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Welcome to
Burntwood Family History Group
Burntwood Family History Group was founded in 1986 in the living room of a house in Burntwood by a small group of people with the idea of researching their family history.
We have steadily grown and our membership exceeds one hundred. Our aim continues to bring together those who are interested in the research of their family history and although we are a small group, our postal membership is worldwide.
Our Group functions entirely by the efforts of voluntary workers and is non-profit making. We produce a quarterly Journal which is available free to Members and at a small cost to non members and whether you are new to researching your family history or a seasoned genealogist, we are sure you will find something of interest to you.
We have two monthly meetings; the first is when we have a guest speaker to give a talk on a family history connected subject to increase our knowledge and help in our research. The second when we meet for an informal discussion and research our family history through the use of our library stock of microfiche, CDs, DVDs, books, videos and the internet. Both meetings are open to Members and non members alike. We also run 'Drop In' surgeries, and organise vists. All meeting dates can be found in our diary.
We are affiliated to the In 2010 the BFHG enetered the FFHS Website Awards 2010.
The BFHG website entry was 'Highly Commended'
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The next Monday meeting is the Monday 11th June 2012 when our guest speaker Patsie Jarman will talk about 'Horseless Carriages on the Queen's Highway'
In 2011, we celebrated our 25th anniversary. As part of our celebrations, we created the Burntwood Memorial Project
The Memorial Project is about researching servicemen from the Burntwood area whose served and lost their lives during the First World War
This is project is progressing well, and the first of the completed biographies are now on-line
In the January 2012 issue of the 'WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE' magazine, Alan CROSBY has written an article about the the work of our Memorial Project Team
We produce our own BFHG shirts with the BFHG logo embroidered on them and they are available for purchase
The January - March 2012 is still available available free to members (and none members to purchase)
Extracts from all issues of the Journal, (except 3 missing) from the very first issue in May 1988 have now been added
The three missing issues are:- Issue 3 August 1989, Issue 16 April 1992 and Issue Vol 2. No 4. December 1993
If you have one of those three missing issues, please let the BFHG borrow it to complete the set
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Staffordshire County Council Local Community Fund Grant 
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BFHG founded 1986
Original web site created 2002
This web site created 2009
Site updated 14 05 2012
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If you have any questions about us, our website, or you need help in your research,
please contact us at
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26th May 2011 - The Burntwood Family History Group website does not use 'cookies' or any other method of storing personal information about visitors to our website |
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