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Longworth through the Centuries
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- In this reprint of booklets published in 1980 and 1982 the author has tried to discover what life was like in Longworth over the passing years with particular emphasis on individual people who lived there whether in manor house, rectory, or cottage.
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Lyson’s Magna Britannia, Berkshire,1806 (CD)
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- A facsimile reproduction of the original books with fine engravings - excellent description and history of Berkshire. The work covers general topics on the county and the individual parishes and towns.
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- Births and Baptisms, Books, Deaths and Burials
Maidenhead and Windsor Wesleyan Baptisms/Burials
- £3.50
- Contains a transciption of surviving records - consisting of Baptisms at Windsor 1823-1837 and Maidenhead 1846-1926, plus Burials at Maidenhead 1843 - 1903.
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Maidenhead Bridge and Taplow, Old Ordnance Survey Map, 1897
- £2.25
- This map is part of a series of town maps with a scale of about 15 inches to the mile. They show not just the streets but virtually every house, track layouts of railways and tramways, factories, mills and docks.
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- Books, Parish Registers - all denominations
Maidenhead Congregational Church – Baptisms, Marriages and Burials
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- This booklet contains a transcription of a number of registers relating to the Congregational (now United Reformed) Church in West Street (formerly Back Street), Maidenhead.
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- Births and Baptisms, Books
Maidenhead Primitive Methodists’ Circuit, Baptisms 1885-1930
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- Includes chapels at Bray, Cookham Dean & Maidenhead (all Berks), Boveney, Eton Wick & Great Marlow (all Bucks).
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Maidenhead, Old Ordnance Survey Map, 1897
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- This map is part of a series of town maps with a scale of about 15 inches to the mile. They show not just the streets but virtually every house, track layouts of railways and tramways, factories, mills and docks.
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Marcham Remembered, a village in pictures
- £10.00
- This book has grown out of the Marcham Society's desire to record and share knowledge about the past. It is a celebration of the village, both old and new.
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Marlow, Old Ordnance Survey Map, 1897
- £3.00
- This map is part of a series of town maps with a scale of about 15 inches to the mile. They show not just the streets but virtually every house, track layouts of railways and tramways, factories, mills and docks.
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- Banns and Marriages, Books
Marriage Indexes for Family Historians (Gibson Guide)
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- This Gibson guide lists marriage indexes available to family historians in England and Wales. Includes contact details and charges made for searches.
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Marriage Law for Genealogists: the Definitive Guide
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Marriage Laws, Rites, Records & Customs.
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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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Marriage Records for Family Historians
- £4.50
- 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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Military Photographs & How to Date Them.
- £8.50
- NEW LOWER PRICE Military photographs stand out as different and distinctive. The book is profusely illustrated and covers our nation's military history from the 1870's to the 1940's with chapters on soldiers of the Queen, WW1 and WW2.
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Mortimer in the Nineteenth Century
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- This new book (A4, 88 pages) is a mixture of old and new writings about Mortimer (or more correctly Stratfield Mortimer) and includes photographs and illustrations.
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My Ancestor was a Bastard
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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 a Coalminer
- £9.50
- This book gives a history of coal mining and miners, and describes the large number of sources of information about your miner ancestors.
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My Ancestor was a Woman at War
- £9.99
- Researching female ancestors at war requires a different approach from that of standard military history research. This book explores women's military roles in the past, and discusses the wide range of occupations that women could undertake during a war.
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My Ancestor was an Anglican Clergyman
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- NEW LOWER PRICE A pocket guide to the many different records for research into the life of clergymen and their relationship to the Church of England.
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My Ancestor was in the British Army
- £9.99
- A comprehensive guide to British Army sources for Family Historians. Covers the years from 1660 to 1945. Includes Appendices giving references to Regimental Records and Army (War Office) records at the The National Archives.
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My Ancestor was Scottish
- £6.50
- 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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My Ancestors were English Presbyterians/Unitarians
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- NEW 2nd EDITION: In the late 17th Century Presbyterians were the largest group of dissenter from the Church of England. This book updates the location list and explanatory notes, tools and sources for researcher use in libraries and record offices.
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- Books, Directories
National Telephone Company Directory, Berkshire, May 1894
- £2.00
- This small publication lists subscribers in Reading, Maidenhead, Marlow, Slough and Windsor in 1894.
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- Books, Military and Maritime
Nelson’s Navy, Military History Sources for Family Historians
- £2.50
- Covers the period of the Napoleonic wars culminating in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Deals with general history and details the records and other sources (mainly books), websites, useful addresses, etc.
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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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- Maps
Newbury 1898, Old Ordnance Survey Maps
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Newbury Kendrick Workhouse Records 1627-1641, (Berkshire Record Society Volume 8)
- £25.00
- The detailed account book of the workhouse set up under the will of John Kendrick to provide for cloth workers suffering hardship as a result of the decline in the cloth trade. Contains much information about cloth making in Berkshire.
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- Births and Baptisms, Books
Newbury Lower Meeting Independent Church, Baptisms 1695-1771, 1784-1864
- £5.50
- Baptisms 1695 - 1771, 1784 - 1864
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- Banns and Marriages, Books, Deaths and Burials
Newbury Lower Meeting Independent Church, Marriages, burials, etc
- £4.00
- Transcripts and indexes of marriages 1839-1860 and burials 1784-1865. Also includes a brief history of the church and extracts from the Church Minute Book 1696-1734 listing members with additional information about many of them.
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- Books, Parish Registers - all denominations, Poor Law
Newbury Poor Law Union – Workhouse Births 1836-1909 and Deaths 1868-1909
- £5.50
- Births 1836-1909; Deaths 1868-1909
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- Births and Baptisms, Books
Newbury Primitive Methodist Circuit, Baptisms, Volume 1, 1831-1874
- £5.50
- This circuit covered an area of West Berkshire and North Hampshire. Contains transcriptions of baptism registers of a number of parish including Newbury, Thatcham, Hampstead Norries, Cold Ash, Chieveley, Compton, Boxford, Chaddleworth, Peasemore, etc.
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Newbury Primitive Methodist Circuit, Baptisms, Volume 2, 1875-1913
- £5.00
- This circuit covered an area of West Berkshire and North Hampshire. Contains transcriptions of baptism registers of a number of parish including Newbury, Thatcham, Hampstead Norries, Cold Ash, Chieveley, Compton, Boxford, Chaddleworth, Peasemore, etc.
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Newbury Road by Road
- £16.00
- Provides for every road and street within details of its origins and history, and the sequence in which buildings were erected in those streets and roads.
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- Births and Baptisms, Books, Deaths and Burials
Newbury Upper Meeting Presbyterian Church, Baptisms 1763-1837 and Burials 1784-1837
- £2.50
- Transcripts and indices to baptisms 1763-1837 and burials 1784-1837. Founded in 1686 as a distinct congregation from the Lower Meeting Independent Church. The register of baptisms appears on the IGI, but this transcript includes all the extra information.
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- Banns and Marriages, Births and Baptisms, Books, Deaths and Burials, Newspapers
Newbury Weekly News – BMDs 1877-1886 (CD)
- £10.00
- Alphabetical listing by surname & category of the personal announcements.
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- Books, Religion
Newbury Wesleyan Methodist Circuit Historic Roll
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- NEW LOWER PRICE Transciptions relating to Boxford, Brightwalton, Chaddleworth, Chieveley, Hamstead Norris, Inkpen, Kintbury, Newbury, Shefford, Thatcham, Worlds End, Kingsclere, Stockcross and Woodhay.
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- Births and Baptisms, Books
Newbury Wesleyan Methodist Circuit. Baptisms 1796-1852
- £3.50
- The circuit covers places of worship in Berkshire and some of north Hampshire, for example Boxford, Shefford, Inkpen and Kingsclere. Date of birth, occupations of father some maiden names of mothers are given together with the names of her parents.
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The Story of Newbury
- £4.95
- This new book by local historian David Peacock sets out to tell the story of Newbury through time and the colourful events which have helped shape the town. Liberally illustrated
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Newbury, 1815 Census of Newbury by Joseph Toomer (CD)
- £8.00
- Full transcript & index plus brief history of the “House of Toomer”.
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- Maps, Parish Registers - all denominations
Nottinghamshire Parish Register Map (IHGS)
- Original price was: £2.25.£1.00Current price is: £1.00.
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Oxford, Old Ordnance Survey Map, 1898
- £3.00
- This map is part of a series of town maps with a scale of about 15 inches to the mile. They show not just the streets but virtually every house, track layouts of railways and tramways, factories, mills and docks.
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Oxfordshire Parish Registers and Bishops Transcripts, Details of extant records and copies
- Original price was: £3.50.£1.50Current price is: £1.50.
- Details of Parish Registers & Bishops Transcripts, together with modern copies and/or indexes, for the ecclesiastical parishs in (a): Pre -1974 Oxfordshire (the historic county) and (b) that part of Berkshire which was transferred to Oxfordshire in 1974.
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Pangbourne & Whitchurch, Old Ordnance Survey Map, 1910
- £3.50
- This map is part of a series of town maps with a scale of about 15 inches to the mile. They show not just the streets but virtually every house, track layouts of railways and tramways, factories, mills and docks.
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- Books, Religion
Parish Law, The Handy Book of
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- A modern reprint of the 3rd edition of the book by W A Holdsworth, first published in 1872. The author states that this small book is a popular and practical statement of of the most important portions of parochial law as it applies to the parish.
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Poll Book, Berkshire, 1727
- £4.50
- Includes names/addresses of freeholders, & candidates voted for.
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- Berkshire FHS Publications, CDs, Poll Books and Electoral Registers
Poll Book, Berkshire, 1727 (CD) BFHS
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- Poll of the Freeholders of the County of Berks, at the Election for Knights of the Shire
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- Berkshire FHS Publications, CDs, Poll Books and Electoral Registers
Poll Book, Berkshire, 1768 (CD) BFHS
- £6.00
- This CD contains the names of Freeholders, the places of their abode and freehold; the Freehold for which they voted, and the occupiers names.
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- Berkshire FHS Publications, CDs, Poll Books and Electoral Registers
Poll Book, Berkshire, 1796 (CD)
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- Poll book for the Knights of the Shire (MPs) for the County of Berkshire
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- Berkshire FHS Publications, CDs, Poll Books and Electoral Registers
Poll Book, Berkshire, 1812 (CD)
- £6.00
- The Poll of the Freeholders of Berkshire for the election
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- Berkshire FHS Publications, CDs, Poll Books and Electoral Registers
Poll Book, Berkshire, 1818 (CD)
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- Poll of the Freeholders of Berkshire
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- Books, Directories, Poll Books and Electoral Registers
Poll Books, Directory to Holdings in Great Britain (1696-1872) (A Gibson Guide)
- £4.50
- From the late 17th century until the secret ballot was introduced in 1872, locally produced poll books record the names of those who voted in parliamentary elections. This booklet lists the surviving poll books and where they can be found.
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- CDs, Directories
Post Office Directory of Berkshire, 1869 (CD)
- £11.50
- Each town, village and hamlet in the county is described in detail with information about the churches, schools and hospitals and other institutions that your ancestors used in their daily lives. Includes lists of traders and residents.
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Protestation Returns, 1641-42 and other contemporary listings (Gibson Guide)
- £5.50
- 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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- Books, Photos
Purley in Old Images
- £24.99
- This book draws together a wide range of images from archives in our local museums and libraries and also from the collections and albums of private individuals. These tell the story of the development of Purley over a period of 150 years.
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- Berkshire FHS Publications, CDs, Parish Registers - all denominations
Purley, Sulham & Tidmarsh, Parish Registers (CD)
- £10.00
- Purley Baptisms 1607-1985; Marriages 1607-2005; Burials 1607-1985; Sulham Baptisms 1607-1980; Marriages 1607-2001; Burials 1612-1983; Tidmarsh: Baptisms1608-1980; Marriages 1609-1999; Burials 1608-2007.
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- Books, Parish Registers - all denominations
Reading and District Congregationalists, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials
- £2.50
- Entries from the registers of some churches or chapels in the Reading and surrounding area used for independent or Congregational worship. Includes Reading, Pangbourne, Arborfield and Stratfield Mortimer with nearby villages.
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- Books, Military and Maritime, Newspapers
Reading & District Volunteers 1915 – Roll of Honour
- £5.00
- Index of names in the Slough Chronicle 9 & 26 Nov. 1915 & 3rd Dec. 1915. Excel spreadsheet.
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- Births and Baptisms, Books, Deaths and Burials
Reading Broad Street Congregational Church, Baptisms and Burials
- £4.00
- Baptisms 1715-1884, 1894-1902; Burials 1787-1869
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- Books, Local and Social History
Reading Gild Accounts, 1357-1516, (Berkshire Record Society Volumes 6 & 7)
- £45.00
- These volumes contain a full transcript, with translation, of the important mediaeval accounts of the Reading merchants Gild. They record income from rents etc., expenditure on stipends and wages, lawsuits and many other interesting items.
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Reading in the Great War 1914-1916
- £12.99
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Reading in the Great War 1917-1919
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- This is an account of the human tragedies and triumphs of a nation at war as viewed through the daily concerns of a community attempting to find normality in extraordinary times. Includes over 100 unique and rarely seen illustrations.
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- Berkshire FHS Publications, CDs, Monumental Inscriptions
Reading London Road Cemetery, Monumental Inscriptions, 1843-1994 (CD)
- £10.00
- Reissue on CD of transcriptions of the extant memorial inscriptions and maps of London Road Cemetery. The gravestones and other memorials in the cemetery record approximately 14,500 people from 1843 onwards, and this CD holds transcriptions of their monuments and memorials.
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- Banns and Marriages, Books
Reading Registration District, Marriage Notices, 1837-1848
- £3.50
- NEW LOWER PRICE. From 1837, couples who were not marrying in the Church of England were to give notice of their intended marriage at their local Register Office. Transcription of those entries notified to the Reading Registration Districts are given.
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- Books, Religion
Reading St Laurence Churchwardens’ Accounts 1498-1570 Parts 1 and 2 (Berkshire Record Society Publication Vols 19 and 20)
- £50.00
- Joan Dils (Ed.) says of these accounts and inventories "The picture of Pre-Reformation St Laurence's painted by these accounts is of a well-endowed, conscientiously administered parish where all the pracrices of traditional religion were provided for."
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Reading Wesleyan Methodist Circuit Historic Roll
- £3.00
- NEW LOWER PRICE Contains transcription relating to the Reading circuit including Burghfield, Tiilehurst, Twyford, Wokingham, Caversham , Henley and Whitchurch.
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- Maps
Reading, Old Ordnance Survey map, 1877, in colour
- £5.00
- New!! In colour. This map of Reading will be a good research tool for family and local historians and all who are interested in the area reproduced from the 1877 hand coloured map to a scale of about 15" to the mile.
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- Berkshire FHS Publications, CDs, Parish Registers - all denominations
Reading, St Laurence, Parish Registers (CD)
- £10.00
- Baptisms 1605-2005, Marriages 1605-1963, Burials 1605-1910 and Banns 1654-2000
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- Berkshire FHS Publications, CDs, Parish Registers - all denominations
Reading, St Lukes, Parish Registers (CD)
- £6.00
- Baptisms 1878 - 1956, Marriages 1909-1965 and Banns 1909-1965.
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- Berkshire FHS Publications, CDs, Parish Registers - all denominations
Reading, St Mary, Parish Registers 1813 onwards (CD)
- £8.00
- Baptisms 1813-1954; Banns 1811-1952; Marriages 1813-1954; Burials 1813-1942 and Funerals 1947-1995.
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Reading, Old Ordnance Survey Map, 1898
- £3.50
- This map is part of a series of town maps with a scale of about 15 inches to the mile. They show not just the streets but virtually every house, track layouts of railways and tramways, factories, mills and docks.
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Records of the medical profession
- £1.50
- This booklet covers the years 1518-1900. It aims to provide a practical approach to where records may be found and the difficulties which may be experienced in their use. The records are mainly related to England.
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- Berkshire FHS Publications, CDs, Parish Registers - all denominations
Remenham, St Nicholas, Parish Registers (CD)
- £8.00
- Baptisms 1605-2006; Marriages 1605-2004; Banns 1754-1807; Burials 1605-1909.
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Researching Adoption, An essential guide to tracing your birth relatives and ancestors
- £4.95
- 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 Family History in Wales
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Researching Scottish Family History
- £7.95
- 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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- Books, Local and Social History
The Barge People of the River Thames
- £4.50
- This booklet contains information regarding registered barge people on the rivers Thames, Wey and Kennet, and the Basingstoke canal. Included are the names of the boats with their descriptions, the name of the owner, the name of the master, etc
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- Books, Poll Books and Electoral Registers
Rotherfield Greys – The People of ? Vol. 01
- £3.50
- Miscellany of records from 18th C inc. Poll Book, Land Tax etc, & 19th C inc 1811 Census, 1815 Parish Survey etc.
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- Books, Poor Law
Rotherfield Greys – The People of ? Vol. 02
- £3.50
- 102 Settlement Certificates, 93 Removal Orders & miscellaneous papers relating to poor law 1684-1830
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Royal Berkshire Militia Return of Volunteers 1854
- £3.50
- This booklet contains an indexed transcript from documents in the Berkshire Record Office and include the place where enrolled, Regimental number, name, age and date of attestation.
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- Books, Military and Maritime
Royal Berkshire Regiment, 1st Volunteer Battalion, Nominal Roll 1892
- £5.50
- Transcription and index of the nominal roll of the regiment taken on 1st November, 1892. In addition to the name, it gives rank, regimental number, company and date of enrolment. Also details of those who left the regiment earlier in 1892.
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Sandhurst in the Second World War
- Original price was: £6.00.£4.00Current price is: £4.00.
- Personal recollections.
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