Cleveland Family History Society

27/05/2026

We hope you will join us at our Zoom meeting on Monday 1st June at 2.30pm. Our speaker is professional genealogist Linda Hammond and the topic ‘AI and what it can and cannot do for your family history research’ which is very topical in this fast changing world!
If you are a member and don’t receive links, please email [email protected]

04/05/2026

Cleveland Family History Society e-shop

Our volunteers have transcribed millions of records from original sources of ancestors being born, baptised, married, dying and their burials.
A unique source for family and local historians is our large collection of monumental inscriptions taken from gravestones found in over 290 local churchyards and cemeteries in northern Yorkshire and southern Durham.
The link will take you to our shop on GenFair where publications may be ordered and paid for. All are available in these formats: Compact Disc, A4 size printouts or PDF downloads. All CDs are in PDF format, fully searchable, using Adobe Acrobat Reader which is included on the discs.

We also have a series of ‘Other Publications’ available at reasonable prices.

The society is based in the North East of England and covers the South Durham, Cleveland and North Yorkshire area. The aim of the society is to promote the study of genealogy and to educate the public therein. The society holds regular meetings by Zoom, organises family history days, encourages rese...

20/04/2026

We have lots of free resources on our website for you to explore. Please feel free to have a look around.

But if you want to take full advantage of everything we have on offer, why not become a member?

As a member you will enjoy the following benefits:

Our packed quarterly Journal
Access to our website Members’ Area with free resources and surname database.
Access to monthly Zoom meetings.
Connect with other members researching the same names as you.
Vast collection of online parish registers, burial data base etc
Free simple searches and advice about the area from local experts.

Welcome to Cleveland Family History Society About our society   Cleveland FHS was set up in 1980 to provide a service for family historians and we cover the old county of Cleveland and part of County Durham and North Yorkshire. Your visit to our website suggests that you may be researching your fam...

20/04/2026

We hope you will join us for our monthly Zoom meeting on Monday 27th April at 2.30 pm. PLEASE NOTE It is not the first Monday of the month as it is a UK bank holiday on May 4th. Our speaker is professional researcher Margaret Hedley and her talk is ‘Hannah’s Story’ .Margaret bases this talk on her great grandma and her life in a South Durham mining village and brings her story wonderfully to life. If you are a member and don’t receive links, please email [email protected]

15/04/2026

There is much interesting and informative content in the latest edition of the North Yorkshire Archives Newsletter.

Our annual event brings together remarkable archive collections to explore how land, weather, people and ideas have shaped the county we recognise today through historic maps, medieval place-names, geology, weather, fields, woodlands and botany.

04/04/2026

03/04/2026

An invite from Friends of St Cuthbert’s Church, Billingham Green
📅Friday 24th April
🕛7:30 PM
📍St Cuthbert's Church, Billingham

28/03/2026

Ormesby Hall and its gardens are looking particularly splendid today.

25/03/2026

Our monthly Zoom meeting is this coming Monday 30th March at 2.30 pm as the first Monday of April is Easter Monday. Our speaker is Graham Soult and his topic The North East Department Store. Graham takes us back to those pre internet and discount store days when our area had a wealth of big department stores where we and our ancestors shopped for almost everything . It is a fascinating talk and please email [email protected] if you are a member and are not on our list for a link. The image is from 1952 queuing when it was still dark for a Binns sale in Hartlepool .

17/03/2026

Please be aware that Teesside Archives in Middlesbrough is closed on Thursday 18th March

26/02/2026

To celebrate international Women's Day, Teesside Archives is hosting a drop in session in conjunction with Middlesbrough Soroptomists.
Take a chance to see some of the exciting documents we hold relating to women's history and meet some of the members of Middlesbrough Soroptomists.
Taking place in the Teesside Archives search room, Dorman Museum Friday 6th March 11am - 2pm.