Were your ancestors engineers? Have you searched Grace’s Guide to British Industrial History? www.gracesguide.co.uk. Freely available it is an…
NAVAL GAZING
If you have Navy Ancestors a trip to the Caird Library and Archive at Greenwich Maritime Museum could be worthwhile.…
Christmas Day Marriage Mayhem
In the course of uncovering our family history we often find our ancestors chose to marry on Christmas Day. It’s…
I’ll Show You Mine……?
Like most researchers I subscribe to genealogy sites. Some of these sites allow me to submit family trees for other…
Gin Making at Adnams, Southwold
I’m advised that I have to wait two weeks until the gin I made on Saturday will be ready to…
A Real Bastard of a Relative – an introduction to one useful source of parish records
Genealogical research can be so frustrating when a baptism record gives only the mother’s name and does not mention a…
A Red in the Family Bed; Socialism and Syphilis
Fred Hyatt was a prominent union organiser and uncompromising socialist who fought for the rights of his fellow workers in…
