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 survived. So what are you likely to find when researching the 1841 census? When you find your ancestor it will Continue Reading
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LADY VALERIE MEUX
If you know me I am a bit of a history geek and I used to spend time reading and researching records from where I used to live. It must be about twelve years ago when I came across another person who took my interest. Her name was Lady Meux Continue Reading
My Railway Ancestor
This month I decided to cover a little bit on railway workers and the sort of records that you can search on ancestry to do with the railway. My great grandfather Bernard Barnard worked on the railway at Shepreth, Cambridge and Tottenham. There were many types of jobs within the Continue Reading
Debtors Prison
Debtors Prison was a place of dread and shame. Unlike today owing money and being in debt today as we all know is stressful and inflicts pressure onto families, especially in many cases where you are struggling to keep up with re payments. Well this article can make you feel Continue Reading
The Victorian Dentist
As we have seen from many old photos and family stories that our Victorian ancestors suffered with bad teeth and it is only been in the last eighty years that oral mouth hygiene has become more and more of an importance. Dentistry in itself has come a long way and Continue Reading
Everything was Hush Hush!
I’m sure that many of us doing family history have found out many unexpected things and unanswered questions out through our research. Many of us are quite taken back when we do find something unexpected and wonder why we were never told certain things and why these family secrets were always kept quite, for sometimes more than Continue Reading
HMS Thetis (N25)
It was 71 years ago on the 1st June that the submarine HMS Thetis sunk during a trial dive and it sadly took the lives of 99 men. The submarine was built in Birkenhead and made its way to Liverpool Bay where it was to be tested and trialed but Continue Reading
The Workhouse
By the 1870’s one-third of the population over 70 lived in the workhouse. There are many reasons why and mainly because people were too poor, sick or too old to support themselves. Reasons for this maybe unemployment, for example when Britain went through a stage during the early 1830s of Continue Reading
Who Were The Suffragettes?
Suffrage means having the right to vote in political elections. Today women have freedom and rights to vote which can be taken for granted. The mid 19th century woman had no rights and no independent means and was always seen as second class. A woman’s role was looking after the Continue Reading
The Lusitania
The RMS Lusitania was a fine ship that came to tragic ending just three years after the sinking of the Titanic on 7th May 1915, when it was torpedoed by a German Submarine during the First World War. The sinking of this ship was said to be why the American’s Continue Reading