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 Benefits of Membership

Membership of the Society entitles you to:

A Starter pack of leaflets.
Quarterly copies of the magazine 'Lancashire'.
Publicise your surname interests, research problems and queries in the magazine.
Place your family tree in our Pedigree Database and be put in touch with others researching the same names in the same areas.
Attend any of the 14 Branch meetings, each offering visits, talks, workshops (discussion and help with research problems) and a chance to chat to fellow researchers
Access branch resources and microfiche of published society projects (over 500), which can be viewed at branch research meetings.
Subject to acceptance, have your personal family history website linked from the Society website.
Attend the Conferences of the Federation of Family History Societies.
Attend the Society's Annual Conference and Annual Dinner.
Access the Society's Helping Hands Service either by post or e-mail. Help is given on possible sources of information and wealth of local knowledge from Branches. It is not restricted to Lancashire.
Access the LFHHS e-mail Discussion Group available to members only. This group offers support and advice to members and an opportunity to share knowledge.
Use the Society's Resource Centre at The Straits, Oswaldtwistle, with on-line access and extensive libraries of microfiche, CDs and publications.

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"Lancashire" magazine goes only to members of the Society.  It has over 48 pages  including:

Histories of Lancashire Townships and families

Notes on sources.

Articles on how to solve individual  problems.

An opportunity to  publish your own family history and research experiences. 

Answers to unusual problems about research in Lancashire that you are unlikely to find elsewhere.

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Membership costs are small for the benefits you gain. Just follow these links (or the ones on the left menu) to see details of costs and membership criteria and how to join.

As well as personal benefits, your subscription helps publish information for others that would not be available, like the grave headstone records (Monumental Inscriptions) that our members transcribe from graveyards across the whole county.


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Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society
2 Straits, Oswaldtwistle BB5 3LU
  UK:  01254 239919 

Registered Charity Number 513437

Founded in 1973 as the Rossendale Society for Genealogy and Heraldry (Lancashire)

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