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.
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.
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.
Bookings are now open to everyone for the RTFHS Society Day on Saturday 12 May 2018 in Hook, Hampshire. See our Events page to find out more and reserve your place.
What's new?
Fairgrounds, Inquests and a Gypsy Countess – don’t miss this year’s RTFHS family history conference: Saturday 12 May 2018 in Hook, Hampshire Posted Apr 15, 2018 By Web Master
Be sure to be with us on Saturday 12 May 2018 at the Raven Hotel in Hook, Hampshire, where we are holding the RTFHS annual
‘Family Tree’ magazine launches a week of free online activities for family historians: Monday 16 April to 22 April 2018 Posted Apr 15, 2018 By Web Master
On Monday 16 April 2018 the UK genealogy magazine Family Tree launches a week of free online family research activities to help you to find
Can you identify Mills family members in Battersea, South London? Posted Mar 28, 2018 By Web Master
Do you know anything about the Romany Gypsy Mills family who used to live in a yard in Cabul Road, Battersea, South London? If so,
Come and meet the RTFHS team in Poole on Saturday 24 March 2018 Posted Mar 03, 2018 By Web Master
Meet the RTFHS at the Dorset FHS Family History Day in Poole, Dorset on Saturday 24 March 2018, organised by the Dorset Family History Society to celebrate
Gypsy history exhibition now open in Leeds, Yorkshire, plus talks on 6 March and 5 April 2018 Posted Mar 03, 2018 By Web Master
There’s a new free exhibition in the Brotherton Gallery at the University of Leeds called ‘Rights and Romance: Representing Gypsy Lives’ with displays of items
Travelling Showmen and the First World War: new exhibition plus publication from the Fairground Heritage Centre in Devon Posted Feb 26, 2018 By Web Master
Did your Fairground people serve in World War 1? If so, head to Devon from March 2018 onwards to see a new exhibition at Dingles
Free access to UK and Ireland records at Ancestry.co.uk from 23 until 25 February 2018 Posted Feb 23, 2018 By Web Master
We hear that you can get free access to UK and Ireland records on Ancestry.co.uk this weekend. The offer ends on Sunday 25 February at
Looking for Boswell baptisms, marriages, burials and other sightings before 1810? Our latest publication has just what you need Posted Feb 22, 2018 By Web Master
Just launched by the RTFHS is an essential reference work for anyone who has Romany Boswell ancestors or whose people intermarried with or travelled with
“Searching for the Travelling People” – new documentary being screened on 26 February 2018 in Hereford Posted Jan 28, 2018 By Web Master
We’ve been contacted by Travellers’ Times to let us know that there will be a screening of a new documentary about Gypsy/Traveller life on Monday
English and Welsh birth and death certificates for £6.00 each – GRO extends pilot scheme until June 2018 Posted Jan 28, 2018 By Web Master
If you’re thinking about ordering an English or Welsh birth certificate or a death certificate from the Government’s GRO site, now is a good time
BBC TV programme features British Gypsies’ contribution to war effort in WW2 Posted Dec 11, 2017 By Web Master
The BBC 2 TV series Wartime Farm – which shows how a farm in Hampshire operated during the Second World War – has recently been repeated
RTFHS march to honour the Gypsies and Travellers who have served in the Armed Forces Posted Nov 26, 2017 By Web Master
At this year’s Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph in London, a contingent of RTFHS members and friends led by RTFHS Vice President Janet Keet-Black
Events
May
05
The Name Event, Earl’s Court, London – RTFHS attending both days
Time: 10.00am until 4.30pm
Location: ILEC Exhibition & Conference Centre, IBIS Hotel, 47 Lillie Road, Earl's Court, London SW6 1UD.
May
06
The Name Event, Earl’s Court, London – RTFHS attending both days
Time: 10.00am until 4.30pm
Location: ILEC Exhibition & Conference Centre, IBIS Hotel, 47 Lillie Road, Earl's Court, London SW6 1UD.
May
12
RTFHS Society Day 2018
Time: 10.30am until 4pm
Location: The Raven Hotel, Station Road, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 9HS
Jun
09
Sheffield & District FHS Family History Fair – RTFHS attending
Time: 10am until 4pm
Location: Sheffield Wednesday Football Ground, 1st Floor Suites, South Stand, Hillsborough, Sheffield S6 1SW
Jun
23
The Family History Show, York – RTFHS attending
Time: TBC
Location: The Knavesmire Exhibition Centre, The Racecourse, York YO23 1EX.
Jun
30
South West Area Group Family History Fair, Swindon – RTFHS attending
Time: TBC
Location: STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway, Fire Fly Avenue, Swindon SN2 2EY.
Jul
28
Buckinghamshire FHS Family History Fair – RTFHS attending
Time: 10am until 4pm
Location: Grange School, Wendover Way, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP21 7NH.
Oct
06
Oxfordshire Family History Society Family History Fair – RTFHS attending
Time: TBC
Location: Marlborough School, Shipton Road, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1LP
Oct
27
Suffolk Family History Society Open Day and Family History Fair – RTFHS attending
Time: 10am until 4pm
Location: University of Suffolk, Waterfront Building, 19 Neptune Quay, Ipswich IP4 1QL
