Come and visit part of the old dairy building, once where students learnt how to make cheese, now the home of Berkshire Family History Society. See a display of everyday lives, the theme of this year’s Heritage Open Days, plus, discover the everyday, and not so everyday, lives of your ancestors with the help and guidance of our expert Research Assistants.

The Family Research Centre will be open with its multiple PCs and free access to:

• Ancestry worldwide
• Findmypast worldwide
• The Genealogist
• British Newspaper Archive
• The 1939 Register

We also have an extensive reference library and handy bookshop. In addition, we are a Family Search Affiliated Library giving you access to hundreds of millions of images of original records relating to Berkshire and beyond, not available at home. 

If you are just interested in exploring new places in Reading and want to see inside one of the former Dairy Institute buildings, or you’re already into family history or interested in getting started – do come along. Wherever in the world your family history research takes you – we can help. There’s no need to book your visit – just turn up – and it’s free. 

Refreshments are available for a small charge.

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