Airdrie, 1st September 1852 “My husband was employed as Brusher in #4 Pit Rochsoles and he left our house to go to his work there about 6 o’clock on the…
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Ancestry Hack #1: Follow That Census Taker!
Martinstown, County Meath, Ireland, August 18th, 1831. SIR, I have been favoured with two copies of your circular on the census of the population. I would wish to know what…
Penmanship Speaks: Mary, Mary, Mourns Her Baby!
“Then the child opened its eyes, and looked up into the angel’s beautiful face, which beamed with happiness, and at the same moment they were in heaven, where joy and…
5 Tactics to Make That Census Talk!
This case was a real stumper: too many witnesses telling too many stories. Somebody needed to get to the bottom of it. It looked like I was that somebody. I…