Category Archives: Stationery, Filofax, Journals & Notebooks

Farnham Papers – Removal Orders (4)

Sophia SMITH, single woman from Greenwich Kent – 2 April 1792 Charlotte GREEN aged 7 from Binstead Southampton – 5 May 1792 Mary BICKNELL wife or widow of William “who has not been seen or heard of for 11 years” … Continue reading

Posted in England, Farnham Papers (October 1988), UK & Ireland (Eire) Genealogy Series | Leave a comment

Farnham Papers – Removal Orders (3)

Ann CROOK wife of Thomas in the Surrey Militia from Sutton, Surrey – 5 September 1781 William LARBY and wife Jane with their five children George aged 15 James aged 14 John aged 11 David aged 8 Job aged 4 … Continue reading

Posted in England, Farnham Papers (October 1988), UK & Ireland (Eire) Genealogy Series | Leave a comment

Farnham Papers – Removal Orders (2)

Elizabeth WINTER Single woman from Frensham – 1 April 1769 Sarah STENT, otherwise WICKS, Single women from St Mary’s Reading (Berkshire) – 21 July 1773 John BOXALL and Children Daniel aged 8 David aged 5 George age 2  – all … Continue reading

Posted in England, Farnham Papers (October 1988), UK & Ireland (Eire) Genealogy Series | Leave a comment

Farnham Papers – Removal Orders (1)

John STOVOLD and wife (unnamed), and four children to Seale Surrey – 29 March 1694/5 James SPREADBOROUGH and wife (unnamed) to Dogmersfield, Southampton – 16 January 1700/1 (Dogmersfield is close to the Surrey/Hampshire Border, whilst recorded as Southampton, that is … Continue reading

Posted in England, Farnham Papers (October 1988), UK & Ireland (Eire) Genealogy Series | Leave a comment

Farnham Papers

Back in 1988, I visited Farnham library. The attraction was not the rows and rows of books, but the collection of locally held material for Removal & Settlement documents. This material was of course copies, with the originals located at … Continue reading

Posted in Farnham Papers (October 1988), Genealogy | Leave a comment

A-Z Challenge 2020 – Specialised Studies S is for Special Events

Perhaps an unusual specialised study is focusing on special events, those around a certain theme, or events that took place during a specific time period. A special event that is topical for the current climate, on a global scale, is … Continue reading

Posted in A-Z Challenge 2020 - Specialised Studies, Genealogy, Health, Stationery, Filofax, Journals & Notebooks | Leave a comment

Genealogy Blog Party – Organise and Prioritise

Taking part in the Genealogy Blog Party, hosted by Elizabeth at MyDescendantsAncestors.com. I have kept notebooks, journals and planners since I was 12 and I have written about them here where I explain how the obsession came to be. I … Continue reading

Posted in Genealogy Blog Party, Organisation & Structure, Stationery, Filofax, Journals & Notebooks | Leave a comment

New Year, New Planner

As soon as Moleskine planners for the following year are available on Amazon I select a colour and wait for the price to drop. Whilst I love Moleskine daily planners they are expensive – £22 is extortionate. The feature I … Continue reading

Posted in Stationery, Filofax, Journals & Notebooks | Leave a comment

Commonplace Notebooks

Following on from yesterday’s post, where I mentioned the lovely Tartan covered notebooks and mention of Commonplace notebooks. Despite keeping notebooks and journals since I was 12, I had never heard of Commonplace notebooks until I read the insert that … Continue reading

Posted in Genealogy, Introduction to One-Name Studies (Pharos course 901), One-Name Studies, Stationery, Filofax, Journals & Notebooks | 3 Comments

Gems from Wigtown

It is not unsurprising that in order to remain in business and compete with the likes of Amazon that bookshops have needed to diversify. One bookshop, sold notebooks and whilst I did not need any more, I could not resist … Continue reading

Posted in Scotland, Stationery, Filofax, Journals & Notebooks | Leave a comment