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Workhouse life in Victorian England/Britain

Posted on November 7, 2021November 7, 2021 by CRG

Workhouse orphan Oliver Twist, one of Charles Dickens’ best-known creations, famously gets into trouble for daring to ask for second helpings of food. Researching the life of George Fawell (born Dac... Read More

Patents and family history

Posted on April 25, 2021 by HarrietP

Patents and intellectual property don’t sound the liveliest of topics for family historians to research! But if you ever had an inventor in your family, they have their value. An edition of The Time... Read More

Bankruptcy: a boon for family historians

Posted on November 4, 2018 by HarrietP

Bankruptcy in the family may mean you weren’t born into luxury, but it does mean there’s a wealth of information to look for, tracing your ancestors. In the late 1780s, a man named George Fawell, ... Read More

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Patents and family history