Just a heads up on this one. We have successfully added our Beresford records for the UK 1841 census onto our Development site. This means that Members will be able to search and view records for over 2,000 Beresford identified in the 1841 census. This will begin a longterm process to upload all our extensive

With the development of the website the Committee have sat down and set out a series of policies that explain the way that we try to work, spelling out the ways we think we should should relate to each other and to those who visit the website. Our Society is built on friendship and respect.

John served on the council of the Beresford Family Society for many years, as honorary secretary and as chairman. On his return from national service, John was very active in the national and international scout movement. He was an air scout leader in Surbiton, A member of the chief Scouts advance party for updating scouting

Mike Beresford writes, “I am pleased to say that we have already booked the Dovedale Suite at the Bentley Brook Inn, Fenny Bentley for our evening meal on Saturday, 16th May, 2026. The inn also has good accommodation and, as with this year, members of the society can book a room by contacting them direct

We held the AGM at the National Memorial Arboretum and one of the topics brought up at the AGM was ‘Subscription Fees’.  After reading out the Membership Secretary`s report and the figures relating to the postage of magazines, it was evident that the society is making a loss.  It amounts to £1.28 per UK member

Chairman Dave Berrisford spoke about the need to update our website at the AGM in 2025. We’ve been working away at this to implement the possibility of Membership being available online, the possibility of purchasing Beresford goods through the Web and to have a forum where Members can communicate.   We launch the first phase

One of the attributes of early members of our family was the encouragement of learning, however one family member who did more than anyone to encourage this was Canon James Beresford, youngest son of Thomas and Agnes. Born around 1455 Canon James commenced 4 years of study in canon law at St John’s College, Cambridge