Berkshire, England Genealogy

Guide to Berkshire ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

County Information
"BERKS, or Berkshire, an inland county, within the basin of the Thames. It is bounded, on the N, by Gloucester, Oxford and Bucks; on the E, by Surrey; on the S, by Herts; and on the W, by Wilts... Berks contains 146 parishes, parts of 14 others, and three extra-parochial tracts...

SOURCE: The above extract is taken from, John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-72.

Parishes
Interactive map of Berkshire parishes.

Civil Registration Districts
List of Berkshire Registration districts.

Websites

 * GENUKI
 * Berkshire Resources and help pages on RootsChat Berkshire Resources and help pages. (Free).
 * Rootsweb
 * GenealogyLinks
 * Cyndislist
 * Berkshire resources at the Society of Genealogists.
 * The Four Visitations of Berkshire A book to read
 * 1930 - at FamilySearch — index

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