Category Archives: Local History

Not Highly Rated

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Lifelines Research

The aim of this blog is to provide some background material relating to the issues raised in Episode 26 of my video series, Setting The Record Straight. The video and this accompanying blog take a look at an online database … Continue reading →

Posted in Archives, digitisation, Document Sources, Local History, research, Soapbox | Tagged ANcestry, documents, family history, family-tree, Findmypast, genealogy, history, Rate Books, Really Bad Digitisation, Westminster | 1 Comment

31 Discoveries

Posted on August 1, 2024 by Lifelines Research

31 microblogs written and published during the month of August 2024, each one focussing on a different discovery that I’ve made over the years in my own family history… Thirty One I’d always known that my Grandma was illegitimate and … Continue reading →

Posted in Archives, Document Sources, Local History, research, Stories | Tagged #31Discoveries, 31 Discoveries, Discoveries, family history, genealogy, gravestones, parish registers, research | Leave a comment

A Star of the Silver Screen and… the 1939 National Register

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Lifelines Research

Just in case anyone ever needs to know, if you want to get my attention, you could do worse than sending me a message that says: Hi Dave. I’m doing a bit of research at the moment on the 1939 … Continue reading →

Posted in Archives, digitisation, Document Sources, Local History, research, Stories | Tagged 1939, 1939 National Register, Audrey Hepburn, Elham, family history, genealogy, Kent, research, the national archives, tna | 1 Comment

A tale of the unexpected

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Lifelines Research

On 27 November 1826, the brothers, Robert, Walter, John and Alexander Robertson, presented an inventory of the personal estate of their father at the Edinburgh Sheriff Court. The brothers were described in the document as: Robert Robertson Herd at Bronsley, … Continue reading →

Posted in Archives, Document Sources, Local History, research, Stories, Surnames | Tagged Berwickshire, census, Cranshaws, documents, family history, genealogy, Longformacus, parish registers, research, Robertson, Whitsome | 1 Comment

Our Ancestral Places

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Lifelines Research

Those of you who follow me on Twitter will know that I’ve embarked on a virtual journey this year, tracking down the places connected with my ancestors’ lives (I’ve ‘borrowed’ my wife’s as well) and I’ve been tweeting about a … Continue reading →

Posted in Local History, research, Stories | Tagged 365AncestralPlaces, Berwickshire, census, documents, Edrom, family history, genealogy, Hedger, Local History, maps, research | 5 Comments

Welcome to the family

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Lifelines Research

Margaret Howland was born on 9 August 1906 at 46 Brunswick Street, Edinburgh, just off Leith Walk but south of the border with the ancient Burgh of Leith. Margaret was my grandma and one of the nicest and kindest people … Continue reading →

Posted in Local History, research, Stories | Tagged census, documents, Edinburgh, family history, genealogy, Howland, illegitimacy, measles, research | 9 Comments

But which parish was it in…?

Posted on July 24, 2022 by Lifelines Research

About a year ago I was looking at my Edinburgh-Irish Flynn ancestors and trying to fill in some gaps in the story by looking at all the birth and death records relating to the family. One of the certificates that … Continue reading →

Posted in Document Sources, Local History, research, Soapbox | Tagged boundaries, cramond, dalmeny, documents, east craigie, family history, genealogy, linlithgowshire, maps, national library of scotland, research | Leave a comment

Six Days, Six Stones – Part 6: Astbury

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Lifelines Research

This the last of six blogposts written and published on six successive days, in which I take a look at a particular ancestral gravestone that my wife and I visited on our recent road trip. You can read the other … Continue reading →

Posted in Local History, research, Stories, Surnames, Uncategorized | Tagged Astbury, family history, genealogy, gravestones, parish registers, research, Sarah Dutton, St Mary, William Pedley | Leave a comment

Six Days, Six Stones – Part 5: Macclesfield Cemetery

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Lifelines Research

This is the fifth of six blog posts, written and published over six consecutive days, looking at some of the family graves that my wife and I visited as part of a recent road trip to celebrate our 40th wedding … Continue reading →

Posted in Document Sources, Local History, research, Stories, Surnames | Tagged documents, family history, genealogy, gravestones, Hannah Hulme, John Hulme, Macclesfield, Macclesfield Cemetery, Maggie Bullock, research, Thomas Bullock | 1 Comment

Six Days, Six Stones – Part 4: Longnor, Staffordshire

Posted on May 5, 2022 by Lifelines Research

This is the fourth of six blog posts written after a recent road trip during which my wife and I visited a number of ancestral burial places. You can read the earlier instalments here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part … Continue reading →

Posted in Document Sources, Local History, research, Stories, Surnames | Tagged churchyards, documents, family history, genealogy, gravestones, Isaac Coates, Longnor, Martha Hulme, parish registers, research, Staffordshire | 3 Comments