About the Society
The Society was formed in 1994 to fulfill a growing need and to promote and encourage the study of family history, genealogy and local history in relation to the City of Coventry and its environs. It is flourishing by providing help and support to a growing number of people researching their Coventry ancestors, or ancestors of those who moved to Coventry from various parts of the country. As the family history movement generally expands it becomes easier to carry out research from a distance but the most information is obtainable from local sources. To support people, who do not live local to Coventry, the Society now offers postal search facilities.
A quarterly journal is produced and this is exchanged with other societies and organisations around the country, another way to advertise interests. Project work is an integral part of our operations and there is a long list waiting to be started, some are part of national schemes, others will dovetail into work being carried out by neighbouring societies within Warwickshire. The Coventry Family History Society is now benefiting from the project work carried out by members which has resulted in several of our own publications, descriptions of which can be seen on the bookshop pages.
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