Who's that girl?
This appears therefore to be Christiana Bourchier, daughter of John Bourchier and Charlotte Chadwick of Baggotstown, Co Limerick. She...
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Nicola
- Nov 17, 2020
- 4 min
My local Lincolnshire Poacher
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...
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Nicola
- Sep 23, 2020
- 8 min
Thomas Huddleston "uncontrollably violent and dangerous"
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...
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Nicola
- Aug 18, 2020
- 2 min
Snapshots at 45
In honour of my 45th birthday I thought I would look back on my ancestors in their 45th years. Paternal granddad – Ernest Rowe. Sadly,...
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Nicola
- Aug 10, 2020
- 3 min
The joy of Almanacks
I always had the impression that almanacs were something to do with cricket, weather and astrology. I never imagined that they would be...
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Nicola
- Jun 24, 2020
- 9 min
Story behind the headstone Pt 1: genealogical goosebumps
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...
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Nicola
- Aug 16, 2019
- 2 min
A family resumé
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
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Nicola
- Aug 5, 2019
- 8 min
Adventures of Enoch Dingley
I have always admired Enoch Dingley, my husband’s great great great-uncle, as someone who did not let his disability hold him back.
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Nicola
- Jul 17, 2019
- 11 min
Long read - Lincolnshire emigrants to New Zealand
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
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Nicola
- Aug 8, 2017
- 3 min
RAF - whodunnit
Another exciting day of research in the Hallam household began with the discovery of an interesting grave in London Road Cemetery,...
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