The home front in WWI; Bracknell's royal visitor and the relief of Mafeking in 1900; Royal Berkshire Medical Museum and Archive; a brief history of bankruptcy; Sgt Robert Chanin; the ghost of Reading Cemetery; a Reading philanthropist
Olivia Coleman, the Bazett Family and the Reading Connection; Sulham Village - the War Years - Part 3; James Benjamin & Charles Collie Butler: Soldiers of WW1 - Part 2; A Wichcraft Accusation in 17th Century Reading
The Impact of the English Civil War on Berkshire's Records; Ancient Oak - a postscript; How do I find my Irish Ancestors?; James Benjamin & Charles Collie Butler: Soldiers of WW1 - part 1; Clara Bowley: A Journey from the Workhouse
Ancient Oak; Sulham Village - Part 2; Returning to Berkshire - Part 2; Stumbling into Success; Sanctuary in a Berkshire Village; Coaching in Georgian Times; Berkshire Record Society
Inside this issue: Memories of Kintbury life; The Jane Austen Connection; Berkshire Burials 12; Berkshire Genealogy on Facebook
A rascal from Shinfield; what they say about family historians; stories from Newbury’s Newtown Road Cemetery; Hydes and their hidden faith; Endell Street Hospital; English Poor Law and a Canadian mystery; evacuated to Kintbury
Poachers in the dock; a quest for some publican ancestors; a Victorian school day; grandfathers in WWI; the Herridges, a Purley family; a Christmas quiz to test your knowledge of the royal county
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Berkshire Family History Society works to meet the needs of those researching their ancestry across the UK and overseas – as well as those looking for former relatives in historic Berkshire. You do not need to be a member to benefit.
The society offers:
Research Zone in central Reading that is free to use and open to all
Free access at The Centre for Heritage and Family History to online resources like FindMyPast, the 1939 Register, The Genealogist, the British Newspaper Archive and Ancestry (the worldwide edition)
Regular free help and advice sessions
Meetings in Abingdon, Bracknell, Newbury, Reading and Windsor; and a virtual Computer Branch which meets online. All meetings are open to everyone
Community forum – informed answers to research queries and advice from experienced researchers
Members’ Area with data and other information not readily accessible elsewhere
Indexes and transcriptions of Berkshire’s historic records on CD — parish registers, probate documents, monumental inscriptions, maps, First World War history and more
Quarterly magazine, the Berkshire Family Historian, for members
a chance to join in project work, recording, transcribing and helping to preserve records
Links to the research experience, advice and support of members worldwide
