Many readers will know by now that the good folk at the General Register Office (the home of the national collection of birth, marriage and death certificates and their associated indexes) have brought in new services. Until now, the indexes for birth and death available to search in a myriad of places on the web -ContinueContinue reading “New information in GRO Indexes – direct from GRO.gov.uk”
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Unwritten History: Baby Loss Awareness Week
A brief post this to do my part to raise awareness of all those babies that never appeared on the birth indexes. I don’t often post very personal items here, but today I make an exception. Before my son was born this year we lost three babies, all at around twelve weeks gestation. As manyContinueContinue reading “Unwritten History: Baby Loss Awareness Week”
eBay Watch
Does anyone else have alerts set up on eBay for particular names, items related to particular places, etc? I do. So far, it’s brought me the following with connections to my One Name Study: – my own book (!) – books on poodles, archiving, and ‘Diana Dors: Only a Whisper Away’ – my cousin’s treatiseContinueContinue reading “eBay Watch”
Norwich Mercury added to British Newspaper Archive site
As tweeted a few days ago, the Norwich Mercury has joined many years of the Norfolk Chronicle now searchable at http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk According to the site you can now view and search the following years: 1727; 1846-8; 1851-1896; 1899-1904. The collection within these years appears to be fairly comprehensive (issued Wednesday and Saturday). 213 issues were addedContinueContinue reading “Norwich Mercury added to British Newspaper Archive site”
Baby names 1904-2014
It’s rather obvious that I might have been interested in baby names lately, but I thought some readers may be interested in the Office for National Statistics’ compilations of the top 100 boys’ and girls’ names by decade 1904-1994: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob1/baby-names–england-and-wales/1904-1994/index.html The site also has more recent lists: http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/bulletins/babynamesenglandandwales/previousReleases We chose traditional names for our sonContinueContinue reading “Baby names 1904-2014”
Update – my confinement and maternity leave!
As those of you that follow me on twitter will know, a month ago we welcomed our baby son (and first born heir!). He and I are both doing well after an extremely short labour (phew, although it was a close call making it to a midwife in time) and surviving the first whirlwind weeks.ContinueContinue reading “Update – my confinement and maternity leave!”
When is the head not listed at the head? When is there no head at all?
It happens surprisingly frequently, although we take it for granted that the census records we routinely use (except for 1841) are headed by the ‘head’. But here are some exceptions. Perhaps the best known example comes from the 1851 Census of St George Hanover Square. 1851 Census; Belgrave, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex; ED 2;ContinueContinue reading “When is the head not listed at the head? When is there no head at all?”
Two places at once?
If I’d had a pound for every person who supposedly ‘doesn’t appear in the census’ but subsequently turned up after a thorough search I might have retired by now. But what about those that actually appear to be on the census twice – or more? One such scenario belongs to an Arthur Walne, born inContinueContinue reading “Two places at once?”
What the troops want to read
A couple of months ago I found new evidence to answer a family mystery in the EADT. While looking up that obituary, as so often happens, I came across something else that caught my eye: a war time mobile library. The article appeared in the Diss Express on Friday, 11 September, 1942: <blockquote data-animation-role="quote" data-animation-override>ContinueContinue reading “What the troops want to read”
The dangers of celluloid
“Farmer’s Death from BurnsOn Wednesday, an inquest was held at Pimlico, Clitheroe, in reference to the death of a retired farmer named James Walne, aged seventy-three years, who died the previous day from the effects of burns received a week ago. Walne got out of bed soon after midnight to see what the time was.ContinueContinue reading “The dangers of celluloid”
Elizabeth Walne's Your Local History 