November 2024 - Cumbrian Characters

Pacification documents

Posted on November 23, 2024November 23, 2024 by HarrietP

Pacification of The Borders The Pennington Archive A site about the border reivers has an interesting selection of information about our cattle-stealing ancestors. There are maps, blog posts on must... Read More

John Ellwood Boadle Lonsdale Battalion

Posted on November 10, 2024November 10, 2024 by HarrietP

John Ellwood Boadle – a reminder that not all who ‘gave their lives for their country’ in the First World War died on the battlefield. Poor conditions in makeshift training camps at home were a ... Read More

Elizabethan handwriting

Posted on November 3, 2024November 3, 2024 by HarrietP

Elizabethan handwriting – the ‘decoding’ thereof’ – isn’t something I’m exactly expert at. But that does mean my ‘beginner’s guide’ is written from experience as a beginner, so hop... Read More

Cumbrian Characters

Family history is so much more than names and dates

Month: November 2024

Pacification documents

John Ellwood Boadle Lonsdale Battalion

Elizabethan handwriting