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    My local Lincolnshire Poacher
    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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    Thomas Huddleston "uncontrollably violent and dangerous"
    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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    Snapshots at 45
    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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    The joy of Almanacks
    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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    Story behind the headstone Pt 1: genealogical goosebumps
    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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    A family resumé
    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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    Adventures of Enoch Dingley
    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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    Long read - Lincolnshire emigrants to New Zealand
    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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    RAF - whodunnit
    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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