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March 2025

Mar 29 2025

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The Centre for Heritage & Family History

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Berkshire Family History Society CIO

The Centre for Heritage and Family History

2nd Floor, Reading Central Library,

Abbey Square, Reading, RG1 3BQ

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Tel: +44 (0) 118 950 9553

Registered Charity No: 1204390

Member of the Berkshire Local History Association – founded in 1976 to encourage interest in local history in the county – before and after the boundary changes of 1974.

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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
Opportunities to volunteer and so help others with their family history