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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Read more about the article From Reading to Adelaide
Fred Grover

From Reading to Adelaide

Dennis Grover follows his paternal great-grandather Fred Grover's journey to Australia

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Read more about the article The workhouse’s impact on the life of inmates
Frances Ellen Marshall, aged about 18

The workhouse’s impact on the life of inmates

Gillian Hazell tells us of her grandmothers’ life. Frances Ellen Marshall was born in 1894 to single mother, Elizabeth Marshall, an inmate of Wokingham workhouse, situated in Barkham Road.

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The Truth?

Richard Brown shares an example of why you should verify all the stories you’ve been told

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