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Borders Family History Society : ウィキペディア英語版 | Borders Family History Society
Borders Family History Society, (BFHS), founded in 1985, is a members and research society which concentrates on the Scottish Borders region in south-eastern Scotland, comprising the ancient pre-1975 counties of Roxburghshire, Berwickshire, Selkirkshire and Peeblesshire, as well as small parts of the former counties of Midlothian (formerly Edinburghshire), and adjacent counties in England. They have (map diagrams ) of the counties and their parishes. The Society's Patron is the Earl of Lauderdale, who is also the Hereditary Flag-Bearer for Scotland and Chief of the Clan Maitland.〔''Borders Family History Society Magazine'', Issue 76, June 2011, p.2: "New Patron". ISSN 0268-5701〕 ==Headquarters==
Their (premises ) are at 52 Overhaugh St, Galashiels, TD1 1 DP, Scotland. The premises contain an extensive library of books, microfiche, microfilms, CDs, family trees, and magazines from some other family history societies - catalogues of which are on their website. There is also an archive and search room, and a study room. There is disabled access. Opening hours are Mondays 6pm to 8pm, and Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 10am to 4pm. Enquirers can carry out research in the Society's premises or (request them to do research ) for you. The Society encourages family historians to further their genealogical research by recording Surname Interests (free), viewing others' Queries and Surname Interests (currently 7,900 interests recorded - covering about 2,650 surnames), searching the indexes to their publications: the (Gravestones Index ) covering over 5,170 distinct surnames, the (Magazine Article Index ) with over 1,500 different topics, the (Family Trees Index (an index to family trees / pedigree charts) ) with over 4,100 distinct surnames, on their website.
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