Author: Penny Stokes
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Researching ancestors in Hampshire
Les Mitchinson outlined Hampshire archives and what might be found in them.
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Treasures of West Berkshire Museum
Founded in 1908, West Berkshire Museum holds 35,000 items of local interest.
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Women and the Victorian army
Women who married Victorian soldiers joined the regiment and, if they were lucky, might follow their husbands around the world.
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Breaking down brick walls
Chris Broom, a professional genealogy tutor, gives some helpful hints on breaking down those brick walls
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The Mayors of Newbury
Newbury has had 422 mayoral elections since 1596, and the office holders have included businessmen, bankrupts and ballerinas.
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Who do you think you are? A Latvian FH story
Hugh Pihlens’ grandfather lived in rural Latvia until 1905 when he had to escape for his life. What happened to him, and to Latvia, afterwards?
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Alice through the wardrobe
Alice Chaucer was a remarkable woman, thrice married, who lived through turbulent medieval times.
