Bristol & Avon
Family History Society

We invite you to join us for the March Bristol group meeting when Lucy Bonner, one of Bristol’s archivists, will be giving an illustrated talk about the collections held at Bristol Archives and the processes behind making them available to the public. The meeting is next Monday 10 March at 7.30pm by Zoom – joining instructions will be sent to members by email.

In this, our 50th year, we will be attending a number of fairs. BAFHS staff will take a stand at the following events... (more>) 

Join us at Ridgeway Park Cemetery (on Fishponds Road, in the North-East part of Bristol) this Saturday, 22 February from 11am to 1pm. We are back to clearing graves and cutting grass around graves so please bring trowels and shears with you if possible. Parking is available and there is a cafe and toilets nearby. Contact Clare Hayward (secretary@bafhs.org.uk) for further information. Please bring your own tools and a drink if required.

We invite you to join us next Monday (24th) for the February Bath Group meeting when Giles Darkes will talk about the general processes that the Historic Towns Trust goes through, using Bath as an example of a project, to create one of its town and city historic maps. Giles will cover how the Trust assembles the map and, as with all historical mapping, some of the issues that go with it. The talk is online and begins at 7.30pm and is available to members only (joining details sent by email).