Research

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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RAF - whodunnit

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