Berkshire Genealogical Resources

Image Right - Berkshire Record Office - Reading

Image © Reading Borough Council with permission - ref. Ivone Turnbull

The purpose of this project is to outline the regional resources available for research in Berkshire, both geographical/physical and online.

See also British and Irish Genealogical reference Centre

Please add links to any resources you find in the appropriate sections below.

GENUKI Berkshire

Cyndi's List - Berkshire

Berkshire, Genealogy Resources

Resource Centres - Repositories

Berkshire Record Office

The Berkshire Record Office is the archives of the Royal County of Berkshire, looking after nearly nine hundred years of the County's history.
Address: Berkshire Record Office, 9 Coley Avenue, Reading, RG1 6AF

Normal Opening Hours

The Berkshire Record Office is open four days a week as follows:

• Tuesday: 9am-5pm
  
• Wednesday: 9am-5pm
  
• Thursday: 9am-9pm
  
• Friday: 9am-4.30pm
  

Tel: (+44) 0118 901 5132
Email: : arch@reading.gov.uk

Centre for Heritage and Family History

2nd Floor, Reading Central Library, Abbey Square, Reading Berkshire RG1 3BQ

www.berksfhs.org.uk
0118 959 9553
centre@berksfhs.org.uk

Opening Hours (Check in advance of visit)

• Tuesdays - 10.30 to 16.00 and 18.45 to 21.30
• Wednesdays - 10.30 to 16.00
• Saturdays - 10.30 to 16.00
• LAST Thursday in the month - 10.30 to 16.00

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Local Family and Local History Societies

• Berkshire Family History Society

Online

Research Guides

• GenealogyLinks.net - Berkshire

Historical documents

• Berkshire BMD
• Ancestry.co.uk - Berkshire Resources

History of Berkshire Communities

Places

Historical Resources

...online publications

• The Domesday Book Online - Berkshire
• The Four Visitations of Berkshire, 1532, 1566, 1623, and 1665-66 volume 1
• The Four Visitations of Berkshire, 1532, 1566, 1623, and 1665-66 volume 2

Forums

• Rootschat Berkshire

Professional Researchers

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