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BerksFHS Windsor, Slough & Maidenhead Branch Meetings Programme

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BerksFHS Windsor, Slough & Maidenhead Branch Programme Sep 2006 to Aug 2007
Date	Subject	Speaker
Tue, 26th Sep 2006 7.15 for 7:45pm	How to read Old Handwriting With so many old documents now available new skills are needed in order to read them.	Jean Debney
Tue, 31st Oct 2006 7.15 for 7:45pm	In Royal Service A talk about sources relating to royal servants in the Royal Archives by the Registrar of the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle.	Pamela Clark
Tue, 28th Nov 2006 7.15 for 7:45pm	Lies, Damned Lies and Registrations Not all the information given by those registering BMDs is true or even legal – a Registrar learns to spot the frauds	Barbara Dixon
Tue, 12th December 2006 7.15 for 7:45pm	Christmas Dinner offsite venue and details to be confirmed
Tue, 30th Jan 2007 7.15 for 7:45pm	Discoveries – brought to light in my family tree Short, illustrated presentations by members who have made unusual discoveries in the course of their research	Windsor members
Tue, 27th Feb 2007 7.15 for 7:45pm	They’re not there! Census Indexes Making sense of the census – why people seem to be missing and how to look for them	Jeanne Bunting
Tue, 27th Mar 2007 7.15 for 7:45pm	I’m Stuck – overcoming a brick wall Techniques for finding that elusive ancestor.	Else Churchill
Tue, 24th Apr 2007 7.15 for 7:45pm	Tracing your Second World War Ancestors How to for track down service details for those in all the services whether Army, Navy or Royal Air Force as well as Merchant Navy, WLA etc	Simon Fowler
Tue, 29 May 2007 7.15 for 7:45pm	Heathers and Heathlands Our ancestors used their land - for ale and mead, from thatching to honey, for candles and medicines. It was a continual harvest yet it had to be conserved for the next year. This follows a short AGM.	Chris Howkins
Tue, 26 Jun 2007 7.15 for 7:45pm	Droughts, deluges and dust devils From the great tempest of 1703 to the dramatic weather of the 1990s – Ian shows how varied our weather has always been, affecting the lives of our ancestors as well as ourselves in modern times	Ian Currie
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 7.15 for 7:45pm	Coroner’s Inquests Records of sudden or unnatural deaths – how much has survived – and where can we find the information	Kathy Chater
August 2007	No Meeting
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   Our location is indicated by an arrow on the map at www.streetmap.co.uk. Meetings usually end at about 9:30pm.

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