We hope this website will be of some use to you if you are researching relatives in and around Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, although the Society’s records are not limited to Doncaster.
Click here to see a 1914 Doncaster Archdeaconry Map of Parishes and Townships covered by Doncaster and District Family History Society (map displays in a new window).
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- Society Publications – June 2022The following transcriptions have been added to the Finningley St Oswald Download: Baptisms 1901 to1913 Marriages 1902 to1930 Burials to 1902 t0 1987 Online Sales, including membership, go to our Shop. Postal Sales – Download the Latest Publications List (PDF Read more…
- Doncaster Ancestor Summer 2022 e-JournalThe Doncaster Ancestor Summer 2022 e-Journal edition is now available in the Members’ Area of the website. If you are a member and do not have a Society User Account please contact the Website Co-ordinator. Articles include the following: John Read more…
- Ossie Through the Ages: An Oral History ProjectTony Armstrong is undertaking a project to protect the memory of the Oswin Avenue School. From its opening in 1913 to its closure in 1996, the school was known by a variety of names across the eras. It was an Read more…
- Follow the Society on InstagramThe Society has added Instagram to its social media portfolio. You can also follow the Society on: Facebook and Twitter
- Doncaster Council has submitted a plan for renovations and improvements to heritage sites across the borough“The first project involving the former museum and art gallery will use Doncaster Towns Deal Heritage project funds to support the creation of a public facing facility in the guise of a ‘multi-use space’ for heritage events, family history research Read more…
- DFP: Recognise these people? Hunt on after family photos handed in to Doncaster policeIt was reported on the Doncaster Free Press website on Monday, 14 February 2020 that: Police in Doncaster have launched a hunt after a wallet containing a stash of family photos was handed in Doncaster. The wallet was handed in Read more…
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Recent Additions – D&DFHS
- Computer Group Snippets 23 June 2022
- Doncaster Ancestor Summer 2022 e-Journal
- D&DFHS Members Interests’ updated 13 June 2022
Recent Additions – Other Society e-Journals
- Aberdeen NEFHS February 2022
- Airedale & Wharfedale FHS March 2022
- Barnsley FHS April 2021
- Bedfordshire FHS June 2022
- Birmingham and Midlands SfG&H September 2021
- NEW: British Columbia GS March 2022
- Buckinghamshire FHS Spring 2022
- Calderdale FHS March 2022
- City of York FHS Newsletter February 2021
- East Yorkshire FHS May 2022
- Essex SfFH December 2021
- FHACT(HAGSOC) March 2022
- FHS Cheshire March 2022
- NEW: FHS of New Zealand April 2022
- Genealogical Society of Victoria March 2022
- Glamorgan FHS June 2022
- NEW: Harrogate & DFHS June 2022
- Herefordshire FHS July 2022
- Hertfordshire FHS June 2022
- Hillingdon FHS March 2022
- Huddersfield & District FHS April 2022
- Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies December 2021
- Lancashire FH & HS May 2022
- Lincolnshire FHS September 2020 Newsletter
- Manchester & Lancashire FHS No 2 2022
- Metcalfe Society 2021 No 7 Newsletter
- Nottinghamshire FHS April 2022
- Ryedale FHG April 2022
- SAG Spring 2022
- Waltham Forest FHS March 2022
- Yorkshire Archaeological Society FHS Spring 2022
Doncaster Ancestor
Doncaster Ancestor is the membership journal of the Society. It is published, quarterly, in February, May, August and November. If you would prefer to have access online to the e-Journal version of Doncaster Ancestor, rather than receive a copy via the post, please email the Membership Secretary.