News Stories from Berkshire Family History Society
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
Latest: the society has taken the difficult decision to close The Centre for Heritage and Family History from Tuesday 17th March until further notice. This bulletin will be updated regularly.
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.
You asked for quicker ways to find the events organised by your Branch and in response, we have introduced two new filters.
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.
In the last week, nearly 4,000 new pages from the Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser added to the British Newspaper 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.
Berkshire Family History Society works to meet the needs of those researching their ancestry across the UK and overseas – as well as those looking for former relatives in historic Berkshire. You do not need to be a member to benefit.
The society offers:
Research Zone in central Reading that is free to use and open to all
Free access at The Centre for Heritage and Family History to online resources like FindMyPast, the 1939 Register, The Genealogist, the British Newspaper Archive and Ancestry (the worldwide edition)
Regular free help and advice sessions
Meetings in Abingdon, Bracknell, Newbury, Reading and Windsor; and a virtual Computer Branch which meets online. All meetings are open to everyone
Community forum – informed answers to research queries and advice from experienced researchers
Members’ Area with data and other information not readily accessible elsewhere
Indexes and transcriptions of Berkshire’s historic records on CD — parish registers, probate documents, monumental inscriptions, maps, First World War history and more
Quarterly magazine, the Berkshire Family Historian, for members
a chance to join in project work, recording, transcribing and helping to preserve records
Links to the research experience, advice and support of members worldwide