Cleveland Family History Society

11/06/2026

07/06/2026

ORMESBY HALL
🎉 Our biggest FREE ENTRY weekend of the year is back! 🎉
Join us for 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 at Ormesby Hall on 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬 & 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 as we celebrate the people, businesses, charities, community groups, artists and food producers that make Teesside such a special place to live.
Explore dozens of local stalls, enjoy some music, discover local crafts and products, sample delicious food and drink, and find out more about the amazing organisations working across our area.
Best of all, entry is completely FREE, including access to the house, gardens and café. Whether you're visiting for the first time or returning for another visit, it's the perfect opportunity to enjoy a day out with family and friends.
📍 Ormesby Hall, Middlesbrough
📅 Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 June
🕥 10.30am–5pm (stalls until 4pm)
Come along, support local, and discover some of the very best that Teesside has to offer 💚

05/06/2026

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

02/06/2026

Following the Zoom meeting on Monday, I have put the speaker’s excellent handout ‘AI for Family History’ on the members’ resources section of our website. It is the top item on the list. Remember the members’ password has just changed so check p.3 of Spring journal.
If you have problems you can email me giving your membership number and I am happy to email a copy to you. [email protected]

01/06/2026

Visit Stockton Central Library from Tuesday 2 June to Friday 31 July to see this exhibition on the Matchgirls Strike, on display during opening hours.

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.