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April 2025
Spring Potpourri Talks Series
This all series ticket covers all three talks in the Spring "Potpourri of Social History" talks series, for a discounted price. You may alternatively book each talk individually - see each separate event page. All three talks are on Thursdays at 2pm and last about an hour. This is an online talk series using Zoom.Â
Ratcatchers
This is the first of three talks in the Spring Potpourri Talks Series. Speaker David Cufley will describe how the ratcatchers plied their trade and earned their money, including sporting events involving rats that took place in pubs.
Just A Job: Revitalizing Your Family History With Occupational Research
Including historical nuggets to fascinate and delight, attendees will gain valuable insights into bygone trades and an action plan for how to enrich their family history through occupational research.
Using Newspapers in Historical Research
Newspapers contain fascinating, and sometimes forgotten family history detail. This talk looks at what type of information may be available, search techniques for locating it without wasting time, and ensuring that it does relate to a member of your family.
Britain Listening – How Bletchley Park helped win World War 2
Bletchley Park played a key part in the allied victory over the Axis Powers during World War 2. Yet only recently has its true story been able to be told. This four week course covers the work done there and the people who did it. It will also look at how Bletchley fitted into British intelligence and worked alongside organisations such as SOE, MI6 and the American OSS.
Online Family History Advice Clinic
Are you just getting started in family history and wanting guidance as to how to proceed? Or are you stuck at a particular "brick wall" and need some help?
Drop In Advice Session
Bring your questions, problems and ‘brickwalls’ … and get some new ideas and advice from members of the Berkshire Family History Society.
Caversham Chalk Mines Sold Out
Explore the mine complex and learn of its uses through time in this visit led by qualified and knowledgeable volunteers of the 89th Reading Scouts. This is a rare opportunity to take part in an exceptional event.
Using Facebook for Genealogy and Historical Research
When you think of resources for Genealogy & Historical Research, social media might not be the first thing that comes to mind. Social Media and in particular Facebook can be a powerful addition to your Research Toolkit. Discover the benefits of using Facebook for research, including how to set up an account, navigate functions, find groups & pages, attend events and much more.
May 2025
May Natter Group
Informal discussion group, facilitated by Chad Hanna and Gillian Stevens. Topics are chosen by the group on a monthly basis. End time varies. Free to attend, but pre-booking required.Â
VE Day Anniversary Lunch and Talk
Our VE Day 80th anniversary event begins with a fish and chips lunch which is followed by a talk by Mike Cooper and Richard Marks on the collapse of Germany in 1945. Â
Drop In Advice Session
Bring your questions, problems and ‘brickwalls’ … and get some new ideas and advice from members of the Berkshire Family History Society.
The Foundling Hospital and Newbury + BAM
Thomas Coram’s Foundling Hospital in London depended upon good-hearted mothers in the provinces to nurse babies abandoned by their desperate mothers. Between 1750 and 1780 hundreds of these foundlings were sent to Newbury, some fostered for a few years and a few staying for the rest of their lives. Surviving correspondence attests to this remarkable story and a particular local hero, Dr John Collet.
A History of Wargrave
The village of Wargrave is on the Berkshire bank of the river Thames between Reading and Henley. The parish includes the hamlets of Crazies Hill and Hare Hatch.
Online Family History Advice Clinic
Are you just getting started in family history and wanting guidance as to how to proceed? Or are you stuck at a particular "brick wall" and need some help?
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