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Web Wednesday (5)

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Julie Goucher

The web-Wednesday site for this week is: Who Owns England? This is a fascinating site and attempts to answer the important question of Who Owns England? Which is a key question for those of us who interested in local history, … Continue reading →

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Wills Consultation Paper

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Julie Goucher

On 15 December 2023, the UK government published a consultation paper on the ‘Storage and retention of original will documents’. The paper can be accessed online here. The  government also issued a press release and published a posts on social media. … Continue reading →

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What’s in a Name? – Rediscovering the Field-names of the Rusland Valley and Fells

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Julie Goucher

A few weeks after the #AllAboutThatPlace event I came across the Map Histories Project, organised by Rusland Horizons. I enquired about the associated published book, Rediscovering the Field-names of the Rusland Valley and Fells and was advised it was out … Continue reading →

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Census, Parish and One-Place Study Resources

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Julie Goucher

As we undertake our genealogical research, whether that it on our own individual family history, or a specific project, such as a One-Place Study, One-Name Study, or perhaps a project undertaken as part of the Family and Community History Research … Continue reading →

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Local History Along the Wall #HW1900

Posted on December 19, 2021 by Julie Goucher

Marking the 1900th Anniversary of Hadrian’s Wall (AD 122-2022) The 24 January 2022 marks the 1900th anniversary of the commencement of the building of Hadrian’s Wall. The anniversary celebrations conclude, on 23rd December 2022 which is the final day of the Festival of Saturnalia. A relatively recent relocation … Continue reading →

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Getting to know Sutera – An Overview

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Julie Goucher

Rising 600 meters above sea level, some 100 km from Palmero is Sutera, in Sicily. Now a town of 1223 people (May 2021), it has a fascinating history. Sutera is a rural community, defined by feudal estates and cereal cultivation … Continue reading →

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