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The Cave Family History Society - established in 1976 by Hugh Cave - has developed from a small group of four Cave descendants to a world-wide membership.

The society is open to all descendants of, and from, the Cave family (and all it's variants) throughout the world. Currently there are about 150 active members. Officers of the society form the nucleus of the management, but there is always room for more to join in the administration and assist in the collection of records and data.

As stated in the Constitution the society collects data and information covering all nations of the world where members of the Cave Family have settled and have developed families. In England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales this covers the period from the time of the Norman Conquest.  In the Americas and Canada these families start from the late 16th to early 17th Century.  In Australia and New Zealand from the late 18th Century.  As a result of this collection of data the society holds many pedigree collections covering family groups in those countries. These pedigree charts are available to members of the society, and in at least one case has proven ancestry over 24 generations going back to the 13th Century. This group covers South Leicestershire and Yorkshire.

The data held includes Census returns, English and Welsh Index of Births (1837 - 2004), Deaths and Marriages (1837 - 1984), and Parish Register Births Deaths and Marriages, to name a few.

An annual gathering is held in the UK at a place of interest to the Cave Family. Details of the next gathering will be sent to all members with the bi-annual journal and will be published on the website.

The society has four active projects.

  1. DNA project leading to many interesting and clarifying details, by participating members and Hugh Cave.

  2. Commonwealth War Graves of WW1, by Philippa McCray & Elaine Phillips..

  3. Relating all GRO indexes of Births and Marriages to the Pedigree tables where relevant, by Hugh Cave.

  4. Relating our Database to Pedigree tables, by Lynda Hotchkiss.

Some of the information on this site will be restricted to financial members.

  

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2010 Gathering photo

 

Who was Sarah Cave who marries John Farmer in Newbold on Avon (Leics) on the 8th November 1824? In the 1851 census she gives her age as 43 years and as being born in Kinsale, Cork, Ireland.

 

The CAVE FHS recently acquired a pair of WW1 medals awarded to J53187 WCJ Cave A.B. R.N. At the time of purchase Walter Charles Jack Cave did not appear on any of the Pedigree Charts held by us, does he belong in YOUR family tree? See here

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