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  • Marriage Laws, Rites, Records & Customs. Quick View
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    • Details of courtship, marriage and divorce are encompassed in this excellently indexed book. Nearly 200 marriage and divorce laws of church and state are mentioned with precise references to original legislation.
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    • The author describes the wide range of resources available, indicating where the records of marriages can be found and how they should be used.
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    • A Family Historian's Guide to Sources for Illegitimacy in England and Wales, Also help readers to understand the problem by giving it a wider historical context.
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    • My Ancestor was Scottish

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    • This book fulfils the need for a guide aimed at genealogists who are familiar with records and research south of the border, but who need to get to grips with the differences and nuances of researching in Scotland.
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    • New Cousins, How to Trace Living Descendants of your Ancestors

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    • NEW LOWER PRICE This book is guide to descendant searching. That is, looking for living relative and offers tips and guidance using the major sources for family history and includes worked examples.
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  • Protestation Returns, 1641-42 and other contemporary listings (Gibson Guide) Quick View
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    • Protestation Returns, 1641-42 and other contemporary listings (Gibson Guide)

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    • The Protestation Returns held in the Parliamentary Archives are some of the few listings of people and places dating from 1641-42.
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    • Researching Adoption, An essential guide to tracing your birth relatives and ancestors

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    • For anyone researching an adoption in the family, or someone in your family, or an ancestor was adopted, this guide can help. Packed with useful information, it examines methods and resources for research plus ideas, advice and guidance.
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  • Researching Scottish Family HistoryResearching Scottish Family History Quick View
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    • Researching Scottish Family History

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    • This is a beginner's guide to Scottish Family History. It outlines the basic sources needed for tracing your Scottish ancestors.
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  • Starting Your Family HistoryStarting Your Family History Quick View
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    • Starting Your Family History

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    • An uncomplicated guide on how to start your family history. Well illustrated with many examples of the basic sources of information you will need to grow your family tree.
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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