High Wycombe Parish Registers
We are pleased to announce the publication of All Saints High Wycombe parish registers covering:
Banns 1755 - 1895
Baptisms 1590 - 1901
Burials 1590 - 1901
Marriages 1590 - 1901
Includes a Surname Index
This covers the major town in the south of Buckinghamshire, the registers show the influence of being on the main route to Oxford, Gloucester and Wales from London.
The transcription includes events and records from Bishops' Transcripts to supplement the registers.
Winslow Parish Registers
We are pleased to announce the publication of Winslow St Laurence parish registers covering:
Banns 1654 - 1901
Baptisms 1560 - 1901
Burials 1560 - 1901
Marriages 1560 - 1901
Includes a Surname Index
This parish covers the major town of Winslow in the Aylesbury Vale.
Great expansion of website resources for members.
There are more areas and documents to explore on our website for members.
Read more: Great expansion of website resources for members.
Alan Dell Memorial Award
The Award has been introduced to commemorate the life of Alan Dell who made such a great contribution the Society as President, long-serving committee member and award-winning editor of Origins, the Society magazine.
We would like to hear about our members’ research, please continue reading to find out more.
Now accepting entries from all writing about Family History & Local History with an emphasis on Buckinghamshire.
BucksFHS Executive Committee
Have you considered joining the Society's Executive Committee?
Online talk - Quarter Sessions and other Courts - Jul 2021
On 23rd July Tony Sargeant will discuss Quarter Sessions and other courts.
This is a change to the original programme.
This talk is free and is for members only. If you wish to see this talk and are not yet a member you can join here.