Newbury Branch Annual Report 2023 – 2024
Newbury Branch Annual Report 2023 - 2024
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23 Jun 2024
West Berkshire war memorials
The years immediately after the Great War saw the greatest impetus for erecting war memorials, but there was no co-ordinated programme, resulting in no national pattern or model; each community made its own decisons. Memorials served as a focus for bereaved families for whom there was no known grave.
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17 Feb 2022
Where there’s a will there’s an argument
Wills can reveal much about family relationships that had been hidden during a testator's life
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15 Jan 2022
Women in Georgian Newbury
From 1714 to 1837 women experienced significant disadvantages by comparison with men in legal status, education, employment and social life.
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15 Jan 2022
Lost, Stolen Away or Strayed
Susan Ellis described a number of search tricks which enabled her to find missing ancestors.
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10 Sep 2021
Organising your research with Evernote
Evernote is an app which allows you to collate and store your family history research findings in a variety of formats, and access via a powerful search engine on several synched devices.
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14 Jun 2021
Researching ancestors in Hampshire
Les Mitchinson outlined Hampshire archives and what might be found in them.
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21 May 2021