Difference between revisions of "Berkshire"

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A mainly rural county despite its close proximity to the sprawl of Greater London, Berkshire is famed for its close ties with the British Monarchy, boasting one of the Queen's official residences, Windsor Castle.

The River Thames flows through Berkshire, and the river helps provide much of the county's character. Berkshire is known as Britain's "Silicon Valley" due to the number of high-tech firms in the area. King Alfred, who burned the cakes, was born in Wantage.

Resources

Windsor Castle. Submitted by Velma Dinkley

Primary Reference

Berkshire Record Office

West Berkshire Libraries

Berkshire Family History Society

Parish Register Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

Berkshire History

Pigot's Trade Directory of 1830

Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions - Oxfordshire and Berkshire

West Berkshire Council

Specific Town and Village Interest

Transcript of Bishop's Transcripts for Appleford, Berkshire

Parish Records for Appleford, Cookham and Lambourne

Bracknell Forest Heritage

Datchet Village History

East Ilsley Heritage Website

Probate Abstracts for Hungerford, Wantage and Vicinity

Hurst Village Parish Registers and Maps

Transcript of Lambourn Baptism Register, 1560-1837

Reading Borough Libraries

History of the Huntley and Palmers Biscuit Factory, Reading

Reading Local Studies Scanned Collection includes maps, photographs and directories

Reading Remembrance Trust

Slough History Online

Windsor and Eton Express

Maps and Photographs

Enclosure Maps 1738-1883

Gravestone Photographs

Register Office

Bracknell Register Office

Easthampstead House
Town Square
Bracknell
RG12 1AG
Tel 01344 352052

Online Applications, all categories

Bracknell Register office supplies handwritten copy certificates.

Reading Register Office

Yeomanry House
Castle Hill
Reading
Tel 0118 901 5120

Slough Register Office

The Centre
Farnham Road
Slough
SL1 3UQ
Tel 01753 787600

Slough Register Office

Email: registrar@slough.gov.uk

Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.

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-[[Image:berkshire.jpg|250px|thumb|Donnington Castle, submitted By Sherlockslovechild]]
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+|A mainly rural county despite its close proximity to the sprawl of Greater London, Berkshire is famed for its close ties with the British Monarchy, boasting one of the Queen's official residences, Windsor Castle.
+The River Thames flows through Berkshire, and the river helps provide much of the county's character.
+Berkshire is known as Britain's "Silicon Valley" due to the number of high-tech firms in the area.
+King Alfred, who burned the cakes, was born in Wantage.
+| style="width:250px" align="right"| __TOC__
+|-valign="top"
+|
+'''County town:''' Reading
+'''Other major towns:''' Maidenhead, Windsor, Slough, Newbury, Bracknell
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Berkshire | Berkshire Places of Worship]]'''
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
+| [[Image: EnglandBerkshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
+==Resources==
+[[Image:Windsor Castle.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Windsor Castle. Submitted by Velma Dinkley]]
+'''Primary Reference'''
+*[http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/ '''Berkshire Record Office''']
+*[http://www.westberks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=862 West Berkshire Libraries]
+*[http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/ Berkshire Family History Society]
-==Register Offices==
+*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersac.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange]
-=====Bracknell Register Office=====
-Easthampstead House<br>
-Town Square<br>
-Bracknell<br>
-RG12 1AG<br>
-Tel 01344 352052<br>
-Online applications<br>
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-[http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk Bracknell Forest Borough Council]<br>
-=====Reading Register Office=====
+*[http://www.berkshirehistory.com/index.html Berkshire History]
-Yeomanry House<br>
-Castle Hill<br>
-Reading<br>
-Tel 0118 901 5120<br>
-Online applications<br>
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pobjoyoneill/tradedir/brk1830/brk1830.htm Pigot's Trade Directory of 1830]
-''Awaiting Link''<br>
-=====Slough Register Office=====
+*[http://www.gravematters.org.uk/ Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions - Oxfordshire and Berkshire]
-The Centre<br>
-Farnham Road<br>
-Slough<br>
-SL1 3UQ<br>
-Tel 01753 787600<br>
-[http://www.slough.gov.uk Slough Borough Council: Home]<br>
-e-mail registrar@slough.gov.uk
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.westberks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4471 West Berkshire Council]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
+*[http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Den/Aplford/Index.html#top Transcript of Bishop's Transcripts for Appleford, Berkshire]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc/PR_Index.html#top Parish Records for Appleford, Cookham and Lambourne]
-None listed yet
+*[http://www.bfheritage.org.uk/ Bracknell Forest Heritage]
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.datchethistory.org.uk/ Datchet Village History]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.east.ilsley.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm East Ilsley Heritage Website]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/BRKwills/index.html#ixtop Probate Abstracts for Hungerford, Wantage and Vicinity]
+*[http://www.hvs.org.uk/ Hurst Village Parish Registers and Maps]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Den/Lambrn/Index.html#top Transcript of Lambourn Baptism Register, 1560-1837]
-Berkshire, as far as Reading [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=608 Saltybrine (Rod)]
+*[http://www.readinglibraries.org.uk/services/family.htm Reading Borough Libraries]
-==Links==
-*[http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/ Berkshire Record Office]
+*[http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=file&p=huntley&f=huntley%2ehtm History of the Huntley and Palmers Biscuit Factory, Reading]
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/newbury.html West Berkshire Libraries]
+*[http://readingimages.epixtech.co.uk/extra/test3.html Reading Local Studies Scanned Collection] includes maps, photographs and directories
-*[http://www.readinglibraries.org.uk/services/family.htm Reading Borough Libraries]
 *[http://www.readingremembrancetrust.co.uk/ Reading Remembrance Trust]
+*[http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=file&p=slough&f=slough%2ehtm Slough History Online]
-'''OPC'''
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dutillieul/ZWindsorEtonExpress/IndexWindsor&Eton.html Windsor and Eton Express]
-'''Local History Societies'''
-*[http://www.westberks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4471 West Berks Council]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
-*[http://www.brazell.net/genuki/BRK/ Genuki Berkshire]
+*[http://www.berkshireenclosure.org.uk/ Enclosure Maps 1738-1883]
+*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=berkshire Gravestone Photographs]
-'''Archives'''
+==Register Office==
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyBerkshire.htm#PageTitle IGI Berkshire]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/berks.html Local History Directory — Berkshire]
-*[http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/ Berks Family History Society]
+'''Bracknell Register Office'''
-'''Family and social history'''
+Easthampstead House<br>
+Town Square<br>
+Bracknell<br>
+RG12 1AG<br>
+Tel 01344 352052<br>
-*[http://www.moonrakers.org.uk/md/Probate-Docs/waix0.html Index of names from wills etc pre 1858 (Hungerford & Wantage etc)] Someone has put an absolutely ASTONISHING amount of work into this site - lots of fully transcribed wills with a name search facility. If that person reads this - THANK YOU.
+[http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/spae/forms/formssearch.asp?Cat=115 Online Applications, all categories]<br>
-*[http://www.gravematters.org.uk/ Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions - Oxfordshire and Berkshire]
+Bracknell Register office supplies '''handwritten''' copy certificates.
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/berks/berkshire_workhouses.htm Berkshire Workhouses]
+'''Reading Register Office'''
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+Yeomanry House<br>
+Castle Hill<br>
+Reading<br>
+Tel 0118 901 5120<br>
-*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=berkshire Gravestone Photographs]
-*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.old-maps.co.uk%2Fgazetteer%2F10berk021%2F10berk021gazA.htm TOWN and VILLAGE MAPS]
+'''Slough Register Office'''
+The Centre<br>
+Farnham Road<br>
+Slough<br>
+SL1 3UQ<br>
+Tel 01753 787600<br>
-'''Countywide interest'''
+[http://www.slough.gov.uk/services/797.aspx Slough Register Office] <br>
-*[http://www.curiousfox.org.uk/uk/rs.lasso?vill=berkshire Curious Fox Berkshire]
+Email:  registrar@slough.gov.uk<br>
-'''Specific Town Village interest'''
-*[http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Den/Aplford/Index.html#top Transcript of Bishop's Transcripts for Appleford, Berkshire]
-*[http://www.hvs.org.uk/ Hurst Village Parish Registers and Maps]
+==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
-* [http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Den/Lambrn/Index.html#top Transcript of Lambourn Baptism Register, 1560-1837]
+Please read the [http://reference.familytreeforum.com/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
+A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum]  or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
+*[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
+*[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
+*[[Research Offers: Probate]]
+*[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
+If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location,  please leave a message on our  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
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+<br><br>
+Back to [[England]]

Difference between revisions of "Berkshire"

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