Berkshire Family Historian
June 2002

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Vol 25 No 4 - June 2002

Editor: John Gurnett

Feature Articles

Royal Berkshire Hospital archives by Dr. Marshall Barr

Broadmoor Hospital archives by John Heritage

A distant shore by Martyn Killion

'An Australian boy' by Ralph Sanderson

The Mass-Observation Archive by Joy Eldridge

Waving the flag by Carolyn Boulton

The sport of Kings (and Queens) by David Boyd

The National Monuments Record by Alyson Rogers

News

National Burial Index - contains update information which is included in article on the Berkshire Burial Index

Regulars

Letters to the Editor

• Jewish Ancestry from Mrs A Merritt

• An appeal for a mangle from Pauline Houldey

• Reading Borough Police registers at Sulhamstead from John Bowley

Help wanted

• Wood Family of Reading by Mrs C Wood

The Bulletin includes the following items:

A word from our Chairman
Wiltshire 1851 Census Index
Dates for your diary
P is for pauper
Berkshire Marriage Index
Error In March 2002 Issue
Local history websites In Berkshire
Magazine subscriptions
Obituaries
Postcards

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

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

Research Centre -See the Research Centre pages

Postal research services - See current details

created 30th June 2002