Berkshire, England Genealogy

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Berkshire England

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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

Click on a letter for a list of Wiki page links to Berkshire parishes: A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U W Y

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
• Online Genealogical Index
• Berkshire resources at the Society of Genealogists.
• The Four Visitations of Berkshire A book to read
  

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