Summaries of meetings held by our local teams
Discover how a WW2 letter from Colditz Castle launched a fascinating investigation into the wartime lives and letters of two RAF brothers.
Discover how Reading Branch members used family heirlooms, WW1 medals, photos, and old documents to unlock fascinating family history stories.
Explore social contrasts, royal scandals and cultural shifts in early 20th-century Britain in this summary of Tony King's insightful talk.
Discover how pre-internet research and parish records uncovered the history of Wallingford's Crook family, including an Australian convict connection.
Discover how Berkshire researchers tackled brick walls, DNA matches and unusual records during lockdown to uncover fascinating ancestral stories.
Alice Chaucer was a remarkable woman, thrice married, who lived through turbulent medieval times.
Women are often left out of recorded history, but their lives lie hidden in records, from where Joan Dils pieced together the lives of five Newbury women in Tudor times.
Discover how to build a 250-year family tree in just a few hours using free online resources, starting with only a name and approximate birth date.
Discover the fascinating family history and Berkshire links of author Jane Austen, including Reading ancestors and personal family tragedies.
Where can you visit a private library within a church? Or see rare examples of the macabre funerary art which swept Europe after the Black Death? Or find graffiti recalling the incarceration of Levellers in 1649? Catherine Sampson reveals all.
Discover how the Montague, Heelas and Walter families shaped Wokingham's history, architecture and prominent local businesses over four centuries.
Discover how to research Barbadian ancestry using records at The National Archives, Colonial Office lists, and overseas Caribbean archives.
