Berkshire Heritage Fair takes place tomorrow, Saturday 6th August, as a virtual fair by Zoom. Advisors from Berkshire FHS will be there, and all the other family history societies contiguous to Berksh

Good evening all from a freezing South Africa I am trying to complete my earlier ancestors in Berkshire. I have discovered 4 different Thomas’s baptizing the same time in Arborfield which are the foll

Good evening everyone, Well, it is evening here in Brisbane, Australia! My first posting to this list is to apologise for my ignorance of the history of Berkshire, but hopefully, I will learn lots her

The Guild of One-Name Studies is holding its next seminar on Saturday 30th July 2022 at Swindon Village Community Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL51 9QP It's entitled ‘The Invisible Roots’ - findi

Many Berkshire baptisms, marriages and burials transcripts may be found on Findmypast, submitted by Berkshire FHS from transcriptions taken from parish registers and Bishop's transcripts. A list of th

War Graves Week, arranged by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, is from 21 to 28 May this year. War Graves Week is a celebration of the remarkable everyday men and women who faced extraordinary t

Hi everyone, I’m wondering if there are any group members researching the HALL family of Sunningwell in the late 1600’s and early 1700’s? I recently discovered a burial entry in 1700/1 of a Mary NIXEY

East Surrey FHS is holding a free Virtual Family History Fair this coming Saturday, 7th May, with both morning and afternoon sessions. As they say, "It will be fun!" As of a few days ago, attendees we

Baptisms, Burials, Marriages & Banns https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/berkshire-releases -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

I am looking for the marriage and families of Abel and Sarah MADDOX who had 4 children baptised in Hungerford - Sarah 27 may 1753, Elizabeth 18 jun 1755, Mary 8 april 1757 and Aaron 8 sep 1758. I don'

Hello, I wonder if anyone can help me please? Years ago someone sent me the bapt. or some other record for Mary New HARPER bapt. 16th Oct 1814 at Denchworth, Berks/Oxf. where it gave her father as Isa

The Berkshire Echo 97 dated October 2021 is available on the Berkshire Record Office website, linked from https://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/whats-going-on and direct at http://bit.ly/2CCo8SK. A

It's today, with both morning and afternoon sessions, and totally free! Come and meet members of Berkshire FHS! The organisation for the ZoomFair on Saturday 2nd October is almost here! We will have o

I am looking to see if I can connect Mary FROME, daughter of Gabriel FROME and his wife Mary, who was baptized at Bucklebury on 29 July 1759 with Edmund SMITH of Burghclere or Highclere, Hants. If the

Looking for origins or parents of Thomas SMITH b.c1868 Newbury. Possibly a Traveller family? How can I find out about Travellers? Possible marriage of Thomas SMITH and Frances Mary Kate SMITH on 20 Oc

I have been trying to locate STOKES ancestors from Berkshire for some years, but have been able to make very little progress. My 2g grandfather James Stokes was baptised at St Mary, Reading on 14th Oc

There must be a reason why this chap in mentioned over here in Oz. Did he have relatives here? https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/advanced/category/newspapers Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazett

Hi all, I have a family member entry in the 1939 register which I would like some help to understand. New Windsor, M.B. Berkshire Christina Wade (birth year - 1929) but in green pen the surname SMITH

Charles WHITE was born in Reading in 1857 the son of William WHITE and Elizabeth BEARD. By the 1881 census he is a bricklayer and is shown as married to Amelia whose place of birth is shown as Barnet

My Coxhead is... Amelia COXHEAD Born: c1767 in Hungerford Married: William Talmage 24 Sep 1806 in Ealing Died: Q1 1844 Interested to see if any other researcher has come across her Bob Brock Subject: