Berkshire Family Historian
June 2001

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Vol 24 No 4 - June 2001

Editor - John Gurnett

Features ...

Counting the population

The early history of the census

A Bluffer’s guide to converting your family tree into a family history (continued) by Barry Jerome

The way we were

The origin of well-known sayings

Berkshire newspapers - a guide by John Gurnett

Starting a one-name study by David Wornham

From Little Red Book to a 7,000 computer database

Some IGI confusions untangled by Jean Debney

From Genealogy to Family History

Using biographies to expand our knowledge of family history

The Bulletin includes items on: From the Editor, Western European Vital Records on CD-ROM, Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths, Protestation Oath Roll, Doodlebug days, Family History Centre, Exhibition Road, Additions at the Berkshire Record Office, International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Forward to the Past, Tracing your family, Ancestors, Summer holidays, Foot and mouth, Joiner needed

Letters to the Editor

• Nevills of Hampshire and Berkshire from Guy Nevill,  London SE26

• Henry Froom Beck from K.O. Beck, Horsham, West Sussex

• William 'Willie' Wimmera from Ralph Sanderson, Kambah, Australia

The Chairman's report for the year ending 30th April 2001

Book Ends - are included in our collected list of Book Reviews

National Burial Index - See latest information

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 16th August 2001