Randy has asked us this week about the sessions we're really looking forward to during this week's RootsTech event: 1) Are you registered for RootsTech 2026 yet? It's less than six weeks away - March 5-7, 2026. 2) What are you looking forward to either attending in-person or online? What keynote talks, classes, or other events are you planning to attend?

While writing my final post in the story of the three cousins named Elizabeth Beake who lived in East Kent during the 18th century, I realized I had been working on this family since last April, beginning with the post, Building out my Beake Family. Over the last 8½ months, I've moved back several more generations with a fair degree of confidence, thanks to parish register entries, monumental inscriptions, and a series of wills.

At long last, the final chapter in my three Elizabeth Beakes project. Since early July last year, the main focus of my research has been solving the puzzle of the three cousins named Elizabeth Beake who lived in East Kent during the 18th century. The discovery of several wills, administration documents, and even some newspaper mentions helped me positively identify two of the cousins and their husbands: …

At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.

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28 January 1896. Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, became the first person in the UK to be convicted of speeding. He was doing 8 MPH, which was over the 2 MPH speed limit. He was fined 1 shilling p...