by Susan Morris | May 6, 2024 | Parish Registers, Uncategorized
English parish registers were sometimes used to record momentous events as well as baptisms, marriages and burials. In 1750 the Reverend Thomas Barnett, Vicar of Rothwell in Northamptonshire, wrote a dramatic account of the earthquake which struck his church... by Susan Morris | Jan 5, 2018 | Genealogy
In a world where fake news has become as significant as the real thing, it’s time to shine a light into another dark corner: fake genealogy. Why fake it? From ancient times, genealogy has been a powerful tool in reinforcing identity, whether personal or political.... by Susan Morris | Oct 7, 2016 | antiques, Genealogy, Local History
One of the most fascinating genealogical tasks is reading old wills and inventories. For a start, there is the humbling recognition that the goods and chattels of even a well-to-do householder, right up to the eighteenth centuryy, could be listed on a single page.... 
by Susan Morris | Mar 8, 2016 | Genealogy
We have recently relaunched a service that we first introduced in the 1980s (as our Family Heritage Programme). We had a number of clients whose ancestry we had already traced, and who were now looking to obtain a lasting summary of their family history in a coherent... 
by Susan Morris | Jan 27, 2016 | brewery history, drayman, Genealogy, Local History, old occupations
This photograph, found in a junk shop many miles from where it was taken, apparently portrays the draymen of McEwan’s Fountain Brewery, which was founded in 1856 by the brewer-politician William McEwan, donor of Edinburgh University’s magnificently grandiose McEwan...