Berkshire Family Historian
June 2002

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The illustration on the front cover is from a painting of immigrants leaving their families behind.

Vol 25 No 4 - June 2002

Editor: John Gurnett

Feature Articles

* indicates articles that can only be accessed by members - see details

* 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

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