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Menu Home News Roots Index How To Join Welcome to The Alderson Family History Society THE SOCIETY The Alderson Family History Society (AFHS) was formed in 1983. It owes much to the research previously carried out by the late Surgeon Captain Basil R Alderson RN and the late William Oswald Alderson. Most modern Alderson family lines can be traced back to Swaledale, in North Yorkshire, England. Here the name was common in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and where many families remain today. The Upper Dales Family History Group aims to support those whose ancestors had their roots in Wensleydale and Swaledale (within the Yorkshire Dales) and membership may be of interest to AFHS members. DATABASE We have a very large database of ALDERSON events –We have a unique way of displaying our data using a specially written computer program which we call P-tree to which members have access to via the internet. P stands for pedigree. The earliest data we have so far is from the 15th century. We have over 176,000 records including, Births/Christenings, Marriages, Deaths/Burials, Census information, Details of Wills/Probates, Details of Property plus Digitalised Photographs and our Roll of Honour for those Aldersons who died in WW1 and WW2. This information has been gathered by past and present members over a great many years. Also linked to each family are photographs and biographies from our magazine, Alderson Roots. RESEARCH Research is ongoing in various ways. Members who enjoy researching can add ALDERSON information that they find to our database. This might be researching a particular person or a location that interests them. Members new to doing this can draw on the expertise of existing members. The Society has been investigating early ALDERSONs with the help of a professional researcher who has been looking at the de Banco Rolls and the Coram Rege Rolls at the National Archives. MEMBERSHIP Currently we have about 285 members, mostly in the United Kingdom, but about one third are from overseas, notably the United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. See how to join here. We are always pleased to welcome new members, whether experienced family historians or those newly interested in discovering their family roots. We are a friendly society with a lot to offer both from the information and research point of view and also socially. Benefits of Membership: Alderson Roots magazine three times per year Twice yearly meetings Access to the P-tree database Help and advice on family history LOGIN JOIN US SPELLING As a ‘one name’ society our focus is on the ALDERSON name, but if we want to understand the relevance of old records, we cannot be a ‘one spelling’ society. There are more than 60 different name spellings that seem to relate to our ALDERSON ancestors. Alderson name spellings ROLL OF HONOUR A family history would be ill-served without some account of the line’s intersection with the great moments of the modern era. Most families were touched profoundly by the events of the First and Second World Wars⁠—ours is no exception. A separate entry is included here for each Alderson⁠—soldier or civilian⁠—whose death is owed to these conflicts. This catalogue is not exhaustive, so please contact us if you know of others not indexed here. If in this list you recognise any relation(s) of yours, we would be delighted to hear about it. We are proud to remember our fallen heroes. You can download the roll of honour below: WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR WW2 ROLL OF HONOUR EARLIEST RECORDS The earliest record found so far is for a John ALDOUSESONE in the 27th year of the reign of King Edward I [Hilary Term 1298/9] in the County of Lancaster. The search continues for early records. Manor Court Records for Muker and Healaugh are just some of the records held at the North Yorkshire County Record Office in the UK. As part of our public work we have been sponsoring the digitising of these Records so that they are searchable. There are quite a number of books covering the years 1686 to 1936 so this is a big project, which we believe will be very useful to all researchers with an interest in the area of Swaledale. ABOUT US The Alderson Family History Society (AFHS) was formed in 1983 and owes much to the research previously carried out by the late Surgeon Captain Basil R Alderson RN and the late William Oswald Alderson. Most modern Alderson family lines can be traced back to Swaledale, in North Yorkshire, England, where the name was common in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and where many families remain today. CONTACT US AFHS N : Mrs Jo Skelton (Secretary) E : secretary@afhs.org A : 29 Hazelbury Road, Nailsea, Somerset, BS48 2JP. USEFUL LINKS Home Members Login News Roots Index How To Join Copyright © The Alderson Family History Society Web Design By Cool Hand Studios Menu...