September 2024
In this issue: Highlight on Hungerford; US Social Security Number Applications Part 2; Society News
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31 Aug 2024
Local Family History – member led talks
'Finchampstead and its Lords of the Manor' by Christine Cox; and Michael Rea`s talk entitled 'An odd Fyshe'
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30 Jun 2024
The author outside the forge at Silver Lane, Padworth 2009
Who were the Sopers?
c. 2009, the lane in Padworth on which the church and Padworth House stand was named Sopers Lane, chosen to commemorate one of the village's oldest families. Shirley Dixon has researched the family for many years.
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31 May 2024
Swallowfield Park as it is today ©Roy Starkey
The Russells of Swallowfield Park
Roy Starkey highlights one of Berkshire's notable families, the Russells of Swallowfield Park - the home of Sir Arthur Russell
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31 May 2024
Photo by Jonathan Kemper on Unsplash
The Future of British Genealogy in Berkshire According to ChatGPT
Leigh Dworkin, Windsor Branch Chairman, investigates a possible future for genealogy, and its impact on family historians
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31 May 2024
Prospect Street, Caversham c 1910 (courtesy of Reading Local Illustrations Collection)
The Little End of Caversham
David Cliffe reminds us about an early census survivor related to the Little End of Caversham and the fire of 1907
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31 May 2024
June 2024
In this issue: Highlight on Kintbury; Newbury's Cunning Woman; US Social Security Number Applications; What Can You Find on Our Website?
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22 May 2024