Somerset Societies

Family history societies often publish helpful journals, transcripts, compiled genealogies and host helpful websites. They may have ongoing projects to transcribe records and create indexes. Most societies publish queries in their journals and maintain lists of members’ research interests that may be helpful to you. You may want to join one of these societies, reap the benefits of their expertise and resources, or support its efforts.

Addresses of the societies are for the most part where their meetings are held as they are by-and-large not brick-and-mortar institutions.

Regional Society
Somerset & Dorset Family History Society Email: [mailto:society@sdfhs.org society@sdfhs.org] Website: Somerset & Dorset Family History Society


 * The Somerset & Dorset Family History Society aims to provide assistance to all those researching their families in the two counties, no matter where they live.

Somerset Societies
Banwell Society of Archaeology Banwell Village Hall Westfield Cres Avon Banwell, Somerset BS29 6BA UK Website: Banwell Society of Archaeology

Bath & Camerton Archaeology Society Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution 16 Queen Square Bath, Somerset BA1 2HN UK Email: [mailto:bathandcam@hotmail.co.uk bathandcam@hotmail.co.uk] Website: Bath & Camerton Archaeology Society


 * The Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society (BACAS) is an active local society, with a range of activities and interest areas. Our goal is the promotion of archaeology in all its branches.

Batheaston Society Spindleberries 48 Northend Batheaston Bath, Somerset BA1 7ES UK Telephone: 01225 852440 Email: [mailto:johnirons35@gmail.com johnirons35@gmail.com] Website: Batheaston Society


 * The Society's sole concern is the well-being of the village of Batheaston, and in recognition of its commitment to this purpose, it is registered with the Civic Trust as the local amenity society for Batheaston. In part this includes an emphasis on the historical building substance and the people who have shaped the village in the past.

Blagdon Local History Society The Lodge The Coombe Blagdon, Somerset BS40 7RE UK Telephone: 01761 462 723 Website: Blagdon Local History Society


 * A group of people interested in history with a particular interest in Blagdon and surroundings. There are monthly open meetings/lectures for the membership and others. Research at Record Offices, Libraries, private archives etc., transcribing old documents, recording oral histories, formation and maintenance of a database and library, visits to places of interest, regular talks by visiting experts, field walking, and in 2004 we published our first volume of a History of Blagdon, and have continued the series as our knowledge grows.