Howdy to all my pricey readers!
These of you who obtain my weblog by electronic mail could also be questioning what has been occurring since my final submit of 19 June 2022.
| Ceramic mural of Bingley and Saltaire & Bradford by Phillipa Threlfall This was an exhibition on the fabulous Salts Museum and Gallery. |
Properly, I am nonetheless planning future articles, and am at present researching just a few completely different topics which can flip right into a collection…
I do a variety of analysis on the British Library they usually have so many attention-grabbing sources on Canadian household historical past and tales of households from the UK who emigrated to Canada, particularly the prairies.
Just lately, I examine a primary hand account of a giant household group that emigrated to Alberta in 1904 from Manchester and their experiences to find, shopping for and travelling to their land declare in northern Alberta, the world now round Mayerthorpe which is west of Edmonton. Be careful for a abstract / evaluate of this text.
I am additionally gathering details about Ukrainians who settled within the prairie provinces, their experiences, what was written about them, and the place to search out sources to assist these with Jap European household historical past roots.
I’ve additionally been to the Wellcome Library in London, and the quantity of data accessible of their library for household historians with an ancestor within the medical occupation is absolutely attention-grabbing! I’ve significantly bought my sights set on two publications: the Journal of the Royal Military Medical Corps and the Military Medical Providers Journal.
Some articles are on-line – search results : Journal of the Army Medical Corps
My different curiosity is about households who emigrated with help, (Eighteen Eighties to Twenties) that’s, monetary help. These households utilized to the ‘Board of Guardians’ of their native borough for assist to to migrate and this may very well be to Canada, Australia or South Africa (British colonies). I’ve discovered a variety of private correspondence from stated households and the correspondence between the BoG and help teams such because the Salvation Military which reveal particulars about names and circumstances.
The ‘Board of Guardians’ have been a governing physique that made choices in response to the Poor Legislation Act. 1835 to 1930. You will discover info on every council archive web site concerning the Guardians information, or begin on the Nationwide Archives – Search results for Board of Guardians on the National Archives website and this is a result for Kent.
Oh and just lately, I used to be on the British Library to have a look at newspapers – on microfilm.
Do you know that not all newspapers have been digitized on the British Newspaper Archive? If the years you want should not coated on there, they’re more than likely orderable on the British Library in St. Pancras or Boston Spa, Yorkshire. For instance, I used to be wanting on the microfilm of the Boroughs of Poplar and Stepney and East London Advertiser 1920-1956 and the East Finish Information and London Transport Chronicle 1899-1963 – actually attention-grabbing as there are reviews of inquests into deaths and information of the happenings in locations like Stepney, Mile Finish, Hackney and Poplar.
This spring I handled myself with a vacation to Yorkshire and located the East Driving Archives that are very near Beverley Minster. (the image on the high of the article can be from my go to to Yorkshire)
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| Beverley Minster |
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| East Riding Yorkshire Archives – Treasure House, Museum, Archives and Library multi function constructing. Fabulous welcome and help by the workers as properly. |
I additionally managed to satisfy up with a protracted misplaced third cousin!
Keep tuned and keep properly!
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