What's new
 BRO is 60!
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The first BRO opened its doors on 10 August 1948. During the next year we will be celebrating this anniversary with a variety of events.
Join BRO throughout the next year to help celebrate 60 years of caring for and providing access to the county's unique written heritage, and look forward to the future.
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Research Fees
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Please note that the fee for our research services will be £10.00 per half hour, effective 1 April 2009.
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Manorial Documents Register online
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BRO's project to put lists of its manors and their records online is now complete. The register can be viewed at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mdr.
Manorial records are particularly useful for family history in the period before parish registers, as well as providing a rich source for information about local communities across the centuries.
Manors were landed estates where the landowner exercised some sort of legal control over his tenants. Berkshire had over 350 manors and records survive for around 265 of them.
This project was completed with generous help from The Marc Fitch Fund.
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Explore your family history
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Discover your family history or look into the history of where you live with a visit to the BRO.
Why not put your name down for one of the free BRO introductory visits.
Dates for 2009 are:
6 July 2009
5 October 2009
Places are limited to 10 people. Visits start at 2pm and last around an hour.
The aim is to provide a brief outline of what is available in BRO and to provide some guidance and advice in the use of sources in the searchroom.
If you would like to book a place on a visit, please ask at Reception, email arch@reading.gov.uk or call 0118 901 5132 to put your name down on the list.
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