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Genealogy and Family History
Genealogy and Family History
Farm Labourer William Charles and his wife Ann of Histon in Cambridgeshire had an unexpected son born in 1875.
December 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Farm Labourer William Charles and his wife Ann of Histon in Cambridgeshire had an unexpected son born in 1875.
Do you research into Suffolk genealogy? Then look at this blog post explaining Ancestry’s new Suffolk datasets which, at last, include document images. www.tree-sleuths.co.uk/post/new-onl...
New Online Records - Suffolk BMD
www.tree-sleuths.co.ukA short post. For those of you who research Suffolk Records, Ancestry's recent release of four Suffolk BMD datasets will be very welcome, not least because it means that if, like...
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August 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Do you research into Suffolk genealogy? Then look at this blog post explaining Ancestry’s new Suffolk datasets which, at last, include document images. www.tree-sleuths.co.uk/post/new-onl...
TNA has recently changed the way that you view pre-1858 Death Duty Registers. Gone are the microfilms. Instead you now have to view them on FamilySearch.
See the details in this blog post - www.tree-sleuths.co.uk/post/death-d...
See the details in this blog post - www.tree-sleuths.co.uk/post/death-d...
Death Duty Register changes: TNA has changed how to view them
www.tree-sleuths.co.ukIf you have ever found yourself looking for Death Duty Register entries, you will know the routine:1. search the 'Index To Death Duty Registers 1796-1903' dataset on FindMyPast b...
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August 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
TNA has recently changed the way that you view pre-1858 Death Duty Registers. Gone are the microfilms. Instead you now have to view them on FamilySearch.
See the details in this blog post - www.tree-sleuths.co.uk/post/death-d...
See the details in this blog post - www.tree-sleuths.co.uk/post/death-d...
I just asked ChatGPT to provide a transcription of this 1663 Testament Dative written in Scots. It recognised that it was a Testament Dative, and that it was in Secretary Hand.
It got it close to 100% correct, so there is little for me left to do to create an accurate formal transcription!
It got it close to 100% correct, so there is little for me left to do to create an accurate formal transcription!
May 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I just asked ChatGPT to provide a transcription of this 1663 Testament Dative written in Scots. It recognised that it was a Testament Dative, and that it was in Secretary Hand.
It got it close to 100% correct, so there is little for me left to do to create an accurate formal transcription!
It got it close to 100% correct, so there is little for me left to do to create an accurate formal transcription!
The National Library of Scotland has just released OS 'Old Series' 1:63,360 maps of England and Wales (maps.nls.uk/os/one-inch-...). Accurate _and_ beautiful to look at (this is the Lake District), but TNA still wins in my book with its 1:10,560 maps of Plymouth from 1784 (OS 5/2-5).
March 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The National Library of Scotland has just released OS 'Old Series' 1:63,360 maps of England and Wales (maps.nls.uk/os/one-inch-...). Accurate _and_ beautiful to look at (this is the Lake District), but TNA still wins in my book with its 1:10,560 maps of Plymouth from 1784 (OS 5/2-5).
Did you know that Pitman Shorthand records just the phonetic sounds of words? This is the gravestone of Sir Isaac Pitman's brother Jacob...
February 21, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Did you know that Pitman Shorthand records just the phonetic sounds of words? This is the gravestone of Sir Isaac Pitman's brother Jacob...
In 1841 James and Elizabeth Newton had grand plans for their newly born son.
January 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
In 1841 James and Elizabeth Newton had grand plans for their newly born son.