... since I last posted anything here. As some of you will know, I went back into education and in the intervening years have somehow managed to acquire a history degree, and a masters in early modern history which has given me a new perspective on my own family history. Those east-Anglian wool merchants now … Continue reading It’s been a while …
Can anyone identify this job?
I'm pretty sure it's a job in a mill and I think I can make out the word 'card' but apart from that I'm flummoxed.
New pages and links you may wish to peruse …
Just popping in the let you know I've updated the page for my Jackson ancestors, and also added a page for one of the families they married in to, the Bancrofts. I've also added a couple of new links to the sidebar (which desperately needs updating because I'm sure some of the links no longer … Continue reading New pages and links you may wish to peruse …
Anyone Speak Latin?
This might prove to be a bit of a longshot, but if anyone can read the following I'll be extremely grateful. I've tried the translation sites but the results made very little sense: Ad pedem Parietis huic lapidi vicini jacet, Rebecca Lovering, mater Thomœ Lovering, Quæ cum annos Octoginta & unum implessit, morti cessit, Sic … Continue reading Anyone Speak Latin?
Quick Update and Some New Lines
Well, moving elsewhere wasn't a great success; people continued to use this blog instead, and I kept forgetting to update the new one, so it looks like I'll just have to move back here lol It's lovely to see how much use the blog has had even during it's hiatus, especially the GILBY thread which … Continue reading Quick Update and Some New Lines