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25th December 2013
…. the Reindeer murdered the Elf, Out in the Snow, on 20th December, because he opened my advent calendar! We were overwhelmed with the number of […]
24th December 2013
Firstly, thank you to all our readers who entered the recent competition – mathematical rather than historical but diversity is a good thing, right? We are […]
23rd December 2013
Although there were some Reindeers and Elves in the 1911 census, the angels and fairies were a far more interesting bunch. For some reason, angle is […]
22nd December 2013
It’s three days until Christmas and the plot has already well and truly been lost. Regular blog followers will know that we enjoy searching censuses for […]
21st December 2013
OK, so all researchers have come across this over the years, we are quite sure of that…. But just how many women marry men with the […]
20th December 2013
Having spent the past few days coming up with mathematical puzzles for you all, this morning we turned our minds back to the 1911 census. But, […]
19th December 2013
The final clues will help work out where the murder took place…. Mrs Claus received a photograph frame for Christmas from Santa. It was 26cm by 15cm […]
18th December 2013
Continuing our mathematical murder mystery week, today you will need to calculate the following clues – up to you whether you use a calculator or not! – […]
17th December 2013
Hopefully, yesterday you managed to work out the date of the murder from the clues provided. The following six characters all played a part in the incident, either […]