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Ancestry suggested records

Ancestry suggested records

Posted on March 19, 2023March 19, 2023 by HarrietP
Ancestry suggested records Ancestry suggested records * can be a useful feature when looking to expand your family tree. They can also be very misleading and for sure are no substitution for ‘doing ... Read More
John Moore – thanks Dad

John Moore – thanks Dad

Posted on February 19, 2023January 15, 2023 by HarrietP
John Moore  – wills and family history I have posted before about how to find and use wills in family history research. The 1744 will of John Moore of Kirkbampton is one of those that tells us ... Read More
Fishing rights

Fishing rights

Posted on January 22, 2023February 3, 2023 by HarrietP
Fishing rights may not sound an exciting topic, but for people researching their family history, they can be an unexpected source of ‘treasure’. Signs saying ‘no fishing’ are a familiar part o... Read More
William Weight : advice on variations

William Weight : advice on variations

Posted on March 13, 2022March 13, 2022 by HarrietP
William Weight married in his 40s, died in his 80s, and doesn’t seem to have left much of a mark on the world. But having taken a photo of his and wife Isabella’s grave, at Beacon Edge Cemetery, P... Read More
Bequests that raise a smile

Bequests that raise a smile

Posted on January 30, 2022 by HarrietP
Bequests that raise a smile Bequests in family wills can often tell us a lot about the person, their status, their priorities, and their relationships. And where there’s a will, there’s an occasio... Read More
Life in Georgian Cumbria

Life in Georgian Cumbria

Posted on December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 by HarrietP
Cumbrian Characters doesn’t touch much on Georgian Cumbria. Mainly because it’s easier to find information on the 19th century. Births, marriages and deaths were standardised as a civil matter... Read More
Lost gravestones

Lost gravestones

Posted on November 28, 2021January 6, 2022 by HarrietP
The lost gravestones of Holy Trinity Church, Carlisle, inspired this post about the importance of such memorials to anyone who cares about history and their ‘roots’. Tell people you like to wander... Read More
Benjamin Franklin’s experiment in Cumberland

Benjamin Franklin’s experiment in Cumberland

Posted on October 17, 2021October 17, 2021 by HarrietP
Pouring oil on troubled waters Pouring oil on troubled waters – as a metaphor – is familiar to all of us. It means trying to calm a dispute with soothing words. Benjamin Franklin’s experimen... Read More
Tracing your family history: Wills

Tracing your family history: Wills

Posted on October 3, 2021October 3, 2021 by HarrietP
Among William Shakespeare’s almost countless famous lines is one from his will: ‘Item, I give unto my wife my second best bed with the furniture.” If you’re tracing your family history or... Read More
Thomas Ollivant of Hesket-in-the-Forest

Thomas Ollivant of Hesket-in-the-Forest

Posted on September 5, 2021September 4, 2021 by HarrietP
Thomas Ollivant, ‘clerk’ (vicar) of Hesket-in-the-Forest, Cumberland, died in 1686. His will included an inventory with a lot of names – local people who owed him various sums of money. These de... Read More
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