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October 2019
Writing your Family History
Have you been researching your family tree and would like to write it up as a story but don't know how to start? In this workshop, Barry will help you get started and show you how you can structure it, so that you can write-up your family history while still continuing your research. ...
The History of Reading Gaol
County Archivist and Berkshire Family History Society Vice-President, Mark Stevens, explores the history of the prison from the Georgian period until its first closure in 1920. Find out about the separate system of ‘hard labour, hard board and hard fare’ that characterised the Victorian regime; before hearing about Oscar Wilde, some of the prison’s executions and Reading’s little-known role in the Easter Rising ...
Reading Uni London Rd campus
Explore the London Road campus and the early history of Reading University. Visit the pre-existing buildings (East Thorpe, Acacias and Green Bank), find out about the site’s links with the Palmer and Sutton families, before looking at the growth and development of the University (Great Hall, Library, War Memorial and gymnasium). Walk includes a visit to the Museum of English Rural Life. ...
November 2019
Drop in session – general
Stuck with your family tree or don't know how to get started? Come to this free advice session with expert Sandra Barkwith. Bring the research you have completed to date, copies rather than original documents are safest, and Sandra will suggest potential new approaches or avenues to explore. ...
Natter Group
Informal discussion group facilitated by Chad Hanna and Gillian Stevens. Topics are chosen by the group on a monthly basis. ...
Murder at Reading Gaol
In the second of our talks focusing on Reading Gaol, crime writer and Berkshire Family History Society Vice-President, Angela Buckley, will share stories of the Victorian inmates of Reading Prison, including the nefarious acts of baby farmer Amelia Dyer, and the murder that inspired Oscar Wilde to write The Ballad of Reading Gaol. ...
Drop in session – military records
Stuck with your military family research or documents? Come to this one to one advice session on military records with Trevor Maidment. Bring the research you have completed to date, or documents you would like advice on, copies rather than original documents are safest, and Trevor will share his knowledge and experience with you. ...
Suffragettes
Interested in the subject of votes for women or have a family connection to the suffragette movement? Discover the wealth of information available from: The National Archives, newspapers, oral histories, diaries, personal papers, photographs and film footage. All add to our understanding of the activities of a cause that attracted supporters and detractors from both sexes. ...
History of Reading’s Hospitals
Discover the history of Reading's Hospitals from 1837 to the present day in this fascinating talk. ...
Christmas Book Market
A chance to purchase those Christmas bargains, quality pre-loved and new books on family, local and social history at prices to suit all purses. Also historic maps and data CDs. Buy yourself or someone else a gift that lasts and makes a difference. ...
December 2019
Drop in session – general
Stuck with your family tree or don't know how to get started? Come to this free advice session with expert Sandra Barkwith. Bring the research you have completed to date, copies rather than original documents are safest, and Sandra will suggest potential new approaches or avenues to explore. ...
Natter Group
Informal discussion group facilitated by Chad Hanna and Gillian Stevens. Topics are chosen by the group on a monthly basis. ...
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October 2019
A Caribbean Journey
Guy Grannum will provide a guided tour of his family history starting from the Bahamas. This will be an entertaining talk that will touch on UK Civil Registration was extended to the colonies and how it worked in the context of the Caribbean. It will also touch on how UK research was carried out in the 20th Century. ...
Free family history advice
Whether you are just beginning or have hit a brick wall, you can get free one-to-one help from a member of Berkshire Family History Society. ...
Free Family History Advice
Whether just beginning or have hit a brick wall, you can get free, one-to-one help from a member of Berkshire Family History Society's Newbury branch. ...
The Edwardians
The ‘Edwardian Era’ is considered to be from the accession to the throne of Edward to the outbreak of the First World War. A time when so much happened in our country that has influenced our lives today. We will look at the social conditions, the ‘haves and the have-nots’, the Boer War and Edwardian entertainments: the music hall, the birth of the cinema. Seaside holidays became an important part of family life and ‘going shopping’ came of age with the introduction of the department stores … and then the days leading to ‘the war to end all wars’. ...
Writing your Family History
Have you been researching your family tree and would like to write it up as a story but don't know how to start? In this workshop, Barry will help you get started and show you how you can structure it, so that you can write-up your family history while still continuing your research. ...
Riots, Randies and Women not their Wives
A talk explaining the social and living conditions of the 19th Century railway navvy, his recreations and pastimes and the plight of his wife and her children. ...
The History of Reading Gaol
County Archivist and Berkshire Family History Society Vice-President, Mark Stevens, explores the history of the prison from the Georgian period until its first closure in 1920. Find out about the separate system of ‘hard labour, hard board and hard fare’ that characterised the Victorian regime; before hearing about Oscar Wilde, some of the prison’s executions and Reading’s little-known role in the Easter Rising ...
Free family history advice
Whether you are just beginning or have hit a brick wall, you can get free one-to-one help from a member of Berkshire Family History Society. ...
Free Family History Advice
Whether just beginning or have hit a brick wall, you can get free, one-to-one help from a member of Berkshire Family History Society's Newbury branch. ...
Reading Uni London Rd campus
Explore the London Road campus and the early history of Reading University. Visit the pre-existing buildings (East Thorpe, Acacias and Green Bank), find out about the site’s links with the Palmer and Sutton families, before looking at the growth and development of the University (Great Hall, Library, War Memorial and gymnasium). Walk includes a visit to the Museum of English Rural Life. ...
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. For ALL family historians wherever your ancestors came from. ...
Conserving your Family Archives
Learn how to conserve family treasures. This talk will cover a wide range of family history records; including paper; such as original documents, maps, books, photographs, etchings and paintings, to textiles; such as samplers, christening robes and uniforms. ...
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