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Arley Hall, Cheshire archives now online

Posted on 14 March 2013 by Linda Elliott
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Cheshire Family History Society members have been very busy of late, they have just completed a mammoth project of digitising more than 10,000 documents relating to the Arley Hall Estate. This material is now available online free and is a … Continue reading →

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Founders & Survivors Tasmanian Convicts 1803 – 1920

Posted on 11 March 2013 by Linda Elliott
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A friend Cath Ferguson sent me a link to this website, Cath is an experienced local historian and I have been helping her recently with the genealogy part of two of her local history stories. I’m encouraging her to set … Continue reading →

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Boer War Records online

Posted on 1 March 2013 by Linda Elliott
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Our good friends at FindMyPast have just added some Boer War records to their military collection. This time round they are all medal rolls which are useful genealogy records. The additions are Queen’s South Africa medal rolls for: Royal Monmouthshire … Continue reading →

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Legacies of British Slave-ownership

Posted on 28 February 2013 by Linda Elliott
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University College London has launched a website which will challenge our feelings towards some of our ancestors. You can’t judge your fore-bears because you haven’t stood in their shoes, haven’t lived in their society and can’t possibly know the whole … Continue reading →

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Criminal Records 1817 – 1931

Posted on 25 February 2013 by Linda Elliott
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FindMyPast has just released a new collection of criminal records 1817 – 1931, additional records will be added in the coming months to make the complete dataset 1770 – 1934. The original records are kept at The National Archives and … Continue reading →

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