A partnership between the Royal Archives and the Bodleian Library has brought us the 141 volumes of Queen Victoria’s private diaries. I believe that some of her diaries were destroyed by one of her daughter upon the Monarch’s death, but … Continue reading
FindMyPast has added burial transcripts for Kent to their parish records collection. This time the parishes are Northfleet, Dartford & Gravesend and the time period is 1788 – 1983, all three parishes are quite big places so this addition comprised … Continue reading
Our friends at FindMyPast have added to their parish register collection. This time it is the West Devon & Plymouth Record Offices that have allowed the scanning of their parish registers. The records cover 500 years and comprise three and … Continue reading
FindMyPast has updated their Boer War records collection with 10,000 new records. The major inclusions in this update are: The complete Queen’s South Africa medal roll for the Coldstream Guards, Irish Guards, 1st battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers and Rundles Scouts … Continue reading
Linda Ellis started this site and thought she would confine herself to her family history. However it seems that the site had other ideas!! Now the main focus is on the town of Desborough in Northamptonshire and what a treasure … Continue reading
