There are 28 different trees currently held by the “IRS” 27 of those are listed with a brief description in the historical “IRS” Archives through the Members Area page, with a clickable button which will take you to view the tree in the Family Trees page. These will be uploaded to the Family Trees page very soon.
Between the various members of the International Relf Society over 120,000 records of the Relf name and its variants exist. This includes all the births, marriages and deaths from 1837 to 2002, a large number of entries from the IGI and various Vital Record Index entries. At present only civil marriage records for England and Wales for the period 1837 to 1919 are held in the Relf archive. Access to the archives can be made through the Members Area page.
In 2009 a DNA project was started. Initially the Y-DNA of five male volunteers representing five separate RELF/RELPH/RALPH family’s. In 2019 the RELF Y-DNA project was setup in https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/relf/about, (please visit the site). The project has been evolving very rapidly since then with more participants joining the project.
we are looking for males with the RELF or variant to take the Y-DNA and Ancestry test and females who has a RELF or variant in their Ancestors to take the Ancestry test to build on our data in the International RELF Society. Ancestry test can be downloaded by a RAW file and can be uploaded to the following sites, Family Tree DNA, MyHeritage, LivingDNA / Find My Past & GEDmatch
If you would like to take a DNA test, please contact the DNA Co-ordinator. Access to the DNA project can be made through the Members Area page.
Special request of Males y-DNA Testers to answer some questions on the Kent Tree
Any Descendants of the following :- (to do a y-37 or y-111 DNA test at least two people preferably 3rd cousins ish). Please come forward
William RELFE
1701–
BIRTH 20 NOV 1701 • Cranbrook, Kent, England
DEATH
Mar 17 Apr 1735 Beckley, Sussex, England
Elizabeth AXELL
1717–1763
BIRTH JAN 1717 • Brightling, Sussex, England
DEATH MAY 1763 • Brightling, Sussex, England
Sons
William RELF Mar Mary Baker
1743–1790
BIRTH OCT 1743 • Brightling, Sussex, England
DEATH OCT 1790 • Burwash, Sussex, England
Isaac RELF Mar Ann Maria Allingham
1745–1819
BIRTH NOV 1745 • Brightling, Sussex, England
DEATH APR 1819 • Brightling, Sussex, England
__________
James RELPH 🧬
1687–1757
BIRTH 20 JUN 1687 • Cranbrook, Kent, England
DEATH 24 JUN 1757 • Cranbrook, Kent, England
Mar 14 Jun 1713 St Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent, England
Jane BUSS
1681–1754
BIRTH DEC 1681 • Cranbrook, Kent, England
DEATH DEC 1754 • Cranbrook, Kent, England
Son
Richard RELPH 🧬 Mar Elizabeth Oliver
1733–1811
BIRTH ABT. 1733 • Cranbrook, Kent, England
DEATH MAR 1811 • Horton Kirby, Kent, England
Grandsons
George RELPH 🧬 Mar Elizabeth Wallis
1761–1847
BIRTH ABT. 1761 • Hartley (near New Ash Green), Kent, England
DEATH 13 JAN 1847 • Horton Kirby, Kent, England
James RELPH Mar Sarah Wood
1762–1842
BIRTH ABT 1762 • Hartley (near New Ash Green), Kent, England
DEATH MAR 1842 • Fawkham, Kent, England
__________
Richard RELFE 🧬
1703–1766
BIRTH ABT. 1703 • Cranbrook, Kent, England
DEATH MAY 1766 • Tudeley, Kent, England
Mar 8 Oct 1730 All Saints, Tudeley, Kent, England
Elizabeth MERCER
1709–1788
BIRTH NOV 1709 • Speldhurst, Kent, England
DEATH MAR 1788 • Tudeley, Kent, England
Sons
Richard RELPH 🧬 Mar Mary Wells
1734–1819
BIRTH JUN 1734 • Tudeley, Kent, England
DEATH JAN 1819 • Brenchley, Kent, England
Thomas RELFE 🧬 Mar Sarah Mitchell
1738–
BIRTH NOV 1738 • Tudeley, Kent, England
DEATH Unknown
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Thomas RELF
1740–1788
BIRTH ABT. 1740
DEATH MAY 1788 • Brightling, Sussex, England
Mar 25 Jun 1770 Etchingham, Sussex, England
Margaret NASH
1747–1816
BIRTH AUG 1747 • Wadhurst, Sussex, England
DEATH APR 1816 • Brightling, Sussex, England
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Please go to and join the Relf & Variant DNA Project
https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/relf/about
and email
DNA Project Co-ordinator:
Peter H T Relph
Email: dna@relfsociety.org
with a brief description of your male descendants line
If you are a Relf & variant not related above it would be great that you would join and be part of the DNA project.
This would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
The primary intention of the Web site is initially to spread the ‘RELF’ word and encourage new members.For those who having once visited the site – be sure to check back from time to time as the site should be updated on a regular basis.
Website designed and developed by Matthew Bell & updated by Peter H T Relph
… and most importantly …. do you have some spare time?
Zoom training can be given
The International Relf Society is currently run by a VERY small group of volunteers who find some time to help run the society and coordinate and participate in the projects. Due to age and health problems, and to help the longer term sustainability of the society, we need new volunteers who have all sorts of skills to help even you have just a couple of hours a month.
If you are interested in finding out how you can help the Society, which in turn can help you and your fellow members, please contact our Chairman (see Contacts) to have a chat about your interests to see how you can help. Such discussions are totally without any obligation, and it would be nice to hear from you too.
Our aim is to have fun whilst sharing in delivering the various projects which have the RELF & variant name, history and genealogy at its centre.