Welcome to the International Society for
British Genealogy and Family History 

The ISBGFH exists for anyone who is researching British ancestry, be they ancestors who left Ireland for America at the time of the potato famine, ones who were sent with the first fleet to Australia, persons who fled to Canada to escape poor prospects in Scotland, a Welshman traveling to Patagonia or an Englishman settling in the plantations of the West Indies.

Because you have British ancestry, one or more of your ancestors chose to emigrate overseas and either stayed there, moved on to another country or returned home. This means you the opportunity to search for information in a country other than your own. When you begin research away from your home ground, you will find that although records are similar, other differences will challenge you. 

In order to cope with the unfamiliar, the ISBGFH organization exists to help unravel the mysteries of research overseas, and to share research available on a worldwide basis. This applies equally to anyone whose ancestors came from the British Isles and settled anywhere in the world, as it does to family historians living in Britain today who have ancestors who went abroad.