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Borders Family History Society

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Our Archive and Search Room is open every Tuesday and Thursday from 10am - 4pm and by confirmed appointment at other times. We will be closed from Friday 20 December for Christmas and New Year, reopening on Tuesday 14 January 2020.

About Borders Family History Society

We're here to help people with their family history primarily in the Border counties (Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire) of Scotland, as well as in adjacent counties of England and Scotland; though if you need help with other places, we may be able to help you, too.

Our Archive and Search Room is at 52 Overhaugh St, Galashiels, TD1 1DP, Scotland.
Opening Hours:
Tuesdays 10am - 4pm
Thursdays 10am - 4pm

For reservations, please make an Archive Appointment Request quoting your email address as well your name, and desired appointment date and time.
Use this site to further your research by

buying the Monumental (Gravestone) Inscriptions and the Poor Law Records volumes we research, compile, and publish
and the other publications (PDF) we sell, so that you can use them in the comfort of your own home

joining us and receiving the Society's 44 page magazine published 3 times a year

using our Research Service to save you time and travel costs or to give your research a boost, or whet your interest by reading our blog

recording your Surname Interests (the first time, you'll need to register)

coming to the meetings (admission free) we hold and events we attend

viewing others' Queries and Surname Interests

searching the indexes to our publications:

the Gravestones Index

the Magazine Article Index

the Poor Law Records Index

the Family Tree Index

preparing for visiting our Archive and Search Room and seeing the resources available

looking at the links to other websites

or at our Facebook page

or

Subscribe to our Blog RSS Feed

To join the Society, please see our Joining Borders Family History Society page which shows the range of benefits available to members, and the subscription rates.

The Society is registered as a charity (number SC005531).
Use of the website is subject to our Terms and Conditions. Please see our Privacy, and Terms and Conditions statement.