Berkshire

Donnington Castle, submitted By Sherlockslovechild

Wikipedia Image; Berkshire County Map

Berkshire County town: Reading

Other major towns: Maidenhead, Windsor, Slough, Newbury, Bracknell

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 also 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.

Register Offices

The following offices can supply copy certificates for family history purposes, where known the type of certificate (scanned, handwritten or typed) is included. If you can update this information, please do so here

An illustrated guide to scanned, handwritten and typed certificates can be found at BMD Certificates

Bracknell Register Office
Easthampstead House
Town Square
Bracknell
RG12 1AG
Tel 01344 352052

Online applications
Bracknell Forest Borough Council

Bracknell Register office supplies handwritten copy certificates.

Reading Register Office
Yeomanry House
Castle Hill
Reading
Tel 0118 901 5120

Online applications
Awaiting Link

Slough Register Office
The Centre
Farnham Road
Slough
SL1 3UQ
Tel 01753 787600
Slough Borough Council: Home
e-mail registrar@slough.gov.uk

Record Office Lookup Requests

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Record Office Lookup Contacts

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Cemetery Lookup Requests

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Berkshire, as far as Reading Salty (Rod)

Photo Offers

Members who have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.

Links

Record Office and Libraries

• Berkshire Record Office

• Reading Borough Libraries

• West Berkshire Libraries

IGI, OPC and Look-up Exchanges

• IGI Berkshire

• Parish Register Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

• Berkshire Family History Society

• GENUKI Berkshire

• Berkshire Workhouses

• Curious Fox Berkshire

• Local History Directory — Berkshire

• Pigot's Trade Directory of 1830

• Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions - Oxfordshire and Berkshire

• UK Genealogy Archives Pages for Berkshire

• West Berkshire Council

Specific Town Village Interest

• Transcript of Bishop's Transcripts for Appleford, Berkshire

• Parish Records for Appleford, Cookham and Lambourne

• Probate Abstracts for Hungerford, Wantage and vicinity

• Hurst Village Parish Registers and Maps

• Transcript of Lambourn Baptism Register, 1560-1837

• Reading Local Studies Scanned Collection includes Maps, Photographs and Directories

• Reading Remembrance Trust

• History of the Huntley and Palmers Biscuit Factory, Reading

• Slough History online

Maps & Photographs

• Enclosure maps 1738-1883

• Gravestone Photographs

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