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15th December 2013
Some years ago, we were researching down in Devon at what was then the Devon Record Office, now Devon Heritage Centre. Searching for a marriage at […]
14th December 2013
Feeling a little more festive, having completed most of the Christmas Family History projects, I thought I’d have a dabble in the census again and this […]
13th December 2013
Today, is the feast day of St Lucy, patron saint of blind people, who was martyred at Syracuse in the early fourth century. A devout Christian, […]
12th December 2013
A wonderful image was sent our way today which requires little explanation as the sentiment is quite clear…. It is rather odd to note though that […]
11th December 2013
Back in the days before digitisation of censuses, it was often a great achievement to find the person or family you were searching for within a […]
10th December 2013
A semi-‘day off’ and a trip to the city of Hereford to visit some friends. Lunch in the Cloisters Cafe in the Cathedral was, of course, […]
9th December 2013
To be part of the Family Wise team, part of the job description states ‘thou shalt not be a shy, retiring wallflower’ and later, once employed, […]
8th December 2013
Regular readers of the Family Wise blog may well remember the Christmas letter to FC blog post on 17 November. I am still hopeful that FC […]
7th December 2013
On this day in 1941, the Japanese launched an attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor (it pains me to spell it that way), […]