Yeomanry House
131 Castle Hill
READING RG1 7TJ
Opening Hours
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BerksFHS Research Centre Yeomanry House 131 Castle Hill READING RG1 7TJ Opening Hours |
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'BerksFHS' formed in 1975 to encourage the study of Family History and
Genealogy in Berkshire (UK) Our aims: to
promote contacts between our members and make Family
History resources - especially for Berkshire – available to all.
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LATEST SOCIETY NEWS FOR JULY A NEW MEMBERSHIP YEAR STARTED ON 1 JULY (FEES ARE FROZEN FOR A SECOND SUCCESSIVE YEAR) RENEWAL FORMS CAME WITH JUNE COPIES OF BERKSHIRE FAMILY HISTORIAN PLEASE RENEW PROMPTLY – BY POST OR ONLINE Meetings: 16th Bracknell (Education and its records.), 19th Abingdon (visit OUP archives), 14th Newbury (Society projects & the Research Centre), 21st Woodley (The Bucks Church Finder Project), 24th Reading (Occupational records), 27th Windsor (Villages and their Friendly Societies) details What’s On: 13th Drop-in Advice at Bracknell & Woodley libraries, 27th Drop-in Advice at Wokingham Library more Research Centre – open days in July – see what it holds for your counties Bookshop – for latest CDs and books, including Berkshire Burial Index 8th Edition see bookshop pages |
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New Web site There is a new web site for the society, that you will find easier to use, although the mail archive and several other sections still need to be transferred from the old web site. The new shop will go into action on Sunday 4th July at 10am British Summer Time. |
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News from the Research Centre The Centre can help you – wherever your ancestors came from. Open to all at Yeomanry House, Castle Hill, Reading, come and search Findmypast and Ancestry. Delve into websites and other resources (the library holds 8,000 items – only 20% are Berkshire related.) Click for Opening Times, the Library Catalogue and Research Services. |
Meetings and
Events Monthly evening meetings on topics of general interest to family historians are held at Abingdon, Bracknell, Newbury, Reading, Windsor, and Woodley ( Computer Branch ). Visitors are welcome and admission is free to all The society also supports Open Days and Events in central southern England. Local members provide regular FREE drop-in advice sessions at local libraries (contact Branches for details). |
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Next Research Centre Tour The next Research Centre tour is on Monday, 15 Nov 2010 , starting at 7:30 pm. Limited to 10 people. Please book by e-mail to  |
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Bookshop Bookshop items can be bought in the Research Centre Most items can be ordered and paid for on-line and all items from our Bookshop can be purchased using our Mail Order Form accompanied by a cheque. Berkshire Burial Index CD Current edition (Nov 2009) has 670,000 entries Bookshop Help Needed if you can travel to the Research Centre please click here for more details |
Membership How to join the Society. 
Our Journal 'The Berkshire Family Historian' an informative A4 magazine. |
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Projects Members of the Society are involved in numerous projects. Birth Briefs, the National Burial Index, Berkshire Christening, Marriage, Burial and Miscellaneous Indexes, Parish Registers and Monumental Inscriptions plus the Strays Index. If you would like to join them, click here |
Members Interests Name Index at 5 April 2010 (9,559 entries) Birth Briefs Name Index updated 4 April 2010 (33,591 names) |
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Starting Your Family History A brief introduction on how to start researching your Family History Tracing your Ancestors How the Society can help with your research About Berkshire A short introduction to the county Berkshire Resources Some information about Berkshire |
BerkshireBMD Nearly a half a million Births, Marriages & Deaths Free access to Reading Register Office indexes 1837-1955 A collaboration between the Berkshire FHS and the Register Office updated 30 March 2010 (455,823 names) |
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| President - Sir William Benyon DL Chairman - Derek Trinder |
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| The Society is a member of the Federation of Family History Societies. | ||
| Registered UK Charity No. 283010 | ||
| Please refer to the webmaster or other contact if you have - comments, questions, details of missing links - queries about this site © Berkshire Family History Society 2004-2010 |
updated 3 July 2010 CSS 15th May 2004 |