This post is one of a series exploring how different types of historian might approach the same source in different ways, so we can better…
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…
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…
Sometimes someone is simply in the wrong place, at the wrong time. On 30 September 1922, Mrs Quelch was one of those people. Her case…
There are many unexpected stories in our project database. Indeed, that’s one of the many excellent things it brings: it allows us to see how…
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…
Our last 2 blog posts have taken an overview of the new project data (available here, free). This week we’re going to start looking at…
With next week’s new data release, this post from guest author Susan Fabbro is timely. Susan was good enough to put it together for us…
This weekend the 175th anniversary of the Inchicore Works in Dublin will be marked by an open day at the Works. The actual 175 was…
On the day of the centenary of the Wilmcote accident, we turn to the fourth and final family to be affected: the Booker family. This…