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Poll Book, Berkshire, 1812 (CD)
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- The Poll of the Freeholders of Berkshire for the election
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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)
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- 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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Post Office Directory of Berkshire, 1869 (CD)
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- 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)
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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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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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Reading and District Congregationalists, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials
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- 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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Reading & District Volunteers 1915 – Roll of Honour
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- 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
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- 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
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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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Reading Registration District, Marriage Notices, 1837-1848
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- 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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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
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- NEW LOWER PRICE Contains transcription relating to the Reading circuit including Burghfield, Tiilehurst, Twyford, Wokingham, Caversham , Henley and Whitchurch.
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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)
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- Baptisms 1605-2005, Marriages 1605-1963, Burials 1605-1910 and Banns 1654-2000
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Reading, St Lukes, Parish Registers (CD)
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- Baptisms 1878 - 1956, Marriages 1909-1965 and Banns 1909-1965.
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Reading, St Mary, Parish Registers 1813 onwards (CD)
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- 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
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- 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)
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- 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
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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 Family History in Wales
- Original price was: £2.50.£1.00Current price is: £1.00.
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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
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- 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
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- 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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Rotherfield Greys – The People of ? Vol. 02
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- 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
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- 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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Royal Berkshire Regiment, 1st Volunteer Battalion, Nominal Roll 1892
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- 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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Second World War 1939-1945, Military History Sources for Family Historians
- £4.95
- A small but useful title on how to get started and how to find information about medals, casualties, records of units and other sources to be found museums, newspapers and the internet.
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- Berkshire FHS Publications, CDs, Monumental Inscriptions
Shaw-cum-Donnington, St Mary, Monumental Inscriptions, 1686-2011 (CD)
- £6.00
- This new CD includes transcriptions of all the extant monumental inscriptions and a name index. A note of the history of the church is given. Plans and general photographs of the burial ground are included.
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Silchester Primitive Methodist Baptisms 1844- 1889
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- NEW LOWER PRICE This booklet contains Baptism returns for the Silchester circuit including Baughurst, Charter alley, Hannington, Little London, Tadley, Wolverton Common, Wooton St Lawrence and Mortimer.
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- Maps
Slough, 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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South Chilterns, One Inch Old Ordnance Survey Map, 1886
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- This reprint of the One Inch Ordnance Survey map of 1886 shows the South Chiltons area from High Wycombe and Marlow as far east as Rickmansworth and Hillingdon with a large scale plan of Chalfont St Peter, and a history of the area by Elizabeth Lockwood.
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South Oxford, 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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- CDs, Parish Registers - all denominations
South Oxfordshire Area, Parish Registers, Vol 1 OXF-SO 01 (CD) OFHS
- £17.50
- Includes the following parishes: Caversham - St Peter, St Andrew, St Bartholomew & St John, Goring, Goring Heath, Sonning & Whitchurch
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South West Berkshire, 1″ Old Ordnance Survey Map, 1889
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- Reproduced from the One Inch Ordnance Survey map of 1889 and showing the area around Hungerford, Newbury, and Lambourn. With a large scale plan of the village of Ramsbury and an essay on the area by Tony Higgott.
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- Berkshire FHS Publications, CDs, Parish Registers - all denominations
Speenhamland, St Mary, Parish Registers (CD)
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- Baptisms 1831-1971; Banns 1847-1963; Marriages 1847-1972; Burials 1831-1881 and Funerals 1953-1971.
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- Books, Local and Social History
Spencers Wood, More from our Village
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- Tells the story of Spencers Wood in words and pictures. Based on memories of residents past and present it traces its origins from the Common through its development into a thriving village with two churches, a Village Hall, a library and two schools.
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Spencers Wood, The History of Lambs Lane School 1908-2008
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- This colourful book - by the Spencers Wood Local History Group - contains memories of former pupils, log books, etc, combined to form an interesting record of this village school.
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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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Streets of Windsor and Eton
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- The naming of roads and streets in our towns and villages is a relatively recent necessity. A well - researched book about the street names with comprehensive index and bibliography.
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- Berkshire FHS Publications, CDs, Monumental Inscriptions
Burghfield, St Mary the Virgin, Monumental Inscriptions BFHS (CD)
- £10.00
- Coverage is from the church 1327-2016 and from the churchyard 1735- 2016. Lists the names of almost 1,700 persons with transcriptions of their monuments and memorials, and photographs of every extant monument with plans showing the locations of the plots.
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- Berkshire FHS Publications, CDs, Monumental Inscriptions
Sulhamstead and Ufton Nervet, Monumental Inscriptions (CD)
- £8.00
- Includes transcriptions and photographs of the monuments and memorials within both the churches and in all three churchyards: Sulhamstead Abbots, St Mary 1731-2013; Sulhamstead Bannister, St Michael 1736-2011; Ufton Nervet, St Peter, 1560-2011.
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Surnames Handbook – A Guide to Family Name Research in the 21st Century, The
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- The Surnames Handbook, by our own Debbie Kennett, provides a comprehensive guide to researching your surname using genealogical methods in conjunction with the latest advances in DNA testing and surname mapping.
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Surrey Contiguous Parishes
- Original price was: £1.50.£0.50Current price is: £0.50.
- This research guide lists all parishes alphabetically with their adjoining parishes in Surrey. Where parishes are contiguous with other counties they are shown using the Chapman County Codes.
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- Books, Poor Law
Faringdon Union Miscellany
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- This booklet comprises transcripts of the surviving birth and death registers for the Farringdon Poor Law Union and several other documents held in the Union archive. This miscellany contains 500 family names.
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- Books, Local and Social History
Swindon Wesleyan Methodist Circuits Historic Roll 1899-1904
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- NEW LOWER PRICE This booklet gives the names and addresses of contributors to the Wesleyan Methodist Million Guinea Fund 1899-1904. Includes the Berkshire places of worship at Faringdon, Longcot and Shrivenham.
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Tadley during my time and before
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- History of Tadley from early days to present time
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Tadley, Around, fact and fable
- £8.00
- Encyclopaedia of Tadley over the past 100 years
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- Biographies, Books
Taylor-Made Jackpot- sheep, horses, cats and dogs.
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- NEW LOWER PRICE This biography of Jack Taylor, by the local author Daphne Barnes-Phillips, tells the story of the family history of himself and his wife who became a well known Reading bookmaker with interesting details of his horses and greyhounds.
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Thames Navigation Commission Minutes, 1771-1790, (Berkshire Record Society Volumes 11 & 12)
- £50.00
- The minutes contained in these volumes cover the first 20 years of the commission's existence, during which it undertook a number of major projects to transform the navigation of the Thames and often include details about the construction of locks.
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The Centenary of the George Palmer School, Reading (“So many hearts make a school.”)
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- NEW LOWER PRICE The author was born and raised in Reading and was a pupil of the George Palmer schools. She tells not only of her memories of her own time there, but has collected memories from 50 other pupils and staff across the100 years of the schools.
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The Church Inspection Notebook of Archdeacon James Randall 1855-1873 and other records; Berkshire Record Society Volume 21
- £25.00
- Comprises: Archdeacon Randall's 172 church inspections notebook, 1855-1859, a facsimile of The Ecclesiastical and Architectural Topograpy of Berkshire, published in 1849, and the minute book of the Binfield church enlargement committee, 1848-1850.
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The Family Bible: a priceless heirloom
- £3.50
- Inheriting a family bible, full of birth, marriage amd death inscriptions is extremely fortunate since many have been lost or accidently destroyed. This booklet looks at the many and varied items of family interest that may be found in a family bible.
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The History of Bradfield in Berkshire, From Roman Villa to World War 2
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- LAST TWO COPIES. WHNE THEY ARE GONE THEY ARE GONE. Dorcas Ward was born and brought up in Bradfield and she includes information from many sources including family letters and diaries.
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The People of Wallingford, Volume 1
- £4.50
- Contains an outline street map. Volume 1 contains: money for the poor, 1673, St Peter's Churchwardens rates 1724, register of electors of Freemen 1686-1764, inhabitants of almshouses 1686-1764, etc, etc
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The People of Wallingford, Volume 2
- £4.50
- Contains an outline street map. Volume 2 contains: extracts from the Borough Minute book with mayoral elections, Alehouse keepers, apprentices, St Peters' churchwardens rates, St Mary the Moore poor rate 1774, list of commoners 1778, etc, etc
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The Story of Compton, A Berkshire Downland Village
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- This book is a compilation of articles from the parish magazine and contains stories, information and photographs from present and former residents charting the history of the village from prehistoric times to the second millennium, liberally illustrated.
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The Water Gypsy
- Original price was: £9.99.£5.00Current price is: £5.00.
- Based on the author's original research this new edition traces the truth behind the story of how a Thames fishergirl became a Viscountess. Its 200+ pages includes family trees, is well illustrated and has a bibliography and 5 appendices.
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Theale War Memorial
- £4.50
- The stories behind the Berkshire names.
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This is our School, (Reading British School 1811-2011)
- £9.95
- Reading British School was in Southampton Street and although the school is now elsewhere, the original 1811 building still exists. In this book the author recounts tales of educational life in Reading in the 19th century.
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A History of Tilehurst Methodist Church
- £7.50
- Describes the church from its early days as a mission hall, its construction in 1905, its work and mission up to the 21st century and its plans for future mission.
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Tilehurst, St Michael, Parish Registers (CD)
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- Bapts 1559-1946, Marrs 1614-1986, Banns 1823-1991, Burials 1614-1941
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Tracing German Speaking Ancestors
- £6.00
- This book aims to give researchers ideas where to start researching their Germa ancestors.
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Tracing your 20th Century Family History
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Tracing your First World War Ancestors
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Tracing your Jewish Ancestors, A guide for Family Historians
- £8.50
- An informative guide to researching Jewish family history; absorbing reading for anyone who wants to find out about the life of Jewish ancestors.
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Tracing your Second World War Ancestors, a guide for family historians
- £12.99
- More records than ever are available to researchers whose relatives served during the war. This new book is the perfect guide to locate and understand these sources - and get the most out of them. Includes a glossary of service acronyms.
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Twyford and Woodley Congregational Churches – Baptisms, Marriages, Burials and Members
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- Twyford: Baptisms 1812-1846, 1898-1924, Marriages 1918-1951, Deahs/Burials 1912-1949, Members 1809-1845. Woodley: Baptisms 1876-1949, Burials 1858-1905, members 1913-1935.
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Vale of the White Horse, One Inch Old Ordnance Survey Map, 1893
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- Reprinted from the One Inch Ordnance Survey map of 1893 and showing the area around Abingdon, Didcot and Wantage. On the reverse is a large scale map of Faringdon and an essay on the history of the area by Tony Higgott.
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Village Voices, Memories of Sonning and Sonning Eye
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- This is a collection of personal oral memories and photographs of Sonning and Sonning Eye. Portraying the countryside on farms and in business, and in cottages as well as in the "big houses", and conveying the villages' strong sense of community.
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Wallingford – 1155 & All That!
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- The Story of Wallingford's 850 year-old Charter
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Wallingford Primitive Methodist Circuit. Baptisms 1833-1937
- £3.50
- This booklet contains a transcription of the surviving registers from the Wallingford Primitive Methodist Circuit. It includes places of worship in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
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- CDs, Parish Registers - all denominations
Wallingford Registration District, Parish Registers, Vol 1 OXF-WAL 01 (CD) OFHS
- £17.50
- Includes the following parishes: Brightwell, Cholsey, Long Wittenham, North Moreton, Sotwell, Wallingford - St Leonard, St Mary, St Peter, Baptist, Independent & Primitive Methodist
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Wallingford Registration District, Parish Registers, Vol 2 OXF-WAL 02 (CD) OFHS
- £17.50
- Includes the following parishes: Aston Tirrold. Aston Tirrold URC, Aston Upthorpe, Benson, Crowmarsh Gifford, Didcot, Dorchester, Hagbourne, Mongewell, Moulsford, South Moreton
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Wallingford Union Miscellany, Volume 1
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- A miscellany of records including a Register of Births 1909/1913, a Register of Deaths 1909/1914, Admission and Discharge Book for the Cottage Homes April 1908 to September 1910, and Cottage Homes Indoor Relief Lists 1900/1904 and 1910/1915.
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Wallingford Union Miscellany, Volume 2
- £4.00
- Transcriptions of Reports of the Union; including Lists of Indoor Paupers, Outdoor Paupers, and Pauper Lunatics in Berkshire and Oxfordshire Asylums, of Servants and Apprentices for certain years, and a List of Children Boarded Out in 1912
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Wantage Schooling 1550-1650
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- SPECIAL REDUCED PRICE A history of what is now Wantage Grammar School including analyses of charitable and parish records together with wills of important people connected with the school. Also with an extensive bibliography.
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War Memorials – a Guide for Family Historians
- £4.50
- NEW LOWER PRICE Combines the use of local and national archives with many references to the resources of the internet. Shows family historians how to locate war memorials where family members are named and how to research their lives and histories.
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- Berkshire FHS Publications, CDs, Parish Registers - all denominations
Wargrave, St Mary, Parish Registers CD
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- Baptisms 1538-2003, banns 1755-1995, marriages 1539-2008 and burials 1538-2007
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