Membership

The Jersey Family History Society is a group for family historians and genealogists interested in tracing their ancestors from Jersey.   We have members in Jersey, other Channel Islands and the UK, also across the globe, in countries such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Benefits of Membership

• Quarterly Journal: posted to your address, and also available online, which keeps you abreast of the latest Society news, including articles relating to family history.
• Back Catalogue of Quarterly Journals: through the members’ area of our website.
• Surnames of interest: Publishing your surnames of interest to connect with Society members and the wider public, which will expand your research network.
• Places and Project Research: This enables you to connect with those people who have research relevant to your own research 
• Monthly Engaging Talks and Events: Free access to online talks by speakers wherever you are in the world, as well as in-person branch meetings to expand your knowledge of Jersey, learn new techniques, and connect with fellow enthusiasts.
• Journal Exchange Scheme: Providing our members with access to the Journals of other Societies
• Member Discount - Research: Personalised research at a discounted rate, carried out by our Research Group
• Digital access to the index of documents held by JFHS: Held in our members area, and also in our own collection of records at Jersey Archive
• Member Discount - Discounted Access to Jersey Archive: Although access to the search function of the catalogue to identify available documents is free, one must have membership of the Jersey Archive (part of Jersey Heritage) to see the digital versions of the documents themselves.
• Member discount - Access to the Société Jersiaise Archive:  JFHS members have free access to the Lord Coutanche Library at the Société Jersiaise.   This includes the photographic archive.