Getting Started
There are many ways you can get started in searching your family history. You can look at your parent’s birth certificates to locate the family names of your father and mother. A marriage certificate would be better as this shows not only the couples’ names, but the names of the fathers and their professions. Older generations of family are a great source of information, as are old photographs, diaries, newspaper cuttings and any family archives.
General Register Office
General Register Office, PO Box 2, Southport PR8 2JD Tel:0845 6037788
The General Register Office (GRO) is responsible for ensuring registration information is collected, and maintains a central archive facility. It is responsible for all online, telephone and postal enquires.
Berkshire Records Office
9 Coley Avenue, Reading RG1 6AF Tel:01189 015132
The Berkshire Records Office (BRO) holds various records including baptism, marriage and burial registers from the 16th century onwards for most Berkshire parishes and copies of some registers for the Slough area. They also hold GRO indexes for 1837 to 1997.
Please contact the BRO using the details on the right for any specific details.
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