Yeomanry House
131 Castle Hill
READING RG1 7TJ
Opening Hours
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BerksFHS Research Centre Yeomanry House 131 Castle Hill READING RG1 7TJ Opening Hours |
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'BerksFHS' formed in 1975 to encourage the study of Family History and
Genealogy in Berkshire (UK) Our aims: to
promote contacts between our members and make Family
History resources - especially for Berkshire - available to all.
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Making the Connection How to get more from your Family History 10am to 3pm, Saturday, 10 May 2008, Wokingham The Learning Zone, Wokingham Library, Denmark Street RG40 2BB Drop in to this free event between 10.00am and 3.00pm One-to-one advice - free talks - bookstall - displays - Berkshire Family History Society, Berkshire Record Office and the Wokingham History Group For more details, click here |
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Annual General Meeting 7.30pm on Friday 20 June 2008, Bracknell more details and nomination form |
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The Research Centre We are very proud of our centre at Yeomanry House, Castle Hill in Reading which is open to all at the following Opening Times. We have over 7,200 items in our Research Centre Library, of which about 20% relate to Berkshire. See our Library Catalogue. We also provide a range of Research Services |
Meetings and
Fairs We hold monthly meetings at locations across Berkshire. These are Abingdon, Bracknell, Newbury, Reading, and Windsor, with a Computer Branch which meets at Woodley We also attend a number of Open Days and Fairs in South Central England, and courses take place at our Research Centre. |
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'An Introduction to Family History' A 5-evening course for beginners Next Course - October 2008 |
Next Research Centre Tour The next Research Centre tour is on Monday, 12th May 2008 starting at 7:30pm. Limited to 10 people |
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Bookshop Bookshop items can be bought in the Research Centre Most items can be ordered and paid for on-line and all items from our Bookshop can be purchased using our Mail Order Form accompanied by a cheque. Berkshire Burial Index CD 6th edition now available to orderMore … Bookshop Help Needed if you can travel to the Research Centre please click here for more details |
Membership How to join the Society. 
Our Journal 'The Berkshire Family Historian' Published in a new A4 size since September 2004.. |
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Projects Members of the Society are involved in numerous project. Birth Briefs, the National Burial Index, Berkshire Christening, Marriage, Burial and Miscellaneous Indexes, Parish Registers and Monumental Inscriptions plus the Berkshire 1861 Census and the Strays Index. If you would like to join them, click here |
Members Interests Name Index at 9 May 2008 (10,589 entries) Birth Briefs Name Index updated Oct 2007 (31,298names) |
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Starting Your Family History A brief introduction on how to start researching your Family History Tracing your Ancestors How the Society can help with your research About Berkshire A short introduction to the county Berkshire Resources Some information about Berkshire |
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| President - Sir William Benyon DL Chairman - Jocie McBride |
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| We are a member of the Federation of Family History Societies. | ||
| Registered UK Charity No. 283010 | ||
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