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December 2002

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Vol 26 No 2 - December 2002

Editor: John Gurnett

Feature Articles

Orphans at Bearwood - the Merchant Seamen’s Orphan Asylum by John Hann

Black Britons - where are their monuments? by John Siblon

Family history at the Imperial War Museum by Sarah Paterson

Apprenticeship documents by Lisa Spurrier

A Winter’s Tale by Jayne (Redgrave) Thorne

News

Berkshire Marriage Index by Sue Matthews

Birth Briefs Project by Errol Page

Membership Survey by Eddie Spackman

Research Centre News by Cliff Debney

NewsFlash Search Suite

National Burial Index - the update information is included in our web-site article: Berkshire Burial Index

Balance Sheet for the year ending 30 April 2002

Regulars

Letters to the Editor

• Was Frogley Cox a catholic? from Eric Saxton

• Strays in Norfolk Register from Pat Mason

The Bulletin includes paragraphs on:

'A word from our Chairman'
1901 census
Moving to CD ROM
Crew lists
Gamekeepers Index
Berkshire on the Internet
General Register Office (Scotland)
Open University
Reading University courses
Telegrams and telexes
British Vital Records Index second edition
Apology
Bracknell Family History Fair

Book Ends - These are included in our collected list of Book Reviews. See Book Review Index

Members’ interests -These are included in our complete list of members interests

Research Centre - See the Research Centre pages

Postal research services - See current details

updated 10th December 2002