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May 2025
BAM + Hospitium to Workhouse via the Oracle
Although modern concepts of “welfare” might have been alien, from the Abbey to the creation of Battle Hospital Reading did provide for housing, “relief” and health care for its people. This presentation is a survey of what was done, including the work of the Abbey, almshouses and the Corporation.
June 2025
Face-to-Face Family History Advice Clinic Sold Out
Just beginning your family history research and need some advice? Baffled by so many competing research websites? Banging your head against a brick wall? Or struggling with some other issues? In this one-to-one session, one of our seasoned advisors will help you make some progress
June Natter Group
Informal discussion group, facilitated by Chad Hanna and Gillian Stevens. Topics are chosen by the group on a monthly basis. End time varies. Free to attend, but pre-booking required.
Conference: The Victorians
Our 50th Anniversary Conference will span social and family history over the sixty-three years of the reign of Queen Victoria. Topics include Victorian records in The National Archives, factory work, death and the Victorians, crime and punishment, The Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Victorian soldier. The line-up of speakers is headed up by historian, author and TV presenter Professor Kate Williams. Early bird discounts available until 31st March.
If these walls could talk
Following our Tracing a House History talk in January, this talk deals with just one house in East Ilsley. Join Eric as he shows how the process of researching its history connects it to the temperance society, a police inspector involved in the Jack the Ripper case and an orphan sent to Australia who wasn’t […]
Drop In Advice Session
Bring your questions, problems and ‘brickwalls’ … and get some new ideas and advice from members of the Berkshire Family History Society.
The History of Reading’s Cinemas
This is the second of two talks in the Historic Reading Talks Series. This talk will describe the history of the single-screen cinema in Reading, from the travelling shows at the turn of the twentieth century, its heyday with the Vaudeville Electric Theatre in the 20s, through to today's multi screen entertainment 'villages' and outdoor screenings.
Online Family History Advice Clinic
Are you just getting started in family history and wanting guidance as to how to proceed? Or are you stuck at a particular "brick wall" and need some help?
Drovers’ Roads in Oxfordshire and Beyond
Join writer Tim Healey for a talk on drovers', their lives, favourite pubs, wilderness paths they travelled and the tell-tale marks they left behind, including the stir they caused driving wild ponies through Abingdon.
Stories near your feet: Life, loss & legacy in Reading Old Cemetery
As you wander through the peaceful paths of Reading Old Cemetery, at Cemetery Junction, have you ever wondered about the lives of those buried there? From grand Victorian monuments to forgotten, unmarked graves, each plot holds a story, some well-known, others only recently uncovered.
Annual General Meeting 2025
50th Annual General Meeting of Berkshire Family History Society
Drop In Advice Session
Bring your questions, problems and ‘brickwalls’ … and get some new ideas and advice from members of the Berkshire Family History Society.
Marlow Town Walk
Join us for this introductory walk to Marlow with guide Geoff Wood. It includes all the town’s highlights: an eccentric doctor, a famous Olympian, various royals, Templar knights, freemasons, and several famous writers. You’ll see two grade 1 listed structures, England’s second longest and most famous river, a fine suspension bridge, a raging weir and a golden postbox.
Criminal Courts before 1971
This talk will provide you with an insight into how the criminal court system developed, the main courts involved and the records which are available and where to find them.
Coffers, Clysters, Comfrey and Coifs: the lives of our C17th ancestors
This is the last of three talks in the Spring Potpourri Talks Series. Join speaker Dr Janet Few for a light-hearted but informative insight into the domestic life of our C17th ancestors.
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