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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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Please save the date: our 2019 Society Day will be on Saturday 11 May in Dorchester, Dorset. More news soon!

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‘Was your ancestor a Gypsy?’ Half-day course at Society of Genealogists, London, 9 March 2019 Posted Feb 12, 2019 By Web Master

RTFHS Secretary Beverley Walker is giving a half-day course called Was your ancestor a Gypsy? at the Society of Genealogists in London on Saturday 9 March

Gypsy Families in Dorset: free talk at West Howe Library, Bournemouth, 1 February 2019 Posted Jan 21, 2019 By Web Master

Interested in the Gypsy families of Dorset? Be sure to be at West Howe Library, Cunningham Crescent, Bournemouth BH11 8DU at 10.30am on Friday 1

Higher prices for English and Welsh BMD certificates from 16 February 2019 Posted Dec 30, 2018 By Web Master

Thinking about buying copies of birth, marriage or death certificates for your English or Welsh ancestors from the General Register Office (GRO)? It’s a good

BBC TV programme about 20th century British Romany history available online now Posted Dec 12, 2018 By Web Master

A new BBC TV series launched this week called A Very British History and it includes a programme about British Romany Gypsies, introduced and narrated by the

Want RTFHS publications in time for Christmas? Please order before Sunday 16 December 2018 Posted Dec 07, 2018 By Web Master

If you’re thinking about giving family and friends an RTFHS publication as a gift this Christmas, be sure to place your order before Sunday 16

RTFHS march on Sunday 11 November 2018 to honour the Gypsies and Travellers who have served in the Armed Forces Posted Nov 09, 2018 By Web Master

At this year’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Sunday 11 November 2019 at the Cenotaph in London, a contingent of RTFHS members and friends led by

Come and meet the RTFHS team in Ipswich on Saturday 27 October 2018 Posted Oct 25, 2018 By Web Master

In or around Ipswich on Saturday 27 October 2018? Why not come along and say ‘hello’ to the RTFHS team? We’ll be attending the Suffolk

Come and meet the RTFHS team in Chelmsford on Saturday 20 October 2018 Posted Oct 13, 2018 By Web Master

In or around Chelmsford next Saturday – 20 October 2018? Why not come along and say ‘hello’ to the RTFHS team at a free Open

Interested in the Romany Doe family? New RTFHS book just published Posted Oct 07, 2018 By Web Master

Do the Doe family feature in your family tree? If so, head to the new book just published by the RTFHS. It’s The Family Tree

Come and meet the RTFHS team in Woodstock, Saturday 6 October 2018 Posted Sep 29, 2018 By Web Master

In or around Woodstock, Oxfordshire, on Saturday 6 October 2018? Please come along and say ‘hello’ to the RTFHS team. We’ll be attending the Family

Romany family history event at Eastwood, Essex – Sunday 7 October 2018 Posted Sep 29, 2018 By Web Master

Do you have connections to the Romany community of Eastwood near Southend in Essex? If so, why not head to this year’s Descendants of the

New RTFHS publication – the story of a woman from a Romany family who married a British aristocrat Posted Aug 23, 2018 By Web Master

We’re pleased to announce the publication of a new RTFHS book – The Gypsy Countess by Anne-Marie Ford. This is the first comprehensive biography that

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