Yeomanry House
131 Castle Hill
READING RG1 7TJ
Opening Hours
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BerksFHS Research Centre Yeomanry House 131 Castle Hill READING RG1 7TJ Opening Hours |
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'BerksFHS' formed in 1975 to encourage the study of Family History and
Genealogy in Berkshire (UK) Our aims: to
promote contacts between our members and make Family
History resources - especially for Berkshire - available to all.
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Meet us at Open Days and Fairs |
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The Research Centre We are very proud of our centre at Yeomanry House, Castle Hill in Reading which is open to all at the following Opening Times. We have over 7,200 items in our Research Centre Library, of which about 20% relate to Berkshire. See our Library Catalogue. We also provide a range of Research Services |
Meetings and
Fairs We hold monthly meetings at locations across Berkshire. These are Abingdon, Bracknell, Newbury, Reading, and Windsor, with a Computer Branch which meets at Woodley We also attend a number of Open Days and Fairs in South Central England, and courses take place at our Research Centre. |
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Next Research Centre Tour The next Research Centre tour is on Saturday, 12th September 2009, starting at 2:30pm. Limited to 10 people. Please book by e-mail to  |
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Bookshop Bookshop items can be bought in the Research Centre Most items can be ordered and paid for on-line and all items from our Bookshop can be purchased using our Mail Order Form accompanied by a cheque. Berkshire Burial Index CD Current edition (Nov 2008) has 612,000 entries Bookshop Help Needed if you can travel to the Research Centre please click here for more details |
Membership How to join the Society. 
Our Journal 'The Berkshire Family Historian' Published in a new A4 size since September 2004. |
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Projects Members of the Society are involved in numerous projects. Birth Briefs, the National Burial Index, Berkshire Christening, Marriage, Burial and Miscellaneous Indexes, Parish Registers and Monumental Inscriptions plus the Berkshire 1861 Census and the Strays Index. If you would like to join them, click here |
Members Interests Name Index at 6 Jan 2009 (9,825 entries) Birth Briefs Name Index updated 8 February 2009 (32,586 names) |
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Starting Your Family History A brief introduction on how to start researching your Family History Tracing your Ancestors How the Society can help with your research About Berkshire A short introduction to the county Berkshire Resources Some information about Berkshire |
BerkshireBMD Nearly a third of a million Births, Marriages & Deaths Free access to Reading Register Office indexes 1837-1938 A collaboration between the Berkshire FHS and the Register Office |
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| President - Sir William Benyon DL Chairman - Jocie McBride |
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| We are a member of the Federation of Family History Societies. | ||
| Registered UK Charity No. 283010 | ||
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updated 29th Jun 2009 CSS 15th May 2004 |