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BerksFHS Reading Branch Programme
Sep 2005  to  Aug 2006
Date Subject Speaker
Thu, 29th Sep 2005
7:15 for 7:45pm		 Diary of a Berkshire Farmer: A W Bucknell of Lower Denford, Hungerford.
Insight into the lives of our rural ancestors.
 Kerr Kirkwood
Thu, 27th Oct 2005
7:15 for 7:45pm		 Reading's Transport in 1930's and 1940's
How we travelled around Reading before we had cars!		 Paul Lacey
Thu, 24th Nov 2005
7:15 for 7:45pm		 Museum of English Rural Life
The Museum has recently moved into new premises and is a rich source of information to the family historian.		 Roy Brigden
Thu, 8th Dec 2005
7:15 for 7:45pm		 Anecdotes, pitfalls and flashes of inspiration.
Members will give short talks on the ups and downs in researching their family histories.
Thu, 26th Jan 2006
7:15 for 7:45pm		 My Ancestors in the Royal Navy.
Insight into the life of people serving in the Royal Navy.		 Paul Blake
Thu, 23rd Feb 2006
7:15 for 7:45pm		 Back to Basics.
For beginners - things we should do when tracing our family history: for the experienced things we have forgotten about and don't do.		 Barry & Carolyn Boulton
Thu, 30th Mar 2006
7:15 for 7:45pm		 They're Not There! Census Indexes
Problems and solutions when people don't want to be found.		 Jeanne Bunting
Thu, 27th Apr 2006
7:15 for 7:45pm		 Berks FHS Projects
Following the branch annnual meeting, an update on projects being run by our Society.		 Daphne Spurling & Sue Cummings
Thu, 25th May 2006
7:15 for 7:45pm		 Film Archives for the Family Historian
The gems to be found on film.		 Kathy Chater
Thu, 29th June 2006
7:30pm		 Outing to Museum of English Rural Life
Meeting at MERL, St Andrews Hall, Redlands Road, Reading 		Numbers limited
contact Branch Chairman
Thu, 27th July 2006
7:15 for 7:45pm		 The Burnham Abbey Murder
The unreliability of printed resources 		Pauline Hodges and
Valerie Storie
Meetings are normally held in the Church Hall at

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
280 The Meadway, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 4PE

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