Welcome to the Norfolk Family History Society

Formerly the Norfolk & Norwich Genealogical Society Founded in 1968

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• 06/2026 The Ancestor magazine - June edition is now online and available to members.
• 06/2026 The 30th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Norfolk Family History Society for the year ending 31st March 2026 will be held at Kirby Hall on Saturday 17th October 2026 at 12.00 pm.(BST) and online via a Zoom.

  The documents for the AGM will be provided by the Secretary for uploading as and when they become available.

• 05/2024 The British Newspaper Archive as hosted by Findmypast is now available in Kirby Hall free to any visitors. There are over 78 million searchable pages dating from 1700 now available on this site.
• 03/2024 The Pedigree and Library catalogues have been updated. These updated catalogues and several others can be viewed under the Library heading on the website Welcome page

Discovering your Norfolk Ancestors .......... The Society welcomes people researching their Norfolk ancestors and family history.

• Our Society
  • We currently have around 3,000 members from all around the world researching their Ancestors in Norfolk.
  • Explore the Website to see who we are and all the benefits of Society membership.
    

• Our Records collections
  • The selection of records in our Kirby Hall library includes Parish Register transcripts, Monumental Inscriptions, Census returns, Wills, Family Trees, Pedigrees, Photographs, Norwich birth and death returns plus a wide range of other published material.
  • Our Norfolk Online Record Search (NORS) database provides Members with online access to the Society's collection of Parish Register Transcripts, Monumental Inscriptions and other useful research information. There are currently more than 5.1 million individual records already available online with more being added all the time.
    • Read more about NORS here
    • Search NORS for your Ancestors here
    • To see what's On NORS click here
  
  
• Join us
  • Members can also share the results of their own family history or genealogical research by sharing articles in the Society's quarterly journal, The Norfolk Ancestor.
  • New Members are always welcome, so why not consider joining and enjoy all the benefits membership offers including
    • The Norfolk Ancestor Journal.
    • NORS online research.
    • Regular talks on genealogical topics are provided online by Zoom. Check our events page to see what’s coming up.
  • Our membership subscription rates and joining page can be found here.
  
  
• Volunteering
  • We are keen to grow our online resources through transcription and indexing projects, as a member you can make this growth possible by volunteering to help with these projects or by donating copies of your own family trees.
  • We are always pleased to welcome new volunteers in all aspects of Society activities whether this be back office functions administering the Society, manning the resource centre or undertaking specific projects, check our Volunteers Needed page.
  
  

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