Berkshire Strays Index
Berkshire Strays Index
What is a Stray?
“A stray is a recorded event in which a person is described in the source record as being from, or connected with, a place outside the area in which they normally lived or were born.”
[Federation of Family History Societies, http://www.ffhs.org.uk/General/Help/Strays.htm]
People from Abingdon have strayed to Bury St Edmonds; from Aldermaston to Bristol; Hungerford to Hastings; Maidenhead to New Zealand; Newbury to Yorkshire and so on… They are all Berkshire Strays.
The Berkshire Strays Index now stands at 20,500 entries comprising mostly of census entries (69%), with some emigration, address, marriage and burial details. The index forms part of the BNI which is fully searchable at the Research Centre.
No further census details are being added to the index as the entire census details can now be fully searched on the Internet, as can the deaths in both World Wars, the IGI, marriages and deaths in many parishes.
Details of events which provide extra information than that available from other sources are still being added to the Index and should be sent to the Strays Co-ordinator This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
