The Balchin Family Society is a non-commercial organisation, run by volunteer family members.
The Society exists:
- to promote and encourage research into Balchin Family history
- to produce and circulate a Family Newsletter with findings and information provided by members
- to organise gatherings and meetings
- to collaborate with Members in supporting the Society’s activities and objectives.
The Society’s main activities are:
- the publication of a twice-yearly Newsletter
Two issues are sent out per year, in January and July;
Extracts from some of the articles which have appeared in the Newsletters can be viewed by clicking here. Others include:
Mary Balchin and Her Runaway Spouse; A Camberwell Murder Mystery (victim Clementina Balchin);
Evacuation to Royal Windsor; Evacuees Experiences in WW2; Two Balchins of Keymer, West Sussex;
The Mystery Submariner (A Balchin traced from a photo album); The Five William Balchins of Hassocks; The Hartley, Kent, Womens’ Institute and the Balchin Family; Eric Graham Balchin of Windsor 1926 – 2004.
Series of articles: Admiral Sir John Balchin, 1669 – 1744;
Balchin Houses: Vanhurst, Thorncombe Street, Bramley; Cedar House, Cobham, Surrey;
Balchin Authors: Nigel Balchin, Dr Frank Kenneth Balchin, Dr John F Balchin;
Births, Marriages and Deaths (regular item); reports of the annual Gatherings.
- research into family history
We promote research into family history from the 1500s to the present. The Balchin Family Newsletter reports on findings received from our members.
We hope that you will be interested in the Society, and that you will join us in promoting and encouraging the study of the Balchin family genealogy. Please pass this information on to any other members of your family who may wish to know about the Society.
To join the Society, please complete the membership form and send it with your subscription or email below to:
Membership Secretary: Tina Balchin email: society.membership@balchinfamily.uk