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Walking up back to where Pottergate meets Bedford Street, turn left at the Birdcage and just after the Belgian Monk pub you will meet St John Maddermarket with its archway to the left.  11:03 Turn left at the foot of St John Maddermarket towards Charing Cross. Go straight over the road and continue north alongContinueContinue reading “A foggy blog: three hours, two legs and nearly 40 churches (Part D)”

Turn left and walk east along Colegate. You will soon spot St Clement’s on your right.  11:31 On reaching the junction, turn left onto Magdalen Street. Just before you hit the flyover, you will see St Saviour in its shadow to your right.  11:34 Continue under the flyover and head east towards another large roundabout.ContinueContinue reading “A foggy blog: three hours, two legs and nearly 40 churches (Part E)”

Take the cut through over the road from St Helen and cross the playing fields of the Norwich School to Hook’s Walk with it’s view of the Cathedral (somewhat less striking than usual today).  11:50 At the end of Hook’s Walk, the open space in front of you marks the spot of the former StContinueContinue reading “A foggy blog: three hours, two legs and nearly 40 churches (Part F)”

There is definitely a future! However, I’m currently up to my eyes in study for my MSc in Genealogical, Heraldic and Paleographic Studies (via Certificate and Diploma at the University of Strathclyde) as well as the ‘day job’ and planning my wedding.  So, although I’ll be updating and writing whenever I can, I may notContinueContinue reading “The future of my blog…”

Following a request on twitter, I hope to explain a little about administration in Norfolk before 11 January 1858, and why it matters to your research. Understanding the ecclesiastical hierarchy helps you set the context for your research, demystify the court system and work out where particular records are most likely to be.  Where elseContinueContinue reading “The Archwhat of What? : the Norfolk ecclesiastical hierarchy before civil courts, and why knowing about it matters”

As you may know from my recent twitter feed, I have recently become engaged to my live-in partner of five years and I couldn’t be happier. From the proposal on Norfolk’s beautiful Holkham beach, to the good wishes from family and friends to the screams of my bridesmaids when they heard the news – evenContinueContinue reading “I like family history, therefore I must be ‘traditional’. Discuss.”

Tonight I hope to demonstrate why newspapers are probably my favourite family history resource, and show you just how much information is now accessible to most of us – often for free.  To illustrate my story I will be noting all the references to one individual thrown up from a simple online newspaper archive searchContinueContinue reading “An ancestor, your library card, and a treasure trove”