This branch meets on the third Wednesday evening of the month at

The Oakwood Centre
Headley Road
Woodley
RG5 4JZ

Doors open at 7.15pm Meetings begin at 7.45pm and end by around 9.30/9.45pm

Visitors are always welcome

Free car parking (after 6.00pm) opposite to the centre

How to find The Oakwood Centre
(This uses the multimap website and opens a new tab or window)

Meetings include a talk on a topic of general interest to most family historians interested in computers and given by a speaker who is an acknowledged authority on that subject. The main talk is generally followed by refreshments and then questions.

A selection of books, CDs, fiche and other items from the society bookshop are available.

Questions relating to family history and/or computers will try to be answered at the help desk prior to the start of the talk and during the refreshement break. Normally the help desk will have a laptop with Internet access. 

Go directly to the Events Calendar for details about this month's meeting 

Other Branch Activities

Public benefit is central to the work of all charities and each branch of Berkshire Family History Society plays its own part in delivering that benefit. 

Advice Sessions

Computer Branch members provide advice on the second Tuesday of every month between 2.00-4.00pm at Woodley Library in Headley Road, Woodley. You can bring your family history questions to these sessions and get some fresh ideas and answers on how you can move your research forward.

From time to time, similar events are held at other locations in the area.

Find out where and when you can next seek advice on your family history questions 

Talks to community groups

A few local society members give talks on family history research to community groups. Organisations that engage such speakers are invited to make a donation to the society in lieu of a speaker fee. 

Projects

Projects are a vital part of the work of the society. They are important in helping to preserve historic records and making information from those records accessible to a wider public. Without such project work, there would be few if any accurate indexes or transcripts accessible to you as a family historian.

The Computer branch is working on producing a CD including transcripts and images of the memorial inscriptions in the churchyard of Woodley St John. 

For more information about the Computer Branch

Send a message to Gillian Stevens, the branch chairman