Guide to the Collections held by Berkshire Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)
M713, M866
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
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Fonds D/EBY. Personal and estate papers of Benyon Family of Englefield, 25 March 1826 - 5 October 1826
Fonds D/ECB. Papers deposited by Cooke, Cooper and Barry, solicitors, of Wokingham, 1882
Papers relating to the marriage settlement of Rev. Henry Le Grand Boyce of Oving, Buckinghamshire, and Cordelia Mason (1846) and its subsequent administration to 1883 (File B86)
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Papers relating to the marriage settlement of John Hulme and Ann Donaldson of Rochester (1824) and subsequent administration to 1880, 1824 - 1880 (File B93)
Includes papers relating to Powers of attorney and other documents relating to William C. Hulme (d. 1858) of Bendigo, Gordon H. Hulme of Bundaberg, and John C. Hulme of Wagga Wagga, children of John and Anne Hulme.
Fonds D/EDD. Correspondence and papers of the Dundas, Crawford and Willis families
Series. Official Papers, 1811 - 1812
Orders addressed to Captain James Coutts Crawford, 1811 - 1812 (File O2)
Extracts from Admiralty despatches to Admiral W. Drury for information of Crawford, January 1811 (Item)
Capt. H. Heathcote (HMS Lion) to Crawford: orders to convey Admiralty despatches to Commodore Broughton, 7 June 1811 (Item)
Admiral R. Stopford to Crawford: orders Crawford to place himself under Stopford's command, 4 July 1811 (Item)
Admiral R. Stopford to Capt. J. Edcumbe (HMS Psyche)orders to intercept enemy near Sourabaya, 4 August 1811 (Item)
Admiral R. Stopford to Crawford: orders to intercept in the Sourabaya area, 19 September 1811 (Item)
Fonds D/EX465. Title deeds and papers of Lenthall Family of Besselsleigh, 19th Century
Photographs of Lenthall Family in Australia, 19th century (File F9)
Photographs of three unidentified individuals taken in Melbourne, Wagga and Sydney. The photographs were microfilmed out of order and were originally located between the Crawford Family correspondence and the orders to Captain Crawford.
Fonds D/ESV/M. Deeds and papers of the Stevens Family of Bradfield, 1744 - 1769
Papers on private trade of Capt. John Stevens, 1744 - 1765 (File F7)
The documents include bonds on cargoes and insurance policies on the Godolphin, Portfield and Harcourt trading in India and Bencoolen in the East Indies.
Letters to Captain John Stevens, 1751 - 1769 (File F9)
John Massey (Fort Marlborough, Sumatra) to Stevens, 12 November 1751 (Item)
Effects of S. Goodman who died at Batavia.
Wotton Braham (Fort Marlborough) to Stevens, 24 December 1753 (Item)
Stevens's guardianship of orphan Phil Coates; sends information about estate belonging to the child.
Fonds D/EX 160. Papers of the Reynolds Family of Faringdon, 1847 - 1851
Account book of Elizabeth Reynolds and her son James Reynolds, with references to payments due to Robert Huntley and his wife Isett Huntley in Sydney, c. 1848-1856 (File)
Letters to Elizabeth Reynolds from her sister and brother-in-law Isett and Robert Huntley and their children Eleanor Huntley, A.S. Huntley and Bessie Griffith, 1847 - 1848 (File)
The letters were written from Braidwood, Sydney and Gundagai and refer to general family news, the health of Isett Huntley, the move of Robert and Isett Huntley from Braidwood to Balmain in Sydney, Robert's medical practice, the prevalence of influenza, economic depression in the colony, the 1848 revolution in France, English news, turmoil in the Legislative Council elections, and increased immigration to Australia.
Fonds D/EBT. Records relating to the Barrett and Belson families, 1840 - 1866
Family records of the Barrett Family of Milton House, Milton, Berkshire, 1670-1947.
Fonds D/EWD. Papers of Sarah Weedon of Reading and her family, 1838 - 1856
Series D/EWD/C1-16. Weedon Family letters, 1852 - 1856
Frank M. Weeden (Melbourne) to his mother (Reading), (4 letters), 1852 - 1853 (File D/EWD/C1-4)
The first item is a letter-diary describing his voyage to Australia and the other letters give his impressions of Melbourne, and refer to prices, 'canvas town' in Melbourne, a journey to the Forest Creek goldfields, his work carting supplies to the goldfields, a visit to Bendigo, his lengthy illness, and his decision to return to England.
Edward M. Weeden (Dunedin) to his mother and brother (12 letters), 1853 - 1856 (File D/EWD/C5-16)
The first item is a letter-diary describing his voyage on the Carnatic and the later letters refer to his arrival in Otago, food prices, his apprenticeship with Edward B. Atkinson to learn the business of sheep and cattle management in the Waitaki district, work on a sheep station, travels in the country around Dunedin, and wheat prices...