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Last update 4^th July 2013

Main Links Useful Family History Sites The FHC Portal Premium Websites (Only available from FHC Computers) · 19^th Century British News-papers Digital Archive · Access Newspaper Archive · Alexandra Street Press · Ancestry.com · ArkivDigital on-line · FindMyPast · Fold3.com · The Genealogist · Godfrey Memorial Library · Paper Trail · World Vital Records General Interest Basic Beliefs Main LDS site UK LDS site Jesus Christ The Scriptures Provident Living Order Materials	Reading Family History Centre Free Open Day Saturday 6^th July 2013 from 9:15am to 4:30pm 280 The Meadway, Tilehurst, Reading, Berks. RG30 4PE
	Objective The Open Day is on Saturday - 9:15 am to 4:30 pm! We have organised an exciting day for all those interested in Family History, whether beginner or advanced – please come along – All talks and display stands are FREE – Saturday 6^th July 2013. Our objective for the Family History Centre Open Day is to promote family history by helping the beginner to start, the intermediate to understand the facilities in the Family History Centre and the more advanced to know where to go for help. We would like to introduce people to indexing, which is a wonderful way to provide service in the area of family history. Contact: We can be contacted by email (UK_Reading @ LDSMail.net) or phone 0118 941 0211 on Mondays and Fridays between 10am and 3pm. Location: The Family History Centre is part of the Reading England Stake and meets in the Stake meeting house, 280 The Meadway, Tilehurst, Reading, Berks. RG30 4PE. A location map can be found by clicking here. Details of the days events: Speakers: 9:45 Alistair Aitchison –Key Note Address (Reading England Stake President) 10:15 Official opening of the Family History Open Day by Professor Suzanna Rose, High Sheriff of the Royal County of Berkshire 10:30 Roger Perry - Introduction to the Indexathon (Director of Indexing in Reading England Stake) 11:10 Heather Hicks – ‘Which Way? Your Way, My Way, The Right Way’ (Heather is also the U3A National Subject Adviser on Family History) 12:10 Mark Bayley – ‘Breaking down brick walls in your research using unique tools and data on-line’ (Head of Online Developments at S&N Genealogy Supplies) 13:10 Christine Johnson – ‘Records and Facilities in the Reading FH Centre’ (Director of the Reading FHC) 13:50 Stewart Millar – FamilySearch Family Tree (Director of the Cheltenham FHC) 14:45 Sharon Hintze – ‘Being of sound and disposing mind: wills and probate’ (Director of the London FHC) 15:45 David Cottrell – FamilySearch Historical Records (Area Family History Advisers, London Temple District) Workshops 10:30 – 16:30 Workshops available include the following: Expert Help – Stands in the Cultural Hall FamilySearch Help – Stands in the Cultural Hall Beginners Instruction at 10:30am, 12:00 midday, 1:30pm and 3:00pm – Classroom 1 FamilySearch Indexing – Classrooms 2&3 Reading Family History Centre – in the FHC An Indexathon where historical FamilySearch records will be indexed – HC room next to the FHC Stands 10:30 – 16:30 Display stands available include the following: Reading Family History Centre FamilySearch FamilySearch Indexing The Genealogist Reading U3A U3A Family History/Research Berkshire FHS Oxfordshire FHS Guild of One-Names Studies (GOONS) Mediaeval Family History

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