Many family historians find hidden amongst the branches of their family trees a connection to the French Protestants who fled their homelands to find religious freedom in England. A usual place to start your search for these ancestors and to … Continue reading
Just got this press release from our good friends at Find My Past. This is just what I wanted to have at my fingertips – the contents of the Westminster Archives!! So many of my London Ancestors lived in these … 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
The Wiener Library has relocated from Devonshire Street to 29 Russell Square, just round the corner from the British museum. The library was established by Alfred Wiener, a German Jew who fled Germany in 1933. It is said to be … Continue reading
The previous posting about The Nottinghamshire Heritage Gateway led me to this website, The Thoroton Society, which is the leading historical & archaeological society for Nottinghamshire. The aims of the society are to promote knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the … Continue reading
