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Somerset & Dorset
Family History Society

Welcome to the SDFHS

How can we help you? We will help you to find documented facts about the lives of your former family members which will unlock doors to your own personal family story. Although we do specialise in Somerset and Dorset and have extensive records from our two counties, our experienced Research Volunteers have skills which can help you trace your family roots, regardless of where they might have originated.

SDFHS Family History Centre

Broadway House Family History Centre, our home in Yeovil, is an ideal location in the centre of the town.

Christmas/New Year closure

Our Family History Centre will close for the Christmas/New Year holidays at 4pm on Thursday 21 December 2023 and will reopen at 10am on Thursday 4 January 2024.

Online Talks

Online talks are being hosted by some of our local Groups, giving us the opportunity to engage with our members and the family history community worldwide.

Visit Our Shop

Are you looking for family history publications? Why not try looking in our on-line shop. We have a wide range of books and CDs relating to both Somerset and Dorset, as well as more general family-history and local-history publications.

AGM and Open Day

The SDFHS Annual Accounts (including the Trustees’ Report to the members) are available under the “About Us” tab.

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October 4th, 10:10 am

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Doors have just opened at The Family History Show at Kempton Park Racecourse and we're looking forward to meeting family historians and researchers at our Somerset & Dorset Family History Society stall. ... See MoreSee Less
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October 3rd, 5:24 pm

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SDFHS Volunteers will be at The Family History Show at Kempton Park Racecourse, Middlesex, Sunbury-On-Thames Tw16 5Aq tomorrow (4 October, 10am-4pm). If you are going, please call by our stall to say 'hello' ... See MoreSee Less
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September 27th, 12:01 pm

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More of the many very busy exhibitors at our Open Day. Blackmore Vale Family History ... See MoreSee Less
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September 27th, 10:55 am

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Some of the other family and local history societies exhibiting at our Open Day. Blackmore Vale Family History. ... See MoreSee Less
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September 27th, 10:32 am

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Our annual Open Day, organised by Blackmore Vale Family History, is underway and the SDFHS stalls are already busy. ... See MoreSee Less
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