The University of Leeds has announced the launching of a new website dedicated to the Archives of the High Street retailer Marks & Spencer. I can’t imagine there is anyone in the UK that hasn’t been in an M & … Continue reading
Exciting news for those of you who have ancestors from York. The civic archives in the city of York will later this year start to create an online database of the contents of the archives. At the present time the … Continue reading
Talking to fellow genealogists I have found that a recurring topic is that it is getting harder to keep up with what is available for a specific county. I thought I might do an occasional posting about what I have … Continue reading
These days the online catalogues for many of the county archives are very detailed and in some instances give enough information that you don’t require a copy of the original document. I have just done a search of the Dorset … Continue reading
Bristol Archives have an index to wills proved in Bristol between 1781 – 1858. There is a good general explanation of what you are likely to find in a will, a couple of examples of wills and the index itself. … Continue reading
