Marriage Data Downloads – Fourth Batch
Discover newly released downloadable PDF marriage records for 17 Berkshire parishes to assist your local family history research.
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14 Mar 2021
News Stories from Berkshire Family History Society
Series 12-17 of Who Do You Think You Are?
Discover where to stream six classic series of Who Do You Think You Are? on BBC iPlayer and follow celebrity family history journeys.
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14 Mar 2021
Data Downloads
Explore 51 new PDF data sets available in our online shop, giving you instant digital access to Berkshire family history records from home.
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08 Nov 2020
Archive Closures
Learn about local repository closures during lockdown and how to take advantage of The National Archives doubling free digital downloads.
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08 Nov 2020
Berkshire Echo
Members of Berkshire Family History Society can now access the Berkshire Record Office newsletter online following a new journal exchange agreement.
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08 Nov 2020
Member Interests are back!
After a brief sabbatical while we updated the website, Member Interests are back online. Collaborate with other members who are researching the same ancestors.
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27 Jul 2020
Berkshire Electoral Registers – free access on Ancestry
The Berkshire Record Office and Ancestry have teamed up to give free access to Berkshire's electoral registers, up to 1965, online FREE of charge
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08 May 2020
Findmypast 2020 Members’ Discount Code
If you haven't claimed your Berkshire FHS member's discount on your Findmypast subscription, now's the time to do so because the 2020 discount code is available.
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10 Feb 2020
Improvements to the Events Listings
You asked for quicker ways to find the events organised by your Branch and in response, we have introduced two new filters.
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21 Jan 2020
Tiny St Nicholas Church, Sulham, packed for the 2019 Remembrance Service
Tiny St Nicholas Church, Sulham, was packed for the 2019 Remembrance Service where special tribute was paid to Winifred Helen Burtenshaw. The congregation heard the Revd Heather Parbury describe Winifred’s life before the outbreak of war and her subsequent service and tragic death as a VAD.
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11 Nov 2019
Nearly 4,000 new pages from the Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser added to the British Newspaper Archive
In the last week, nearly 4,000 new pages from the Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser added to the British Newspaper Archive.
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09 Nov 2019
Look back over hundreds of years of Advertiser and Express history in new online archive
A new digital archive will allow people to delve into the pages of Maidenhead area local history, some going back more than 200 years.
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09 Nov 2019