The East Yorkshire Family History Society (EYFHS) is an English family history society

Family History Society

A family history society is a society, often charitable or not-for-profit, that allows member genealogists and family historians to profit from shared knowledge. Large societies often own libraries, sponsor research seminars and foreign trips, and publish journals...

 covering the East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...

 and parts of North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...

. It was founded in 1977 and had 1,410 members in 2010. It is a member of the Federation of Family History Societies

Federation of Family History Societies

The Federation of Family History Societies is a United Kingdom-based charitable organisation.Its stated principal aims are "to co-ordinate and assist the work of societies or other bodies interested in family history, genealogy and heraldry; to foster the spirit of mutual co-operation, by...

. and a registered charity, no. 519743.

The society is active in the preservation of local and family history resources and making those resources available to fellow researchers world-wide. To date, the EYFHS has produced in excess of three hundred book-based resources including monumental inscriptions, parish registers, census indexes and research guides. More recently, it has extended its 'traditional' publishing activities by introducing an ever-growing range of electronic publications and resources.

The Society publishes an award-winning quarterly journal, The Banyan Tree, and has research facilities at Scarborough and Hull

Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...

. Its Research Centre in Hull is based at the grade II listed Carnegie Heritage Centre

Carnegie Heritage Centre

The Carnegie Heritage Centre is a grade II listed building in Hull, England, which was designed as a Carnegie library.Originally known as the Carnegie Free Library, the building opened in 1905 as Hull's fifth branch library. Andrew Carnegie donated £3,000 towards its construction...

, a former public library opened in 1905, at the gates of West Park, Hull.

Regular meetings are held in Beverley

Beverley

Beverley is a market town, civil parish and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, located between the River Hull and the Westwood. The town is noted for Beverley Minster and architecturally-significant religious buildings along New Walk and other areas, as well as the Beverley...

, Bridlington

Bridlington

Bridlington is a seaside resort, minor sea fishing port and civil parish on the Holderness Coast of the North Sea, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It has a static population of over 33,000, which rises considerably during the tourist season...

, Hull and Scarborough. Members of the Society have access to research resources, physical and online, and advice services.

Examples of publications

• Monumental inscriptions: Bridlington Cemetery : monumental inscriptions. Part three. (2011)) ISBN 9781780063133
• Parish Register Transcription series: Mariners Church, Hull : baptisms February 1856 to March 1925. (2011) OCLC 689005498
• Miscellaneous Publications series: J A R Bickford and M E Bickford: East Riding medical men (2007) OCLC 244985296