Family Research - English, Scottish and Irish Genealogy

31/1/2005

Pigot’s Directory of 1834.

Transcript of the entry of “professions and trades”
for COTTINGHAM in Pigot’s Directory of 1834.
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They seek DNA to test whether skeleton is Jamestown founder

Far from the site of a 400-year-old fort on the James River near Williamsburg that became America’s first permanent English settlement, archaeologists hope to dig beneath the floors of two ancient churches in search of DNA from relatives of one of the settlement’s most important founders.
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Using and locating records at the Family History Centre.

The Family History Library is the largest genealogical library in the world. It is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA and is home to microfilms, microfiche, papers, books and maps. The library is operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known as the “Mormons.”
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30/1/2005

New Website Gives Boost to ‘Newbie’ Genealogy Buffs

GenealogyBuff.com provides a unique surname search tool which allows scanning a variety of online databases.
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The Hollow Crown: A History of Britain in the Late Middle Ages

The Hollow Crown is part of Penguin’s new History of Britain, of which half the volumes have been published, with about half still to come. It is therefore required to be a very particular kind of history, not public exactly in the sense of official or authorised, but still coming close to consensual, a version on..
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LOOKING BACK

Arup K Datta
SCANDALS, it seems, will never cease to leave the House of Windsors. Now the discovery of a letter of Queen Victoria indicates the Queen herself was not very Victorian in her manner of living!
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Tracing a war heroine

Unfortunately due to removing very nasty and horrible Spam from this Site which I wish would stop and which has been reported to the Police who are looking into it. I accidently removed a interesting comment about Wendy Hollyer. I would be sincerely obliged if the person who posted the comment could please repost it as it is important.

Thank you

John Arthur

29/1/2005

Tribute to Scots’ own Florence Nightingale

Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
… continued to battle and travelled to Serbia where she set up the first Scottish Women’s … Elsie was given her place in history as a great female role model. …
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28/1/2005

Genealogy Today: Research, patience often go together

The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA
There is a genealogy research rule that says we begin with what we know and work toward what we want to know. We connect one ancestor …
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27/1/2005

Tracing a war heroine

An appeal has been launched to find a World War Two heroine who received the George Medal in recognition of her devotion to duty.

Telephonist Wendy Hollyer received the medal, the second highest gallantry award to be given to a civilian, for remaining in her post, despite being injured during a bomb raid in Croydon.
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