Category: Branch Meeting

The sources we rely on for our family histories provide information, but the analysis of that information and formulation into proof requires a structured method. Currently there is little guidance on this for beginning and intermediate family historians, especially in the UK. This talk discusses methodologies, what they are and why they are useful.

Those who are fortunate enough to have collections of old family photographs must often wonder where their ancestors were in such pictures, particularly if they were taken outside a studio. This talk will show how it is often possible not only to find information about studio photographers but also to pinpoint the locations of family…

An exploration of stories, favoured epitaphs and funerary monuments found in Berkshire’s Graveyards.

It started with reading a manuscript some twenty years after her mother passed away. Join Sarah as she talks about the true story of her mother’s evacuation, as a child evacuee, during WW2..

Wedding, Funeral, reunion are opportunities to tell your family history story. How?

This talk will cover much of her life and also an overview of the family library which existed at the Caldwell family home of Linley Wood from 1791 to 1949.

A visit to Buscot Park, a late 18th Century house set in enchanting grounds.