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Read more about the article Do you have photographs of your ancestors from Somerset or Dorset?

Do you have photographs of your ancestors from Somerset or Dorset?

  • Post author:Emma Cox
  • Post published:24/02/2023
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The Somerset and Dorset Family History Society (SDFHS) are running a project to find family photos depicting local people and places. There are already 4,500 donated images and they will…

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Read more about the article Researching Female Ancestors

Researching Female Ancestors

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  • Post published:22/02/2023
  • Post category:Occupations/Research
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In the recent Researching Female Ancestors podcast episode with Emma Jolly we talked about how women can be harder to find but records do exist. Topics include military pensions, DNA…

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Read more about the article Researching Occupations

Researching Occupations

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  • Post published:08/02/2023
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In the recent Researching Occupations podcast episode with Sophie Kay we talked about many different occupations, effects upon a person’s health, death, the place they lived and more. Finding and…

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Read more about the article Researching Welsh Ancestors

Researching Welsh Ancestors

  • Post author:Emma Cox
  • Post published:25/01/2023
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In the recent Researching Welsh Ancestors podcast episode with Gill Thomas we discussed the following subjects: Records: their locations and contents The difficulties and benefits of researching in Wales The…

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Read more about the article Researching Italian Ancestors

Researching Italian Ancestors

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  • Post published:06/01/2023
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Following on from the recent Journeys into Genealogy podcast interview with Julie Goucher, here are tips, recommendations and resources for starting (or continuing) your own Italian research journey. Julie has…

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Read more about the article Researching Theatre Ancestors

Researching Theatre Ancestors

  • Post author:Emma Cox
  • Post published:29/11/2022
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In the recent Journeys into Genealogy podcast interview with Mish Holman we discussed several different resources for researching theatre ancestors. This blog post brings them together alongside some tips from…

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Read more about the article A visit to the London Metropolitan Archives

A visit to the London Metropolitan Archives

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  • Post published:01/11/2021
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Why visit London Metropolitan Archives? The London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) is fully open for visitors as of October 2021. I did an online search and found some of my ancestors'…

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Read more about the article Progressing past brick walls when compiling family history

Progressing past brick walls when compiling family history

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  • Post published:25/09/2019
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Most of my family history research has gone straight back through my direct ancestors, in some cases to 6 generations without any problems. I have encountered brick walls for some…

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Read more about the article Distant cousins

Distant cousins

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  • Post published:11/09/2019
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My personal family history journey has taken me, and continues to take me, in lots of different directions. I have found and connected with several distant cousins recently and have…

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Read more about the article St Petersburg – The Sussex Connection

St Petersburg – The Sussex Connection

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  • Post published:07/08/2019
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Looking into some of my family history I recently discovered some 19th century records were held by my local records office. My family only have lived in Sussex for a…

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