Bristol & Avon
Family History Society

Our opening Bristol Group meeting of the season will be in-person, on Monday 9 September, 7.30pm at BAWA. Each one of Bristol’s bridges has a fascinating story which is woven intimately into the 1,000-year history of the city and Jeff Lucas, from Bristol Civic Society, will be telling us about them.

Our friends at Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution are celebrating their bicentenary with a talk on Friday 26 September – “Literary, lively, learned: Farleigh Castle & Bath in 1824” by Dr Mary Redmayne. This may be of interest as it derives from carrying out research into family from New Zealand which is where Mary is based. Find out more on their website.

To mark National Heritage Day, BAFHS in the Research Room will be joining the Archives for the Heritage Open Day on Saturday 7 September from 10am to 4pm. Bristol Archives are opening their strongrooms to free tours so you can find out more about their work. All welcome!

If anyone is downsizing and is looking for a home for ‘family history’ books, why not donate them to the Society? The secondhand book section of our Webshop is very popular and your books are sure to find an appreciative home! To get them to us, you could drop them off at the Research Room, or by arrangement, or we may be able to collect them if local to Bristol / Weston-Super-Mare / Gloucester. Please contact our Secretary – secretary@bafhs.org.uk.