What's on this month
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Date: Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 10:00 am
Duration: 7 Hours
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 Bracknell Family History Fair - one of the biggest family history events in the south of England and takes place at Bracknell Sport & Leisure Centre, Bagshot Road, RG12 9SE this Sunday - 29 January - from 10 am to 5 pm. Admission is £3 for adults (accompanied children under 16 are free).
Come and meet Berkshire Family History Society (your local family history society)and many other societies (most of them from the southern half of the UK). Other organisations taking part include Berkshire Record Office, the Society of Genealogists, specialist suppliers of family history software and materials, books, maps, postcards...in short, all a family historian could want - and all in one place! Berkshire Family History Society has several offers for you at the fair (including a special extended membership offer to June 2013 at a 15% discount on usual fees and Free visits to the Research Centre in Reading (usual non-member charge of £2 per visit is waived). The society has also arranged and sponsors three FREE talks in the Forest Suite during the day. 10.45 How to get the most from Old Newspapers - with Richard Heaton 12.00 Using the GenesReunited website - plus an update on the British Library Newspaper Archive project - with Natasha White 13.15 Broadmoor revealed: Victorian crime, the lunatic asylum and the records - with Mark Stevens, Senior Archivist, Berkshire Record Office The Broadmoor archive - and all of the original records of the pre-1974 Royal County of Berkshire - are held at Berkshire Record office in Reading. There is another useful talk at 2.45 when Mark Bayley, from S & N Genealogy, talks on Breaking Down Brickwalls in your research. (NB This talk is not sponsored by the society.)
On the Berkshire Family History Society stand, come and discuss your general and Berkshire-specific questions and research issues with experienced members of the society. Society CD publications - including Berkshire Marriages, and Berkshire Burials - will be on sale. We can tell you about the soon-to-be-launched Berkshire Probate Index CD too. The Society stand will feature books on family and local history, maps and other items. In the morning, Jean Debney will be able to give you advice on Dating your old photographs, while John Chapman can help you with research into military ancestors.You can ask to search the society's databases - and there will be online links too.
And if you live near to the Bracknell/Wokingham area, members of the local branch of the society can tell you all about the meetings (3rd Friday each month at Priestwood Community Centre - find out more) and other regular outreach events that you are welcome to attend.
It's a great day out - research resources you can buy, FREE TALKS, special offers, lots to discover, plenty of help and advice - so don't miss it! Sunday 29 January |
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