Monthly Archives: February 2024

Web Wednesday (9)

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Julie Goucher

The web-Wednesday site for this week is: Postal Museum There is limited material online, but there is a useful catalogue. A search of the catalogue for the name BUTCHER, produced three individual who served in the First World War, all … Continue reading →

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Web Wednesday (8)

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Julie Goucher

The web-Wednesday for this week is a topic focus on WILLS, after all, it is #WillsWednesday! Wills give us tremendous insight into who: a person, the testator was, people they cared about, and the items they treasured. This post is … Continue reading →

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Web Wednesday (7)

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Julie Goucher

The web-Wednesday site for this week is: GB Names This is a really useful site to those interested in the distribution of a surname across Great Britain, using census data for the years 1851, 1861, 1881, 1901 and 1911 (1911 … Continue reading →

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Web Wednesday (6)

Posted on February 7, 2024 by Julie Goucher

The web-Wednesday site for this week is: Durham Mining Museum This is an EXCELLENT website for those researching in:   County Durham Northumberland Cumberland Westmoreland North Yorkshire (Ironstone Mines) The site is absolutely jammed pack with material for those researching … Continue reading →

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Desk Ramblings (32)

Posted on February 1, 2024 by Julie Goucher

We are fairly recently back from a visit to Scotland where we had some challenging weather. I have been visiting Scotland, at least once a year for the last thirty years. In all that time, I do not think I … Continue reading →

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