2026 Renewals

If you are not yet a member please go to the Join page for New Subscriptions.

2026  Renewals

Rates

Your subscription for 2026 becomes due on 1 January 2026. The current rates are:

• UK Membership (printed Newsletter) £15.00 

• Overseas Membership (printed Newsletter) £20 (2025 rate was £18.50)

• Electronic Membership (PDF Newsletter) £15.00 UK or Overseas

You do not need to renew your subscription now if:

• You pay your subscription by Standing Order, but please make sure that your bank will be paying the correct amount.

• You renewed or joined in 2024 and paid via the old CFHS website and your 2025 subscription was automatically renewed. We will send you an email advising you of 2026 renewal at least ten days before the renewal date (1 January 2026). If you do not wish your subscription to be automatically renewed, please let us know (membership@cumbriafhs.com) as soon as possible.
  
  

Electronic Membership 

Much of the Society’s expenditure is taken up by postage, and increasingly so as rates increase. If you are able to do so, please consider switching to Electronic Membership. You will be able to read your Newsletter earlier, and it will help the planet slightly by reducing paper and printing. If you are an Overseas Member, you would also make a saving of £5. To switch membership type, please inform membership@cumbriafhs.com

Renew with Parish Chest

• Electronic Membership
  anywhere in the world including UK (PDF Newsletter)
  
  

• UK Membership
  Membership Renewal for a UK individual including printed newsletter every quarter.
  
  

• Overseas Membership
  individual Overseas including printed newsletter every quarter. 

please quote your membership number in the Notes field of the Parish Chest online form.

It is a great help to the Society if members can renew subscriptions promptly, without reminders having to be sent. 

Payment Options

You will still be able to renew your subscription by the same method that you used last time.

Direct Debit

If you joined or renewed during 2024 using the previous version of the website, your subscription will renew automatically on 1 January each year with no action needed by you. We will send you an email shortly as a confirmation, if this is your situation.

Standing Order

If you have previously set this up, this will again happen automatically. If you have not yet amended the amount to the new subscription rate, please do so as soon as possible, and ensure your name and membership number is in the bank reference.

Credit/Debit Card

If you wish to pay online using a credit/debit card please use our trusted partner, Parish Chest (accessed via a link on this page). Payment by Parish Chest will not auto-renew in future years. You do not have to wait for 1 January to use this method. 

Bank Transfer

If you have a UK bank account, you can make payment directly to our bank.

• Account: Cumbria Family History Society. 

• Bank: HSBC

• Sort Code 40 33 05,

• Account No. 81044966. 

Please quote your name and membership number in the bank reference

Cheque

If you are unable to pay by Bank Transfer or online, you can send a cheque (although this will incur bank charges for the Society). Please send with a completed renewal form to

Mrs Janet Arnison,
Cumbria FHS,
Jack Dike, Cliburn,
Penrith, Cumbria CA10 3AL

If you are a UK tax payer and accept us claiming Gift Aid (at no additional cost to yourself), please tick the Gift Aid box.

Further details are available on Parish Chest and how to use it.