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

Catherine Sampson takes a look at some local men’s experiences in the Far East. VJ Day has always been something of a poor relation to VE Day, yet many Berkshire villages had men who were in the Far East, Purley included. Several villagers, including subsequent incomers, would laterbriefly recall their ordeal in the camps, including one of Purley’s rectors.

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

Penny Stokes takes a look at a long gone substitute for divorce

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

Richard Croker explains why he joined Berkshire Family History Society

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