Author: HarrietP
Journalist and amateur genealogist
The Armstrong perjury case
The Armstrong perjury case – or Robert Bendle Moore and the naughty client An extraordinary letter was read out in court in April 1858, written by a solicitor to a client. But then the Armstrong per... Read More
Pacification documents
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 ... Read More
John Ellwood Boadle Lonsdale Battalion
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
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
DNA tests – was it worth it?
DNA tests revisited… In my post looking at whether DNA tests are worth it, for family history, I concluded: Because: In short, I don’t think DNA testing could tell me anything I haven’t or c... Read More
Westmorland girls – be warned!
Westmorland girls were given some sound advice, from bitter experience, in May 1874, by a young woman who had learned the hard way. While looking for something else, I chanced upon a notice in the Pen... Read More
Countess Ossalinsky
Ambling around Beacon Edge cemetery a few weeks ago (visiting family graves, and taking photos of others to upload to FindaGrave), I chanced upon a Celtic cross with a faded inscription: Countess Bori... Read More
Grahams of Cumberland DNA
Grahams of Cumberland part 3: The DNA thing In part one, I started out with ‘my’ John Graham, born c1750. While assuming we are descended from the border reiver Grahams, a couple of lovely relativ... Read More