The village I live in is very small. When I was researching for my MSc project on poachers in Lincolnshire I knew the odds were small for...

As a genealogist and wife of an ex-gravedigger I have spent a fair amount of time in cemeteries and graveyards. I have become quite adept...

In honour of my 45th birthday I thought I would look back on my ancestors in their 45th years. Paternal granddad – Ernest Rowe. Sadly,...

I always had the impression that almanacs were something to do with cricket, weather and astrology. I never imagined that they would be...

As the bullet casing fell from the envelope onto the desk in front of me goosebumps rose up on my arms. I had ordered up a court martial...

I realised that I sometimes write in my blog about random family members but that a few more details of my family lines might be useful in o

I have always admired Enoch Dingley, my husband’s great great great-uncle, as someone who did not let his disability hold him back.

William Bocock, a 21-year-old farm labourer, and his wife Betsy Ann, aged 20, sailed on the Halcione which left Gravesend for New Zealand on

Another exciting day of research in the Hallam household began with the discovery of an interesting grave in London Road Cemetery,...