A Problem Family

Terry Wickenden illustrates the problems that can be presented when researching a family

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Read more about the article Berkshire’s Mayflower connection
Mayflower II, replica of the original ship, at Plymouth, Mass. (GmaJoli [CC SA-BY 4.0])

Berkshire’s Mayflower connection

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrim Fathers’ voyage to the New World we take a look at Berkshire’s connection.

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Read more about the article William Watkins Waite and his travelling family – the New Zealand Years
William was born on September 8th 1811 in Abingdon, Berkshire. His parents were William Watkins Waite and Martha Edgington. They were Congregationalists and William’s birth was registered at the Meeting House in Kings Road, Reading. William Snr. was an artist and owner of a stationer’s shop in Abingdon marketplace.

William Watkins Waite and his travelling family – the New Zealand Years

Fred Waite continues the story of a much-travelled ancestor - William Watkins Waite and his travelling family

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Read more about the article Bandsman John Charles Harvey, 1914 – 1940
Charlie and his mother showing a strong family likeness. This must have been taken soon after enlistment.

Bandsman John Charles Harvey, 1914 – 1940

Eric Saxton tells the story of an East Ilsley man who was caught up in Dunkirk

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Read more about the article The Talbot family of barge builders
Lucy Talbot & Sons

The Talbot family of barge builders

Elizabeth Lloyd delves into her heritage, "sparked by the stories my Grandma told me of the forest of masts she could see over the roofs when she grew up in Rotherhithe in the 1890s."

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An Ancestry Review

Tim Powys-Lybbe asks can I verify some of the ancestry of Annie Powys, my great-great grandmother?

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