About the Family History Federation
Established in 1974 as the Federation of Family History Societies, the Federation now has more than 150 member societies from places all over the globe. Many of these are location based – for instance a society dedicated to a specific county or region. Others of the societies are centred around a specialist research topic or are one-name studies. Together the members of these societies constitute thousands of family historians worldwide, who work collaboratively to research and share information about the family history for their area or specialist subject. This may take the form of transcription projects, collating libraries of resources, online and in-person monthly meetings, quarterly society journals and family history shows.
Member societies celebrating anniversaries this year
A number of the societies are celebrating notable anniversaries in 2024, from the Surname Society which has notched up its first decade (congratulations), to the Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc and Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society, both of which have been running for an impressive six decades. We will also be covering some societies in greater detail in future issues of Family Tree.
10th
ANNIVERSARY
The Surname Society www.surnamesociety.org
25th
ANNIVERSARY
Entwistle Family History Association www.entwistlefamily. org.uk
• The Families in British India Society www.fibis.org
30th
ANNIVERSARY
British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa https://bifhsgo.ca/
• Coventry Family History Society covfhs.org.uk
• Mid-Norfolk Family History Society www.mnfhs.org
• Romany & Traveller Family History Society rtfhs.org.uk
• Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society montgensoc.org