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All Branches Meeting
The Lloyd George Domesday and National Farm Surveys
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Workshop
Getting more out of Ancestry and Findmypast Workshop Sold Out
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My Ancestors came from Hampshire (Newbury BAM)
Newbury Branch Webinar
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Advice session
1-1 Family History Advice Session – May Sold Out
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Members’ Meeting: Victim, Villain, Crime & Punishment (Abingdon BAM)
Abingdon Branch Webinar
Abingdon Branch Webinar
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Marriage Laws and Customs
Woodley Branch Webinar
Woodley Branch Webinar
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Talk
The Abbey & the Castle – Reading in the Middle Ages
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Adoption in England & Wales (Bracknell & Wokingham BAM)
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Bracknell Branch Webinar
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How to Lose an Afternoon to a Photograph (Reading BAM)
Reading Branch Webinar
Reading Branch Webinar
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Organising your research with Evernote
Newbury Branch Webinar
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Branch Meeting
How we prepare and present our Family History talks
Woodley Branch Webinar
Woodley Branch Webinar
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Course
An Introduction to the Industrial Revolution in Britain Course
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Branch Meeting
Unusual Occupations
Reading Branch Webinar
Reading Branch Webinar
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Workshop
A changing school experience 1914-1960 Workshop
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News
A landmark project to digitise all UK First World War pension records has been completed. The records are particularly precious […]
As a reminder, we have developed data downloads to provide choice and flexibility in how you access data for Berkshire. […]
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