Latin parchments and a Tudor mystery
The Tudor period is fascinating for many reasons, not least because there is such a wealth of published secondary sources around now that it is relatively easy to find information about even fairly obscure individuals. I was recently asked by a client to research a distant ancestor who had died in Sussex in 1541. In…
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August 1914: Watford businessman escapes Western Front by train
My recent post on Herts Memories, Hertfordshire’s community archive network hosted by Hertfordshire Archives and Local History (HALS).
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At the frontiers of tourism
The perils of travelling through Alsace without a passport in the late 19th century.
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In another country
Contemporary newspaper account of an English businessman’s dramatic train journey from Alsace in August 1914 inspires this blog.
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