Membership
Who can join FIBIS?
Membership is open to anyone sympathetic to the aims of the Society, and even though based in England, we accept Members worldwide.
The price of membership depends on where you live unless you subscribe to paperless membership. Here at FIBIS, we understand that many of our members don’t necessarily want hard copies of the FIBIS Journal, so we offer a paperless option. You will receive all the same benefits of membership as the regular UK, Europe, and Overseas membership options, but you will not receive hard copies of anything by post. When the FIBIS Journal is published you will download your copy as a PDF from the member’s area of the website. Notification that the Journal is ready for download will be posted on the FIBIS blog and our social media pages.
Existing members wishing to switch to paperless subscription will need to wait until their current subscription is due for renewal and cancel it before being able to purchase a paperless subscription.
Overseas Membership
£18/Year
- 2 x FIBIS Journals per year
- Research provided by our Research Officer
- Members Community area with special interest groups and discussion forums
- Audio/video recordings of lectures
- Access to members only material
- Occasional Society events (Aus/NZ)
- Surname/Research Interest facility
- Discounts from the FIBIS Shop
- And many more benefits. See ‘Benefits of annual membership below’
European Membership
£16/Year
- 2 x FIBIS Journals per year
- Research provided by our Research Officer
- Members Community area with special interest groups and discussion forums
- Audio/video recordings of lectures
- Access to members only material
- Surname/Research Interest facility
- Discounts from the FIBIS Shop
- And many more benefits. See ‘Benefits of annual membership below’
UK
Membership
£15/Year
- 2 x FIBIS Journals per year
- Research provided by our Research Officer
- Members Community area with special interest groups and discussion forums
- Audio/video recordings of lectures
- Access to members only material
- Society events
- Surname/Research Interest facility
- Discounts from the FIBIS Shop
- And many more benefits. See ‘Benefits of annual membership below’
Paperless Membership
£12/Year
- 2 x FIBIS Journals per year (PDF)
- Research provided by our Research Officer
- Members Community area with special interest groups and discussion forums
- Audio/video recordings of lectures
- Access to members only material
- Surname/Research Interest facility
- Discounts from the FIBIS Shop
- And many more benefits. See ‘Benefits of annual membership below’
Benefits of annual membership
- Two FIBIS Journals per year issued in Spring and Autumn. These contain helpful articles about genealogical resources and background information about ancestors’ lives in India. New members are sent a copy of the latest Journal and are able to use online editions of past Journals.
- Research provided by our Research Officer at the British Library (and a limited amount at other archives). Please see Research Services for further details.
- Members-only area where you can connect with other members; watch videos of past lectures; create your own photo albums; create or join an interest group; read/contribute to the members-only blog and use the discussion forum.
- Access to members-only material.
- Society events, some of which are not available to non-members.
- A Membership Research Interest facility.
- Discounts from the FIBIS Shop – you could easily save the price of your Membership!
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Application forms to post
If you would rather not join online you can apply by post using the relevant forms below.
Standing Order Form (Log in to view and download)
