Women’s Work: Lives in Stitches – Naomi Tarrant, February 2024 Webinar Posted 15 November 2023 by Julie GoucherThis talk looks at an overlooked source for genealogy, samplers and other embroidery worked by girls and young women, which can supply information about their family, the schools they attended and their part in society. This should help with pieces which appear to have no known link to a member’s family and to rescue any [Click to continue…]
Who are the Scots-Irish? – Webinar with Natalie Bodle Posted 11 October 2023 by Julie GoucherFor our November webinar explore the topic of Who Are the Scots-Irish? Known in their homeland as Ulster-Scots, these mainly Lowland Scots left their homeland and settled in Ulster during the Plantation, sometimes staying only for a few generations and then many made their way to the New World. Why did these Scots come to [Click to continue…]
Unravelling the Code: Coads and Coodes of Cornwall now available Posted 30 August 2023 by Joe FloodI published one of the first complete books on a one-name study with Lulu in 2013. It contained not just a complete list of all Coads and Coodes up to 1911 (including non-Cornish families) but a great deal of quirky material of general interest. the social and economic history of Cornwall and the places the [Click to continue…]
Researching Non-Conformists – Webinar Available Posted 16 August 2023 by Julie GoucherOur August webinar was from Jackie Depelle who shared her knowledge about researching Non-Conformist ancestors. For most genealogy research first port of call for people before 1837 is usually the Baptism, Marriage and Burial entries in the Church of England’s Parish Registers. However, many of people chose to not to belong to the Anglican Church [Click to continue…]
Seminar Apprenticeships Guilds and Friendly Societies Posted 4 August 2023 by Karen BurnellOn Saturday 21st October 2023 we head to the former pit village of Outwood, north of Wakefield, in Yorkshire’s rhubarb triangle for our next seminar. During our research we discover our ancestors’ occupations. They may have followed in their father’s footsteps, learnt a trade, joined the forces or gone into one of the ‘professions’. By [Click to continue…]