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BerksFHS Windsor, Slough & Maidenhead Branch Programme
Sep 2005 to Aug 2006

Date Subject Speaker
Tue, 27th Sep 2005
7.30 for 7.45pm
Birth and Baptism in the 1800s
A birth was steeped in mystery and tradition - how the folklore even affects our way of life in the 21st century.
Tom Doig
Tue, 25th Oct 2005
7.30 for 7.45pm
Looking at Tithe Records
How the tithes were assessed - and who benefited and what we can learn from these records
Jean Debney
Tue, 29th Nov 2005
7.30 for 7.45pm
Imperial War Museum
Its history and sources for family historians - a presentation by the Museum's Librarian
Sarah Paterson
Tue, 13th Dec 2005
7.30 for 8.00pm
Christmas Dinner
The Wheatsheaf at Old Windsor (booking required).

Tue, 31st Jan 2006
7.30 for 8.00pm
Not many people knew this - nor did I until recently
Short talks about researching family histories and discoveries made.
Talks by members
Tue, 28th Feb 2006
7.30 for 8.00pm
The Family Records Centre
The inner secrets of the FRC. How to find the numerous records contained within its portals.
Audrey Collins
Tue, 28th Mar 2006
7.30 for 8.00pm
British Library Newspapers at Colindale
Home to the national archives of British and overseas newspapers, magazines and periodicals.
Stewart Gillies
Tue, 25th Apr 2006
7.30 for 8.00pm
A nest of Hornecks
An entertaining tale of elopements, divorces and other dastardly deeds.
Moira Bonnington
Tue, 30th May 2006
7.30 for 8.00pm
Computer Family History Programs
Comparing some of those available. Follows a short annual branch meeting.
to be announced
Tue, 27th June 2006
7.30 for 8.00pm
Photographs and the Family Historian
A history of photography as it relates to our own family photographs: what they are, how to use them, how to interpret and how to preserve them.
Paul Blake
Tue, 25th July 2006
7.30 for 8.00pm
The Victorian way of death
Completing the trilogy of birth, marriage and death.
Tom Doig
  No meeting in August
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Meetings are normally held on the last Tuesday in the month
(except August and December) in
Christ Church United Reformed Church
William Street, Windsor SL4 1BA
 

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Meetings usually end at about 9:30pm.

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