Month: January 2020
Frozen fish, a Cumbrian discovery
Frozen fish, a staple of any domestic freezer, was a 20th century discovery by Clarence Birdseye. Or was it? Well, no. But this isn’t a blog about native Canadians, or how the Romans invented underf... Read More
Births post-1837, and ‘constraints on marriage’
1837 starts with 1836 All family historians know that prior to 1837, the only way to find records of births is in parish registers, or bishop’s transcripts thereof. IE, church records. The state onl... Read More