Wiebke McGhee, Archivist from the North Lanarkshire Archives, offers insight into the history of the North Lanakarshire Poor Law records and the value these can have when researching your family history in this area. North Lanarkshire Archives’ Poor Law records originate from civil parishes which existed within the former County of Lanark between 1845 and Read More
David Tattersfield, trustee from The Western Front Association, explores the little known Battle of Trindade, using Naval Records from the WWI Pension Ledgers to learn more about the 8 British men who lost there lives in this WWI battle. Naval actions in the First World War were fairly uncommon. Whilst anyone with a passing interest Read More
This blogpost about the Jersey Parish Church Records was written by Online Development Manager, Michele Leerson. Michele is responsible for the development of online resources at Jersey Archive. Online resources available through the Archive’s online catalogue – include wills and testaments, funeral directors records and hospital admission registers. Michele has worked as part of the Read More
Earlier this year, we launched our first ever podcast series called It’s About Time. With the help of storyteller extraordinaire, Sir Tony Robinson, we brought you five little known but nonetheless remarkable stories from history – everything from a grizzly murder in 1800s Dudley to the mysterious squabbling that divided the famous Pankhurst sisters. As Read More