Birth Briefs

Birth Briefs (see sample) are five-generation ancestral charts that members of the Berkshire FHS are given the opportunity of submitting. Fully completed charts contain the names and vital records - birth/christening, marriage and death/burial - of the submitting member and up to 30 ancestors.

The Birth Briefs are being computerised for easy search and retrieval. At June 2007 there were over 30,402 names in the data-base and more continue to be added.

The index can be searched and gives names with vital records by year and county.
It should be remembered that many entries have no connection with Berkshire except that a descendent is a member of BerksFHS.
On finding a name in which you are interested, there are two options:

• order a computer printout The cost is £2 for each Ancestor report generated from Personal Ancestral File (PAF). A GEDCOM file copy can also be supplied by eMail if you give your eMail address.
• contact the submitter if she or he is a current member. This is indicated by 'email' or 'post', after the Birth Brief identifier (BBid). An email indicates that we can forward an eMail to this member. not UK indicates that the member lives outside the United Kingdom.