Great to see you back Philippa. The vac and I have missed your sense of humour - and your wonderful pictures. Tony
Not sure I would agree. 11 August it is but I can't see any year after 1643 until the next page. 1644 does seem to be missing but if you look at...
Back to historic newspapers. FMP took them out of the standard subscription a couple of years ago as a way to make more money..bless them. But...
I think that it depends on why you find the hobby interesting. A lot of genealogists simply want to amass a huge list of names - I call that name...
Thank you but not a problem Wendymac. I stopped celebrating my own birthdays about 110 years ago - well maybe a few years less than that but it...
Happy Birthday Shellymac. All the best people were born today! It is said that if there are 23 people in a room there is a 50% chance that one of...
Thank you all for your kind wishes. The vac gave me the day off today so I played golf instead. This evening I watched one of my sons playing...
Happy Birthday Jan. Hope the day has gone well so far (all the best people were born in July!). Tony
Abbreviated first names also cause problems for searches. In the 1841 census an ancestor of mine was recorded in the enumerator's document as...
It was standard spelling way back to make double look like ff. I too have Cross in my family and I've come across examples of that spelling a few...
I couldn't live online without a password manager. I just looked and I have 87 login passwords stored in the one I use. No way I can remember even...
I recently read an article about the best methods for storing precious data. It said that while memory sticks are fine for short term use you...
Hi Auburn The Basingstoke central library is now called a Discovery Centre (the marketeers have been at it again) and is probably safe but two...
Here is part of a recent email from Hampshire Libraries "Since the lockdown began Hampshire Libraries have worked hard to offer a broad range of...
Like Sandiep we have been retired for around 10 years so we don't really expect to be allowed to resume normal life until late next year, assuming...
What exact heaps are you saving? Sounds gross to me!
I had a meeting in Haywards Heath on the morning after the 1987 storm, a place I had visited a few times before. My route took me off the A23 then...
..but on a more serious note we have just driven up and down part of the M5 motorway since I last posted and as you drive over the River Avon near...
Further news of our flooded village road under the railway bridge:) (the first episode is above somewhere). Last night a man driving a brand new...
The main London to South Coast railway goes through the village near us and when it was built in the mid 1800s the navvies lowered the level of...
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