The Vale of the White Horse Branch, Berkshire Family History Society, in collaboration with Wantage Library, are holding a Family History, Drop-in Session at Wantage Library, between 9.30am and 1pm on Saturday 13 November. The Societies members will be on hand to help you with your Family History whether you are new to Family History or you just need some fresh ideas so that you can move forward. We will also be having a meeting on Monday 15 November 2010 when our speaker will Tony Hadland "Recusancy in the Vale of the White Horse" The Thames Valley Recusants were outlawed for 10 generations, and largely edited out of history, an ember of Roman Catholicism survived in Berkshire and Oxfordshire. What's a recusant? The term derives from the Latin recusare< /em>, meaning to refuse. In English history it means someone who refused to attend Church of England services, usually a Roman Catholic. For almost 300 years English Catholics were deprived of many civil rights. There were railways in England by the time Catholics achieved emancipation. Monthly meetings are held at Long Furlong Community Centre, Boulter Drive Abingdon at 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Where there is ample free parking. Everyone welcome. Sue Matthews Chairman/ Programme Secretary Vale of the White Horse Branch Berkshire Family History Society

Dear Sue How I would love to be there for the November 15th meeting to hear and ask questions of Tony Hadland. My Little family is from the Berkshire area and were Roman Catholic. I have been most fortunate to meet Howard Fuller who has been invaluable in my research and have had information provided by Tony Hadland as well. Is there anyway Tony's presentation could be made available to those of us in other countries? Kindest Regards Diane in Ontario Canada -------------------------------------------------- From: "SueMatthews" <sue.matthews3@ntlworld.com> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 1:13 PM To: "BERKSHIRE@rootsweb. com" <BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Subject: [BRK] Vale of the White Horse Branch BFHS November Events > The Vale of the White Horse Branch, Berkshire Family History Society, in > collaboration with Wantage Library, are holding a Family History, Drop-in > Session at Wantage Library, between 9.30am and 1pm on Saturday 13 > November. > The Societies members will be on hand to help you with your Family History > whether you are new to Family History or you just need some fresh ideas so > that you can move forward. > > > > We will also be having a meeting on Monday 15 November 2010 when our > speaker > will Tony Hadland "Recusancy in the Vale of the White Horse" The Thames > Valley Recusants were outlawed for 10 generations, and largely edited out > of > history, an ember of Roman Catholicism survived in Berkshire and > Oxfordshire. > > What's a recusant? The term derives from the Latin recusare< /em>, meaning > to refuse. In English history it means someone who refused to attend > Church > of England services, usually a Roman Catholic. For almost 300 years > English > Catholics were deprived of many civil rights. There were railways in > England > by the time Catholics achieved emancipation. > > Monthly meetings are held at Long Furlong Community Centre, Boulter Drive > Abingdon at 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Where there is ample free parking. > Everyone welcome. > > > > > > Sue Matthews > > Chairman/ Programme Secretary > > Vale of the White Horse Branch > > Berkshire Family History Society > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >