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Where have all the registers gone?
Let’s make something clear right from the start. I am a huge fan of digitisation and online access in genealogy. Both as an enthusiastic hobbyist and as a professional genealogist with 37 years’ experience, I have reason, on a daily … Continue reading
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Tagged digitisation, documents, genealogy, online access, research, transcription
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The Joy of Signatures
As family historians, we should never rely on transcripts. Access to original documents, or at least, to digital images of original documents is an essential part of the process of genealogical research. Even the most thorough and comprehensive transcripts are … Continue reading
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Tagged documents, family history, genealogy, research, signatures, tna, transcription
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The Joy of Chancery
This is the Court of Chancery … there is not an honourable man among its practitioners who would not give—who does not often give—the warning, “Suffer any wrong that can be done you rather than come here!” Bleak House, Chapter … Continue reading
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Tagged chancery, Charles Dickens, documents, family history, research, tna, transcription
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