Buy a gift voucher to share the joys of researching family history with a friend or relative. You can use it to purchase anything in our online shop, like books, […]

Treetops Research Centre will close for the Christmas break from (and including)  Monday 20th December.  We will open as usual on Saturday 18th December. We look forward to welcoming you […]

Our planned workshop – Introduction to Family History – scheduled for 16th September is now full.   However if you are interested please contact us (via our contact us page) to […]

We are pleased to announce we will be running a workshop for those who are starting or have recently started their family history research. We will cover topics such as […]

After the Government’s confirmation that they are moving to Step 4 of their Covid roadmap DFHS is pleased to announce that Treetops visitor centre will fully re-open from Wednesday 21st […]

We are really pleased to announce that we plan to re-open Treetops on Wednesday 19th May 2021.   We aim to be open initially twice a week, Wednesday and Saturday 10.30 -14.30 for […]

DFHS are pleased to announce the opportunity for you to discuss your research and seek some assistance from one of our research volunteers by either Zoom or telephone.  While we […]

Treetops Research Centre is closed, in accordance with restrictions in England, and all physical meetings are cancelled. Some meetings are being held in Zoom. See the Calendar for further details. […]

The price of BMD certificates from the GRO will increase from 16th February 2019. Certified copies will cost £11.00 each. A PDF version, where available, will cost £7.00 each.

The Society’s Data Privacy Statement is now available  in the Contact Us section.