Borders Family History Society
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Joining Borders Family History Society
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- Individuals: Join us or renew your membership subscription.
- Institutions: Join us or renew your membership subscription.
- Regular meetings around the Borders (see What's On)
- Membership of a thriving family history society and contact with other members who may be
researching the same family
- Society Archive and Search Room at 52 Overhaugh St, Galashiels, TD1 1 DP, Scotland
- A 40-44 page magazine published 3 times a year. Each issue contains articles of interest to members, details of new members and their interests, and queries placed by members and non-members seeking help with their Borders ancestry.
- Discounts on the Society's Monumental Inscriptions volumes.
- Your queries included in the magazine (and, if you wish, on the website) free of charge.
- Discount on the Society's Research Service.
- Access to GEDCOM family trees by email free of charge.
Annual Subscriptions (including postage cost)
Current rates are:-
| | Ordinary | Senior Citizens (60 plus) | Institutions |
| United Kingdom | £12 | £10 | £12 |
| All Countries (Email Magazine) | £12 | £10 | £12 |
| European Union (Air Mail) | £14.95 | £12.95 | £14.95 |
| Other Countries (Surface Mail) | £14.50 | £12.50 | £14.50 |
| Other Countries (Air Mail) | £17.15 | £15.15 | £17.15 |
You may pay by debit or credit card via PayPal using the payment buttons below.
Alternatively, we accept payment by cheque drawn on a UK bank in £ sterling please, made payable to Borders Family History Society.
If these methods don't suit you, please contact our Membership Secretary, by using our Contacts page and selecting the Questions about Membership contact type.
Joining Form
If you don't want to join online, please download, print and complete the joining form PDF, and send it by post with your payment to the
Membership Secretary, Charlotte Barrett, 52 Overhaugh St, Galashiels, TD1 1 DP, Scotland.
If you don't want to renew online, please download, print and complete the renewal form PDF, and send it by post with your payment to the
Membership Secretary, Charlotte Barrett, 52 Overhaugh St, Galashiels, TD1 1 DP, Scotland.
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Individuals - Join or Renew Online
Gift Aid Declaration
If you pay income or capital gains tax in the UK, the Society can reclaim tax on your subscription from the taxman at no cost to you (you can't reclaim the tax), so please select the appropriate option below.
By selecting the option
I am a UK resident - please reclaim tax on my subscription or
I am a non-resident UK tax payer - please reclaim tax on my sub,
we will understand that you're making this Gift Aid Declaration:
I would like Borders Family History Society to treat all payments I make on or after 6th April 2023 in respect of the member subscription for the Society as Gift Aid donations.
If you pay no income or capital gains tax in the UK, the taxman may ask us to repay the tax but it's never happened yet.
You can cancel this declaration at any time by notifying us (Borders Family History Society).
Please notify the Membership Secretary if you change your name or postal address.
Your Family History Research Interests
Your name, postal and email addresses, and up to 5 surname interests can be published in the next issue of the magazine.
To have your Surname Interests included, Register, wait for an email containing your password,
then Record your Surname Interests
or if you don't want to enter them online, please state that you're a new member and
send it with your interests by choosing
'Change of Member's Interests' on our Contacts page.
Please see Maintain Interests on the Help page, for the format to be used.
New members only:If you want us to pick up your interests, please enter your email address in the field
Email address for interests
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Institutions - Join or Renew Online
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