August 22nd, 2011 
Linda Elliott 
I’ve just found my Vincent Hawkins of Little Coxwell, Berkshire on the new Post office Appointment Books 1737 – 1969 dataset on www.ancestry.co.uk. He was appointed sub postmaster in 1859. In the 1901 census he was aged 82 and was still working as the sub postmaster and living at the post office. For 40 years he was also the parish clerk and fitted in work as an agricultural labourer in his younger years. Obviously a very industrious fellow.
July 24th, 2011 Linda Elliott If you have ancestors who trod the boards then this site might well be 
of interest to you. Lots of pictures, information, maps, posters – you name it and this site seems to have it!
Great work Matthew Lloyd!
Posted in Occupational Records, What Did They Do? 
Tags: Ancestors, Family History, Genealogy, History, Music Hall, Theatre, Theatrical 
1 Comment » July 21st, 2011 Linda Elliott The Sammy Ofer Wing at the National
Maritime Museum is now open. The archives contains 100,000 books and a wider range of manuscripts. Of particular interest to family historians are the crew lists & master’s certificates.
Based in Greenwich it is easy to access via public transport or by car. Well worth a visit especially if you have maritime ancestors.
March 17th, 2011 Linda Elliott 
The Coventry Family History Society has several online databases that you can search for free.
Coventry Family History Society –
This database contains some extracts from the register of boats working the Coventry canal. It covers the years 1879 to 1936 and is searchable on the surname of owners and masters.
Convict Register -
A copy of The Convicts Register is held in Coventry Archives under Reference 1755/1. This gives further information about the convicts including usually their photograph and sometimes details of their convictions. The page shown against each name refers to the page in the register. For a few names no page is shown as it is known to be missing. Some convicts had aliases and these have been included in the index.
Lascelles City Directory 1850 -
Trade directory for Coventry.
Plus details of how to join the Family History Society, their publications and Research Aids.
Posted in Crime & Punishment, Directories, Guides & Gazetteers, Getting Started, Occupational Records, Societies & Organisations, What Did They Do?, Where Did They Live? Tags: Coventry Convict Register, Coventry Family History Society, Family History, Genealogy, Lascelles City Directory 1850 No Comments » June 11th, 2010 Linda Elliott
Interesting web site based around a log book found by Vic Furze in the Winchester Fire Station when he was Officer in Charge there.
Scanned pages from the log, photos and a search facility makes this an excellent site for those whose ancestors might have searched in the brigade between 1908 – 1916 or who want some background history of Andover, Hampshire.
http://www.andover-fire-log.co.uk/index.php
January 4th, 2010 Linda Elliott
The website says it all………………………………….
Essex Oaths Project
This Project was conceived in 2006 by Bro. Bernard Williamson and put to the Study Circle as a research project in which many of them, and others, could become involved.
It is a daunting project with well over 400 A3 pages, each containing some 40 lines of details. The details shown on these returns are the Name, Address and Occupation of lodge members for the year the return was submitted.
http://www.southchurch.mesh4us.org.uk/oaths.php
November 14th, 2009 Linda Elliott
What a great site, I’ve just traced some of my Matkin family into the coal mining industry and this website has helped me understand their lives a little better. There is a searchable database of deaths in mining disasters which could lead you onto newspaper reports etc, maps, history and a photo gallery. Excellent site
November 8th, 2009 Linda Elliott
The Society of Genealogists has an increasing number of online datasets available to their members. Those of us with Solicitors on our family tree will find this one helpful.
Solicitors’ index
This index was originally compiled on record cards and donated to the Society by the professional genealogist Brian Brooks in 2002. It was subsequently converted into digital form by Les Muriel. The coverage is not comprehensive and so it should only be treated as a finding aid. Some counties receive fuller treatment than others and it should be noted that since Mr Brooks retained the cards for London, Middlesex, Sussex and Wales no entries exist for these places. There is relatively little data on Scotland and India. The index was compiled from numerous sources including the following:
October 26th, 2009 Linda Elliott
This website id dedicated to the history of the world of horse racing. It has searchable online databases on jockeys, owners, trainers, horses and breeders. So if you have ancestors connected with the sport of kings then this is the site for you. They also have a photographic archive so you never know you might find a picture of someone on your family tree!
http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewHomepage
October 14th, 2009 Linda Elliott 
Anyone out there with ancestors who worked on the canals or were lock keepers, if so then this is the site for you! Buckinghamshire Canals Society has maps, photos and restoration reports plus lots of background info.
Hi, I am Linda Elliott, a genealogist with 30+ years experience in ancestor hunting. I work as a professional family historian and have helped many people with their family trees. My aim with Mad About Genealogy is to share with you, the many website links, information and the latest genealogy news that I come across. I hope you enjoy your visit to my website and will come and visit on a regular basis.
