Berkshire
There is a lot of information available for Berkshire. So much that we've split it into areas (based on the old registration districts). A registration district often contains more than a dozen parishes, for example the Wallinford area includes Cholsey.
Please pick an area from those listed above.
Items about Berkshire as a whole are listed on this and the following pages.
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An attempt to capture a little of the impact of the First World War on Berkshire and its citizens, those who served in the military and civilians. Covers recruitment, the Home Front, food shortages and peace celebrations in 1919, etc., etc.
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This CD is volume 2 of a 5 volume set which comprises a unique record of Berkshire's contribution to WW1. It includes photographs and articles first published in the Reading Standard between 1915 & 1919. Around 9000 names are recorded in total.
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This CD is volume 3 of a 5 volume set which comprises a unique record of Berkshire's contribution to WW1. It includes photographs and articles first published in the Reading Standard between 1915 & 1919. Around 9000 names are recorded in total.
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This CD is volume 4 of a 5 volume set which comprises a unique record of Berkshire's contribution to WW1. It includes photographs and articles first published in the Reading Standard between 1915 & 1919. Around 9000 names are recorded in total.
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This CD is volume 5 of a 5 volume set which comprises a unique record of Berkshire's contribution to WW1. It includes photographs and articles first published in the Reading Standard between 1915 & 1919. Around 9000 names are recorded in total.
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An index to the Archdeaconry probate archive held at the Berkshire Record Office. The archives includes over 10,000 original wills and 2,000 register copies. Published in three Parts: Personal Names; Place Names; Occupations.
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This CD has transcriptions of 160,000 individual baptism records from the pre-1974 County of Berkshire. These are mainly from anglican parish registers.The dates range from 1538 to 2004. The CD includes two finding aids: Name Index; Name by Date.
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Part history, part guide, this book takes an appealing journey around the county of Berkshire, offering many insights and surprises. However well you know the county, you will discover something new in the pages of this book.
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This list of terriers, or surveys of the lands and properties of the Church of England from 1634 includes properties, acreage and boundaries. In some parishes the amount to be tithed to the vicar is also given.
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This 2nd edition CD includes nearly 450,000 names of grooms, brides, and witnesses in over 140,000 marriages found in the marriage registers and Bishops' Transcripts of Parishes listed at http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/cms/Bookshop/berkshire-marriages.html
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To qualify for an update, you need to return the original disc from the earlier edition - just the disc; not the case, not the inner. Alternatively, you may cut the disc in half and send a digital snap of the destroyed disc to bookshop@berksfhs.org.uk.
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This booklet contains a list of those men chosen by ballot to serve in the Berkshire Militia in late 1807 and early 1808 together with the parish, or group of parishes, for which they were to serve.
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Reissue on CD of transcriptions of the extant memorial inscriptions and maps of the burial grounds of the churchyards of Aldworth, Ashampstead, Lower Basildon, Midgham Park, Reading St Laurence, Remenham, Shippon, and Woolhamption
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These volumes contain the texts of all surviving Berkshire registration certificates for non-conformist places of worship (including tents and a field), and they provide evidence about the meeting houses themselves and the leading individuals involved.
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Probate accounts, much scarcer than wills and inventories do not survive in comparable numbers around the country. This volume concentrates on the period when probate accounts were clearly identifiable documents. A list of names is included.
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This CD is an index to the probate documents of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire. 39,000 probate records are included. It is easy to search or to browse; in addition to a full details report there are nine finding aids and three overview datasets.
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Contains the contents of 2 detailed notebooks about the diocese, it's parishes, churches and clergy.The 1st compiled shortly after his appointment in 1845 and the 2nd between 1856 & 1860 providing a rich source about the church in the mid 19th century.
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Between the 15th & 19th centuries nearly three quarters of Berkshire was enclosed. Following an introductory survey, this volume provides a parish-by-parish summary of enclosures in Berkshire and includes complete transcripts of a number of key documents.
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Berkshire Baptisms, First Edition, BFHS (CD)
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This CD has transcriptions of 160,000 individual baptism records from the pre-1974 County of Berkshire. These are mainly from anglican parish registers.The dates range from 1538 to 2004. The CD includes two finding aids: Name Index; Name by Date.
Berkshire Probate Index, 1480-1857 (CD) BFHS
£25.00
This CD is an index to the probate documents of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire. 39,000 probate records are included. It is easy to search or to browse; in addition to a full details report there are nine finding aids and three overview datasets.
Berkshire Marriages, Second Edition (CD) BFHS
£20.00
This 2nd edition CD includes nearly 450,000 names of grooms, brides, and witnesses in over 140,000 marriages found in the marriage registers and Bishops' Transcripts of Parishes listed at http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/cms/Bookshop/berkshire-marriages.html
