The Greenwood Tree is the Journal of the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society, and is issued to Members quarterly, in February, May, August and November.
In 1998, 1999 and 2000 the Greenwood Tree was joint runner-up in the Elisabeth Simpson awards for the best Family History Society Journal as judged by the Federation of Family History Societies.
In 2001 the Greenwood Tree won the Elizabeth Simpson Award outright.
A typical edition of the Journal contains 40 pages of
 | Society News |
| Details of forthcoming Group Activities |
| Reports of recent Group Meetings |
| Information on the Society's Services, such as Indexes of Marriages and Burials |
| Articles of interest to researchers, particularly relating to the two counties |
| A list of books available from the Society's Book Shop |
| 'People, Places and Problems' where readers ask for help from Members world wide |
| A Helpline where people offer help to readers |
Items for inclusion can be e-mailed to the Editors at editor@sdfhs.org. Please remember to include your full postal address.
Advertising in the Greenwood Tree.
The following rates apply:
82½ mm x 45 mm box (wording to fit space)
| Single Issue - £10.00 |
| Block Booking (same advert to appear in four consecutive Issues) - £33.00 |
Please send wording with pre-payment (see below for methods) to:
Mrs Carole Pearce, SDFHS, 145 Preston Grove, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2DB. Make cheques payable to Somerset & Dorset Family History Society NOT to Mrs Pearce.
Greenwood Tree Back Numbers can be purchased
Each Edition - £3.00 UK, £4.00 o/seas
Index of names, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009.
Indexes are available containing a full list of names (first and surname), and also places and subjects, found in the four volumes of the 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Greenwood Tree. Click the links below to download the files. These are in .rtf format, readable by most word processing programs. Please note these are large files and may take some time to download.
| Click here for the 2003 Index |
| Click here for the 2006 Index |
| Click here for the 2007 Index |
| Click here for the 2008 Index |
| Click here for the 2009 Index |
Index of names (and later editions, places) in GT being researched
| 1992 - 6 £2.50 UK, £3.00 o/seas post paid |
| 1995 - 9 £2.50 UK, £3.00 o/seas post paid |
(Both Indexes include places substantially referred to from 1976)
Photocopy of names in GT being researched in the 2000-1 editions, plus main articles and lists of names, £1.00 UK, £1.50 o/seas, post paid.
Copies of articles 15p per page plus large SAE.
All these can be obtained from
SDFHS (Backnumbers), PO Box 4502, Sherborne DT6 6YL
Please make cheques payable to S&DFHS.
Click here for information about paying by credit or debit card.
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