HOW-TO
Why? The Hardest Question to Answer in Genealogy
Who, what, when, where, why.
Of these, 'Why?' is the hardest question to answer in genealogy.
Questions whose answers are considered basic in information gathering or...
SOCIAL HISTORY
The Old Bailey Online: A Research Tool
For those interested in Social History, the Old Bailey Online website provides a wealth of research tools. Check out all these awesome tools and resources...
Organisation, Company and Society Histories
As you explore the social history of your ancestors, it is quite likely that you will encounter a company, a business, a society or...
REVIEWS
London labour and the London poor
London Labour and the London Poor was written by Henry Mayhew as a series of articles for the Morning Chronicle. The articles were compiled...
MY FAMILY
Longest Rap Sheet Ever
Timothy O'Hare of Waterford had one of the longest rap sheets ever and was well known to the police.
11 Oct 1870 (after age...
An Irish Family Left Behind?
In my last post, I wrote about a breakthrough in my research surrounding my great-grandmother Jessie and a new Mystery in Montreal I have...
Mystery in Montreal
For years, I had a seven-year gap in my great-grandmother's story. The good news is that I've had several genealogical break-throughs this week. The...
The Lost Children
While writing Black Sheffield, a social history of George and Ann Brown's Sheffield home, I wrote about the high child mortality rate in the nineteenth century...
Genealogy: Past, Present and Future
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will...
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