A letter signed Bransby Williams
Family history can take you on the strangest of paths sometimes. Amongst some old brown torn paperwork I came across a letter which stood out to me which was signed...
School Records
The School Records - many of these children went to fight in the great war. School became compulsory from 1880 when the Elementary Education Act came in for children aged...
DNA – Do I? Don’t I?
DNA is such a personal journey for many and it is up to the individual if they want to take that leap into the world of DNA. Many decide it’s...
Old and Unheard of Occupations
Firstly sorry I have not been able to post in a while due to trying to complete my lectures for my coursework and being a mother of two small children...
Adoption
Adoption is a subject that a lot of people involved find hard to talk about and a subject that is an incredibly sensitive and personal to the individual. One thing...
Family History – Be Open Minded
Family history is a unique journey for everyone and when you’re looking into your family history, you may find you will be overwhelmed with information with peoples names, dates and...
Lets Find Our Ancestors!
When people ask me how to start tracing their family history, my best advice would be start with you. Whether you know much about your family or you don’t...
Arthur Hollis, Not Forgotten
It’s been a hundred years on the 11th November since the First World War ended. It feels strange talking about an event that happened before mine, my parents and my...
Remembering the Children on the Titanic
It sends shivers down your spine even thinking about those poor men, women and children who lost their lives that dreadful night. The RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton for...
1841 Census
The 1841 census is the earliest and first census in the UK that has survived as a whole. Other census were taken before hand but only parts of each have...