NicolaNov 17, 20204 minMy local Lincolnshire PoacherThe 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...
NicolaSep 23, 20208 minThomas 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...
NicolaAug 18, 20202 minSnapshots at 45In honour of my 45th birthday I thought I would look back on my ancestors in their 45th years. Paternal granddad – Ernest Rowe. Sadly,...
NicolaAug 10, 20203 minThe joy of AlmanacksI always had the impression that almanacs were something to do with cricket, weather and astrology. I never imagined that they would be...
NicolaJun 24, 20209 minStory behind the headstone Pt 1: genealogical goosebumpsAs 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...
NicolaAug 16, 20192 minA family resuméI 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
NicolaAug 5, 20198 minAdventures 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.
NicolaJul 17, 201911 minLong read - Lincolnshire emigrants to New ZealandWilliam 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
NicolaAug 8, 20173 minRAF - whodunnitAnother exciting day of research in the Hallam household began with the discovery of an interesting grave in London Road Cemetery,...