#52Ancestors Week 14: Are these the Miss Walnes you’re looking for?

Diving back in at week 14 (I’ve recently completed a Pharos Local History Course during my research time), I’ve just added a new post to my One-Name Study page.

It investigates the conundrum of which Miss Walne of Whitlingham was a subscriber to Norwich Public Library back in 1825.

Why am I interested? Because in the 2010s I worked with some of those same historic volumes. Perhaps my ancestor handled the same ones that I did.

Was I successful?

Find out here: Are these the Miss Walnes you’re looking for?

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