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BerksFHS Reading Branch Programme
Sep 2004  to  Aug 2005

Date Subject Speaker
Thu, 30th Sep 2004
7:15 for 7:45pm
Using Special and Local Libraries in the UK
Learn how to use special and local libraries when researching your ancestors

Else Churchill
Thu, 28th Oct 2004
7:15 for 7:45pm
Maps for Family Historians
Old maps can be fascinating to look at but also be a great source of information to the family historian
Peter Park
Thu, 25th Nov 2004
7:15 for 7:45pm
Country Poor and Town Poor
Most of our ancestors came from the poorer classes, but how did they live?
Michael Gandy
Thu, 9th Dec 2004
7:15 for 7:45pm
Quiz Night and Christmas Festivities
Come and exercise your “little grey cells” at our quiz with a family history bias, interspersed with Christmas cheer.

Thu, 27th Jan 2005
7:15 for 7:45pm
Writing up Family History
We all gather facts and stories about our ancestors but how can we best present them to others who may not be family historians?
Barry Jerome
Thu, 24th Feb 2005
7:15 for 7:45pm
Occupational Records
Many employers kept records of their workers and these can be a great source of information to the family historian.
Chris Watts
Thu, 31st Mar 2005
7:15 for 7:45pm
A nest of Hornecks
Elopements, divorces, duals and other dastardly deeds
Moira Bonnington
Thu, 28th Apr 2005
7:15 for 7:45pm
Annual Meeting
followed by
Changes to the Registration Procedure
Barbara Dixon
Thu, 26th May 2005
7:15 for 7:45pm
Berkshire Records Office - An update
Learn what is happening at our local Records Office
Thu, 30th Jun 2005
7:15 for 7:45pm
Dorchester and Wallingford
Hilary Thompson
Sat, 16th July 2005
10am to 4.30pm
MI Recording at Burghfield St Mary
Come equiped for agressive gardening.

led by David Watkins
Thu, 28th Jul 2005
7:15 for 7:45pm
Visit to the Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre at the Royal Berkshire Hospital
Numbers are strictly limited. Please telephone 0118 9722210 for further details.

visit
August 2005 No Meeting
Meetings are normally held in the Church Hall at

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
The Meadway, Tilehurst

You can find the location indicated by an arrow on the map at www.streetmap.co.uk.

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