Before we launched our trade union dataset (details here), we started to publicise what was coming. In response to our Tweet about one of the…
It’s been a while since we’ve featured a guest blog post, so we’re delighted to return to form with this contribution from long-time project friend…
In this guest post, Francis Howcutt recounts the accidental death of Arthur Bott, a brother of his great grandfather. Arthur’s history is an example of…
Francis Howcutt has looked at where his family history and railways met previously, in this blog post, so we’re delighted to welcome him back. In…
Every so often someone gets in touch with us to say they’ve found an ancestor in the project database. Despite the sad nature of the…
When we think of railway accidents in the past, we probably immediately conjure images of the (thankfully rare) big passenger train crashes. Our project has…
Following Monday’s blog post, previous blog contributor Rosie Rowley was inspired to do a bit more research into Frederick Webb, the man at the heart…
Exciting news! We’re gearing up to make our next data release – around 16,000 new records. But we need your help … Provisionally we’re aiming…
This week’s guest post links nicely to last week’s, with its focus on Peterborough. Peterborough offers a great window onto death in the past, thanks…
One of the great things about this project is that it takes us in all sorts of unexpected directions. That includes the research and topics…