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Hi, can anyone help me with a look up please. I am unable to verify the marriage between James Chivers and Sarah Blake in Peasemore 1769. Any information would be great. Thank you, Ray Chivers. |banghead|

Hi All, I have been having trouble finding a death for a William Moore, a Baker who lived in Wallingford, although in the 1861 Census, I have him living at his fathers residence in Reading, a John Merryman Moore. Any help would be great. Cheers|cheers|

If there is anyone that is visiting the Berkshire Record Office or has access to parish records would they be able to help me out please? I am interested to know who the witnesses were and also if the bride and groom were of the parish. The marriage of an Elizabeth Fassett and a James Kinton...

Hi Happy Xmas to everyone! I bought a map of Sunninghill for my stepdad, who was born there, for xmas dating back to 1910. We've now realised that the Gordons Cottages on Oriental Road in Sunninghill is not where we thought it was, and my stepdad cannot remember any cottages in the village of...

Hi my grandmother was born Edith Emily Staniford ab 1896 in the Wargrave area, father & mother are unknown

Looking for information on Elizabeth Flower Caroline Permele HORNE baptised to Thomas and Elizabeth (nee FULKER) 19 Jan 1780 in Swallowfield and Edward Thomas Joseph Collis HORNE, baptised to Thomas and Elizabeth 6 Feb 1789 in Swallowfield.

Still looking for THOMAS BARKER baptised c.1835 ARBORFIELD, anyone help on the parents ?

Hi Folks I am trying to establish the birth/baptism of William Cox born abt 1827. According to the 1851 Census William Cox was born in Caversham, Oxfordshire. According to the 1861 Census he was born in Sonning, Berkshire and according to the 1871 Census he was born in Sonning Oxfordshire. ...

Have come up against a blank wall with this forebear. His name on his son's wedding certificate is given as Joseph and certainly there is a Joseph born around the same time, but with a completely different family (which does not include James's son William from whom I am decended). There are a...

Hi B G Forum Members I am trying to locate an original transcription of the marriage of my 4x great grandparents Richard Goody (or Goodey) and his wife Mary Pococke (or Pocock). The IGI has informed me that this took place on 08 May 1766 in the parish of Hampstead Norris, Berkshire. I am...

I hope someone can help! On the 1844 Tithe Commutation document & map for Shrivenham it says William Moxham lived at a Homestead on the West end of Shrivenham rented from "Faringdon Poor" and also the the poor ground approx 3 acres close to the house. Poor`s ground was dedicated to the upkeep of...

The birth certificate of Henry Thomas has arrived! Registration in Ilsley, Wantage, Berkshire. He was born on 17 April 1873, his mother was Martha Stream of Catmore and there is no father mentioned. In 1871 she was a servant for a widowed farmer James Ricks in East Woodhay. Living with...

Does anyone remember a baby boy being abandoned at Reading Train Station in 1965? The person who found him was registered at Northern Rock House, Cheapside, Reading. Can anyone tell me what this building is now? Any information would be greatly received.|help|

Can anyone enlighten me about the House of Mercy at Clewer nr.Windsor.One of our family was there in 1901 as an inmate, from the list of inmates it appears to be a very big establishment. Why did she go there? Mental or physical illness ?and as she lived in Camberwell why was it she was at Clewer?...

Need to find the marriage of Stanley Faulkner & Kathleen ?? (maiden name unknown) They lived in christmas common or newbury area and had a daughter around 1944 (+-2 years) Kathleen married a man Called Reginald Blake later on

Does anyone know where Garden Cottages is, or was, in Cookham? My GG Grandfather William ANDREWS was a waterman/fisherman and was living there in 1871 and 1881. Results from a Google search seem to indicate that the area may have been redeveloped in the 1960/70s, but I can't work out where it...

Does anyone have a connection to or knowledge of a HENRY LAINSBURY b. 1880 in Berkshire, reg'd Reading. Freebmd has a marriage in 1905 to Elizabeth Walter or Annie Ilbrey. 1911 has a Henry Lainsbury b.1880 +-1 Berkshire residing in "Henley Oxfordshire" with Elizabeth b. 1862 age 42 This...

My great grandfather married Mary Gibbens, born 1845 to William Gibbens and Naomi Holloway in 1869 in Lambeth. Mary died in November 1881 after having given birth to a daughter. William Chapman Humfrey (my great grandfather) two years later married a cousin of Mary's Jane Gibbens, daughter of...

I was wondering if anyone has a connection to the following family from Thatcham Berkshire: Benjamin Franklin born 1792 in Thatcham married Elizabeth Freeman born abt 1796 in Greenham, Berkshire They went on to have 10 children - but I am confused between an Eliza and Elizabeth - looking...