Romany & Traveller Family History Society | Research your roots and learn about your heritage.

Tracing Romany, Traveller or Fairground folk?

We're the family history society for you. It's a great way to trace your special roots, meet people who share your interests and find out more about your heritage.

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Is your ancestor in our Publications?

Browse through the range of specialist books published by the RTFHS. We may have one that includes your family and perhaps even your complete family tree.

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Is your ancestor in our photo Gallery?

Take a look at our great old photos of travelling people and travelling life, sourced mainly from our members' family albums and postcard collections.

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Tracing WW1 ancestors? Look out for a new page on this site, coming soon.

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Hertfordshire Brinkley portraits in new book about the artist Peggy Angus Posted Jul 14, 2014 By Web Master

If you’re related to the Brinkley family who attended Barnet Fair in the early 1920s and travelled in and around Hertfordshire, take a look at

Gypsy Fair exhibition, St Boswells, Melrose, Scotland, 18-20 July 2014 Posted Jul 08, 2014 By Web Master

There’s an exhibition about the history of St Boswells Fair at St Boswells Public Hall, St Boswells, near Melrose in the Scottish Borders, from 18-20

More new titles added at free Welsh Newspapers Online site Posted Jun 18, 2014 By Web Master

We hear that 100,000 new pages have just been added to the free Welsh Newspapers Online website, including a number of new newspaper titles. These

Romany Days, Tilford, near Farnham, 2014

Romany Days at the Rural Life Centre, Tilford, near Farnham, Surrey, 28 and 29 June 2014 Posted Jun 04, 2014 By Web Master

We hear that the Rural Life Centre in Tilford, near Farnham, Surrey, is holding a Romany weekend on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 June 2014,

Romany Gypsy Traveller History Event, Burgess Hill, Sunday 15 June 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 By Web Master

We hear that there’s an event in St John’s Park, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, on Sunday 15 June 2014, to celebrate Romany Gypsy Traveller History

New Lives of the First World War website invites you to add your ancestor’s story Posted May 12, 2014 By Web Master

A new website has been launched today by the Imperial War Museum to invite you to contribute information about your own ancestor if he or

Ancestors in Eastwood, Essex? A September date for your diary Posted May 06, 2014 By Web Master

Do you have family connections with Eastwood, Essex? If so, an event organised by RTFHS member Amanda Webb could be of interest. Amanda tells us

Gypsy heritage event, 30 May 2014, Dorchester, Dorset Posted Apr 20, 2014 By Web Master

We hear that there’s a free event in Borough Gardens, Dorchester, on Friday 30 May 2014, to celebrate Gypsy/Traveller history, heritage and culture in Dorset.

Free indexes to Romany Routes, Volumes 3 to 5, now online Posted Apr 10, 2014 By Web Master

We’ve just added free indexes to Volumes 3 to 5 of the Society’s quarterly journal, Romany Routes on this site so that you can check

Northern Ireland launches original birth/marriage/death certificates online Posted Apr 02, 2014 By Web Master

Northern Ireland has just launched a new website where you can search for and view original birth, marriage and death certificates online. It works in

Work starts on indexing of 1939 Register for England and Wales Posted Apr 01, 2014 By Web Master

The 1939 Register for England and Wales is currently being digitised by the genealogy site Find My Past and will be published online within the

Cancelled – ‘No fixed abode’ event at London Metropolitan Archives Posted Mar 26, 2014 By Web Master

The London Metropolitan Archives have just told us that, because of a low take-up of tickets, they have cancelled their event on Tuesday 8 April

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