Berks
FHS 
ContentsBracknell
& Wokingham Branch
Meetings Programme
Meetings Programme
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Berks
FHS Contents |
Bracknell
& Wokingham Branch
Meetings Programme |
| Research Centre Activities | Branch and Meetings Index | Some Past Meeting Summaries |
| Sep 2002 to Aug 2003 | Details of this Branch | Sep 2004 to Aug 2005 |
| BerksFHS
Bracknell
& Wokingham Branch Programme Sep 2003 to Aug 2004 |
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| Date | Subject | Speaker | |
| Fri, 19 Sep
2003 7.15 for 7:45 pm |
Non-combatants
and Others during the Great War Ancestors didn't have to be soldiers to have played their part. |
Christine Kendell | |
| Fri, 17th Oct
2003 7.15 for 7:45 pm |
'Up
with
the lark' What kinds of lives did the agricultural labourers of the 18th and 19th centuries enjoy? And how can we find out more about the 'Ag Labs' who feature somewhere in almost everyone's family tree? Note - this talk replaces 'The Indian Mutiny' by Ken Divall. Unfortunately, Mr Divall is unwell. |
Ian Waller | |
| Thu, 23rd
Oct 2003 Mon, 27th Oct 2003 Sat, 1st Nov 2003 |
Family History Workshops at Wokingham Library see details |
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| Fri, 21 Nov
2003 7.15 for 7:45 pm |
The English
Civil War Families were divided, property changed hands, and a King lost his throne. This talk comes complete with costumes and artefacts! |
Dennis Wraight | |
| Fri, 12 Dec
2003 7.15 for 7:45 pm Please note the date and check time |
Christmas
Social Evening with quiz/games and Christmas Fare |
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| Fri, 16th
Jan 2004 7.15 for 7:45 pm |
Stuck
up your Family Tree? Where to go next. A night for questions and answers, displays of interesting items and heirlooms etc. There will be some outside contributors too. |
Branch Members | |
| Fri, 20th
Feb 2004 7.15 for 7:45 pm |
Making
the best use of your computer in family history Eric Probert writes regularly in Family Tree Magazine on a range of software- and hardware-related topics. Are you looking for advice? Do you want to choose a new family history program or are you thinking of buying some CDs? |
Eric Probert | |
| Fri, 19th
Mar 2004 7.15 for 7:45 pm |
Mutual
self-help in the 19th & 20th centuries Tonight Audrey Fisk covers the history of societies that were set up by working men and women to help fellow members who had fallen on hard times. The surviving society records form another important source of information on the ‘ordinary working man’. |
Audrey Fisk | |
| Fri, 16th
Apr 2004 7.15 for 7:45 pm |
Workhouses
for all. The New Poor Law of 1834 : Theory and Practice Eve McLaughlin explains the transfer of responsibility for the poor from the parish itself to the Union Boards of Guardians, the creation of additional workhouses, and the many invaluable records, which have survived, from those times. |
Eve McLaughlin | |
| Fri, 21st
May 2004 7.15 for 7:45 pm |
Old
Photographs : their identification and dating Tom Doig will cover this topic in his own inimitable style. Process, format, content – all of these can be used to help arrive at a date for a sitting or an occasion – so, bring along your old photographs. |
Tom Doig | |
| Fri, 18th
Jun 2004 7.15 for 7:45 pm |
Civil
Registration : an update on the future changes The consultation period on ‘Civil Registration : Delivering Vital Change’ ended in October 2003. What has happened since and what is set to happen? What will it all mean for family historians? Local Berkshire Registrar, Barbara Dixon keeps you up to date. |
Barbara Dixon | |
| Fri, 16th
Jul 2004 7.15 for 7:45 pm |
Making
the most of a will John Titterton is the man to guide you through this topic and to demonstrate how wills and inventories can be useful to the family historian, and where you can find them. |
John Titterton | |
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