Derek Trinder the BerksFHS Chairman will be talking with Karen Kimberley about her family history between 11.00 & 12.00 on Ann Diamond's Berkshire Radio Programme. Karen and all her family were raised outside Berkshire and Karen was interested to know how Berkshire Family History Society could help her discover more about these people who had lead such interesting lives. Do listen, especially if you want to know how Berkshire FHS can help with ancestors who did not live or work in Berkshire. Jocie

Listers You might be interested to note that at 9.30am this coming Sunday morning (20 September 2009), Wendy Archer will talk family history on the Oxford local radio station "Jack FM". Wendy is Chairman of Oxfordshire FHS, and is also prominent in the Guild of One-Name Studies. She will discuss family history research in Oxfordshire and further afield, as well as looking ahead to the society's 2009/10 programme of events. Based on similar past broadcasts, I would expect Wendy to be on the air for maybe fifteen minutes. Those resident outside of the Oxford area can listen via the station's website :- _www.jackfm.co.uk_ (http://www.jackfm.co.uk/) Enjoy ! Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/)

In a message dated 11/09/2009 18:50:50 GMT Daylight Time, colin.hutchins@ntlworld.com writes: Could anyone give me a shove to next place to look please Colin How about the "Search Services" of the Oxfordshire Family History Society ? They are a database of indexes of parish registers, census material and monumental inscriptions for historic Oxfordshire and for the former North Berkshire. You'll get more details from :- _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk) - then click on the link for "Search Services". Best wishes. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk)

Thanks to the enormous help received from the lists on my wife's SNOOK relatives I had a succesful trip around the countryside last week.  We travelled to Bath and two of the three targets, however we were dissapointed that Avon Street had been redeveloped ans so couldn't take any photographs. Does anyone have any photos of Avon Street, Bath or know were I can obtain some. Frank, Cromer Norfolk

----- Original Message ----- From: Margaret & Barry Guest To: mike@boddyparts.co.uk Cc: berkshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:05 PM Subject: Roses in Reading Rose * is most likely who you are looking for. Try checking the original record obviously it was hard for the transcriber to read. Margaret Bowyer Guest Births Sep 1849 (>99%) ROSE Caroline Cookham 6163 ROSE Frank Reading 6226 ROSE * Abingdon 6121 ROSE Thomas Henley 1677 Births Mar 1850 (>99%)

Hi I've just discovered a likely link to Reading. My gr-gr-grandmother Emily Lucy ROSE appears to have been born in Bicester in 1874, daughter of Joseph ROSE and Ellen TIMMS. According to the 1891 and 1901 censuses Joseph was born in Reading c. 1850 (though the 1871 shows his birthplace as 'Alindon' - which I assume to be Abingdon), however I can find no suitable birth record for him in the FreeBMD. Joseph appears to have been a peddler/hawker in his early years before moving to Bristol c1880 and becoming a 'Cutlery Grinder & Hardware Dealer'. Do any of these details ring any bells? Mike

Listers The annual Open Day of the Oxfordshire Family History Society takes place on Saturday 26 September 2009. For details of times, the new venue at Woodstock etc, please see :- _http://www.ofhs.org.uk/OpenDay.html_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/OpenDay.html) The Open Day will feature the usual assortment of visiting societies, publishers, dealers in second-hand books and postcards, and the like. Our own society's search services will be available for consultation, whilst we will also be manning a beginners' helpdesk. Additionally, there will be computing demonstrations, which will give advice on such things as which genealogical software package to choose, and the use of the internet in family history. A special feature will be a joint stall put together by Oxfordshire Record Office and Oxfordshire Studies, which will give advice on the use of their resources. Best wishes. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/)

I am returning to my family which I have details back to William HUTCHINS b 04/09/1720 East Hendred to William and Catherine HUTCHINS but I can find no marriage record or birth details of the parents I have a record of William jnrs birth marriage and death and the tree back to present day There are lots of HUTCHINS around the Hendreds at that time and if I could make the positive link to my family I could leap through the brick wall and gallop onward in my quest I did find lots of info on Hutchins in the record office Reading as they were at one time farming around Ardington hence the Ancient woodland of Hutchins Copse but no clear positive link Could anyone give me a shove to next place to look please

I have a number of ancestors that lived in West End Warfield. Names include BOWYER, BUTLER, SARGEANT and others mostly that the BOWYER women married. Don`t appear to have any with the name GILL Margaret Bowyer Guest

*Thank you for your help. I'm glad to know my message appeared as it does not come up on my computer. Have looked on the site suggested and will also look on Google earth. Thanks again. Ruth *

West End Farm is still there, Ruth. It is in West End Lane, Warfield, Berkshire RG42 5RH. Try putting it in a search engine to see if you can find out anything else. Bridget.

Hi listers and colleagues Oxfordshire FHS opens its autumn season on Sunday 13 September 2009 when we will have a stall at the annual "Family History Feast" of the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society. Wendy Archer, our well-known Chairman, will be selling our CDs and a selection of the titles available from our bookstall. In addition, she will have our "Search Services" available on computer, featuring an array of Oxfordshire and North Berkshire indexes to censuses, baptism registers, marriage registers, burial registers and monumental inscriptions. Those researchers wishing to plan their visit to our stall in advance can view our resources on the following webpages :- CD sales ; _http://www.ofhs.org.uk/CDsales.html_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/CDsales.html) bookstall ; _http://www.ofhs.org.uk/books.html_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/books.html) Search Services ; _http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/_ (http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/) The "Family History Feast" of the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society takes place on Sunday 13 September 2009 at Mandeville Upper School, Ellen Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP21 8ES. The doors open at 10.00am, and further details about the event itself can be obtained from :- _http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/_ (http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/) Best wishes. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Web : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk)

In a message dated 05/09/2009 15:12:49 GMT Daylight Time, rosemary@rprobert.co.uk writes: I'm trying to find a marriage of Jeffery POLLEY (and variations) about 1610 He has 4 children baptised at Wolvercote in Oxfordshire between 1612 and 1631, but there's no mention of his wife's name. He might have married Ann - there's an Ann POLLY, buried 11 May 1660 at Wolvercote in Oxfordshire. I've checked the Oxfordshire Marriage Index, IGI and BVRI and I can't see anyone that looks possible. Wolvercote is right on the border with Berkshire, so I wondered if anyone has come across him. Hi Rosemary I've just checked the society's incomplete North Berkshire Marriage Index 1538-1851, and whilst there are marriages for the surnames POLLY, POLLEY, POLLIN, and POLIN, none of them are in the vicinity or timeframe that interests you. Best wishes. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk)

Hi All, I'm trying to find a marriage of Jeffery POLLEY (and variations) about 1610 He has 4 children baptised at Wolvercote in Oxfordshire between 1612 and 1631, but there's no mention of his wife's name. He might have married Ann - there's an Ann POLLY, buried 11May1660 at Wolvercote in Oxfordshire. I've checked the Oxfordshire Marriage Index, IGI and BVRI and I can't see anyone that looks possible. Wolvercote is right on the border with Berkshire, so I wondered if anyone has come across him. Kind regards, Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: rosemary@rprobert.co.uk Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*1901 census sheet - RG13/1162 for The Ecclesiastical and the Civil parish of area of Warfield, but the rural district * *Easthampstead, and the Parliamentary Borough of East Berkshire or commonly known as East Berks.* ** *West End & West End Farm. shows Margaret GILL, widow, aged 42 and her children * *Percy, Walter, Lizzie, and George, born Sunninghill, in Berkshire. Margaret was a general shopkeeper.* *Has anyone any knowledge of or connection to these GILLS or can anyone tell me if West End Farm still exists or what has replaced it?* *T.I.A. ** Ruth*

The next meeting of the Reading Branch of the Berkshire Family History Society will be held at the usual venue - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 280 The Meadway, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 4PE, on Thursday, 24th September 2009. The doors open at 7:15 for 7:45 pm. Brother Terry Butcher will be talking to us about the History of Reading District Oddfellows. There will also be the usual Help Desk, and Exchange Magazine Library. Everyone is welcome at our meetings, you do not have to be a member of our Society, so why not bring your friends along? Hope to see you at the meeting. Vicki Chesterman Programme Secretary Reading Branch, BFHS

>From Pall Mall Gazette ( London, England), Monday, October 13, 1873; Issue 2702. MARRIAGE KING - WILLIAMS - At St. James's, Piccadilly, Mr. W.W. KING, of Newbury, Berks. to Charlotte I., daughter of the late Mr. G. WILLIAMS, of Upper Lambourne, Berks. Oct. 8.

Hi!   Isaac WHEELER and Ann/Jane DOWLIN (or DOWLING) married in Wokingham on 21 August 1774 before having children in Binfield, Berks between at least 1776 and 1791.    (She is listed as Ann or Jane in different sources but appears to be the same person.)   I am trying to work out where they were from and how old they were.  Does anyone have access to the original parish record and - if so - could they take a look to see whether any ages or residences (otp, etc) are mentioned for either of them?   I'd be very greatful for any help or suggestions!  :)   Therese.

My Martha Ann HERBERT b. 1853 Bedfont Mdx married William TINDALL, a house decorator ( b. 1861 Old Windsor) at Windsor in 1881. Their children were: James Thomas HERBERT 1876 Windsor Ernest William TINDALL 1882 Clewer Herbert Percival Charles TINDALL 1884 Clewer m. Lilian Annie KING 1907 Windsor Charles Frederick TINDALL 1886 Biggleswade, Beds. possible marriage to Florence DOBSON 1912 Eton Arthur Henry TINDALL 1890 Rushden, Northampton Mary H TINDALL 1894 Rushden. I think I have gone as far as I can from Ancestry and Findmy past.etc Any further information and/or descendants would be really great. Hazel FORD Australia

Hazel, I noticed your HERBERT's and am going to repost a message I sent to the Oxfordshire List yesterday. Do any of those HERBERT's below look familiar? I'm looking for any information or connections to Grace HERBERT or HARBORD, born about 1750 who married Thomas DEE in 1771 in New Windsor, Berkshire. GraceDEE is listed as a witness to the marriage of Anne HARBORD or HERBERT and John BROWN by license in Chalgrove in 1780. John HARBORD was also a witness. Is Anne a younger sister of Grace? Neither of them are christened in Chalgrove, although there are two other Grace HERBERT's christened there -- one before Grace's time and one after -- making me think there is some family connection there. Grace HERBERT's daughter Jane DEE was born in New Windsor, but married Matthew WRIGHT in Chalgrove and raised her family there. John and Anne (HERBERT) BROWN had one daughter in Chalgrove in 1781 named Dennis. I found Denes' marriage on FreeBMD to James FAULKES or FAWKS Mar Qtr 1858 in the Thame District. They then had 5 children in Chalgrove. Thanks for ANY tidbits or clues or information . . . LeAnn Walton (At the Salt Lake City Family History Library for the week) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm & Hazel FORD" <malford@ozemail.com.au> To: <BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 4:25 AM Subject: [BRK] TINDALL - Windsor > My Martha Ann HERBERT b. 1853 Bedfont Mdx married William TINDALL, a house > decorator ( b. 1861 Old Windsor) at Windsor in 1881. > > Their children were: > > James Thomas HERBERT 1876 Windsor > Ernest William TINDALL 1882 Clewer > Herbert Percival Charles TINDALL 1884 Clewer m. Lilian Annie KING 1907 > Windsor > Charles Frederick TINDALL 1886 Biggleswade, Beds. possible marriage to > Florence DOBSON 1912 Eton > Arthur Henry TINDALL 1890 Rushden, Northampton > Mary H TINDALL 1894 Rushden. > > I think I have gone as far as I can from Ancestry and Findmy past.etc > > Any further information and/or descendants would be really great. > > Hazel FORD > Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message