Abingdon Union Includes the parishes of Abingdon St Helen, Abingdon St Nicolas, Appleford, Appleton, Bagley Wood, Besselsleigh, Cumnor, Drayton, Frilford, Fyfield, Garford, Grandpont, Kingston Bagpuize, Lyford, Marcham, Milton, North Hinksey,…
Fiche, no chips please Tried and trusted and not a silicon chip in sight! We have over 5,000 fiches from around the UK and Ireland and you can view them…
More than 900,000 transcriptions (not an index) – More than 270 churchyards, cemeteries, burial grounds and workhouses – 71,000 more entries than 11th Edition – Covers ALL of ‘old’ Berkshire – Updates available for ninth, 10th and 11th editions
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, Windsor and Woodley — open to everyone
Online discussion list for members – 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