Getting the Most out of Parish Registers Workshop
Since their introduction in 1538, parish registers have gone through a number of changes. Throughout their history, they bear witness to life within each parish, and record the important personal events of baptism, marriage and burial and of course, after 1753, the reading of banns. They also evidence local, national and societal changes.
Increase your chances of success with a family historian’s core resource. Better understand what parish registers can provide for you. Including where to find them, how Church of England and non-conformist registers differ, and how to interpret them. Discover some of the hidden codes which can appear in registers and what they tell us. We will also look at the benefits and potential pitfalls of Bishops Transcripts, transcriptions and indexes.
Pre-booking is required so that the meeting link can be emailed to you.
To enjoy this workshop you will need a computer device which has speakers and a microphone. Ideally, also a web-cam. You also need to be able to access your emails from it. First-time users of Zoom will be asked to download a small piece of software. For technical help email: booking@berksfhs.org.uk
Image: copyright Royal Berkshire Archives and reproduced with their kind permission.
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Date
- Sat 19 Oct 2024
Time
- 11:00 - 13:00
Tickets
- £10.00
Organiser
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The Centre - Berkshire FHS
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Email
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Website
https://berksfhs.org/branches/
Speaker
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Catherine Sampson MScCatherine is a veteran family historian. Her own family history research is mainly concentrated in East Anglia and the North-East.
She loves history across all periods, both the very early and the more modern. She is a keen social historian and regularly gives talks across Berkshire and the surrounding counties.
Catherine is Chairman and Projects Coordinator for Berkshire Family History, and a former chairman of Project Purley, Purley’s local history society. She has published several histories of her own family and in 2010 edited “Purley in Old Images”. She is currently working on a new book on the history of Purley’s River Estate.