Computer Suite.
The society has:
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seven computers with broadband access
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three computers set up for Ancestry Library Edition containing global datasets including the UK
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two computer set up with FindMyPast (FMP) mainly UK orientated
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two computers containing locally held data on Berkshire and many other English counties.
Both Ancestry and FMP are available on a walk-in basis and a nominal charge for access of £1 per one-hour session (or part-session) is made for using these resources. FMP now has the 1911 census on-line and this census will be published on Ancestry in due course.
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Berkshire software resources
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Berkshire Name Suite, a master index of names (forename and surname) found in:
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Berkshire Marriage Index (partial with about 100,000 entries from pre-1837 parish registers. Early entries give groom, bride and date only. Later entries include parish and whether married by licence.) Please note that not all of these entries are currently on the Berkshire Marriages CD
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Berkshire Burial Index (over 720,000 entries to date and being added to constantly. You can purchase this index on CD from the bookshop.
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Berkshire Strays Index (over 20,000 Berkshire people recorded outside the county, including those in censuses between 1841 and 1901)
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Berkshire Miscellaneous Index (over 100,000 names from assorted sources and individual submissions.)
Other electronic databases
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LDS Vital Records Indexes for the UK and some other parts of Europe
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Census returns of 1861, 1871 and 1891 for some counties including London (1891)
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1881 UK census return including Channel Isles, and Royal Navy
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National Burial Index Ver3 with over 18 million records from nearly 50 English and Welsh counties
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Local trade directories from 1830 onwards
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Parish register transcriptions
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Berkshire overseers’ papers - pre-1834
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Berkshire monumental inscriptions and war memorials
You can also use the computers to view a wide range of CDs, containing national and international data. You can print your findings for a small charge per printed page.
Last revised 2nd January 2012
