June has been Gypsy Romany and Traveller month, and we have previously shared with you various blogs charting some of the challenges in identifying members of the GRT community in historical records. This week we wanted to share the memories of Jean Matthews, a member of the GRT community, about her life at Heavenly Bottom.… Read more Heavenly Bottom: Memories of Jean Matthews (part 2)
June has been Gypsy Romany and Traveller month, and we have already shared with you various blogs charting some of the challenges in identifying members of the GRT community in historical records. This week we wanted to share the memories of Jean Matthews, a member of the GRT community, about her life at Heavenly Bottom…… Read more Heavenly Bottom: Memories of Jean Matthews (part 1)
Throughout June we have shared with you some of the different problems you might encounter when researching your Gypsy Romany Traveller ancestors, and tried to explain why these problems might exist. In the fourth and final part of these blogs, our volunteer has offered one final place you might want to search to find out… Read more Researching Travellers in Newspapers
In our previous blogs we have introduced you to some of the problems when looking for names of Gypsy, Romany and Traveller ancestors, as well as some of the issues of searching through the censuses. In this blog, our volunteer has taken a look at some of the problems the censuses had when recording occupations…… Read more What do you do? The occupations of Gypsy Romany Travellers
Welcome to the seventh part of our series exploring the history of Icen Cottage, Fordington. In previous blogs, we have introduced you to the cottage, shown you some of the earliest documents relating to the cottage, discussed some of the problems when trying to identify the people who lived in the cottage, introduced George Cull as one of… Read more Icen Cottage – The Lock family and a Hardy connection
In our last Gypsy Romany and Traveller blog, we took a quick look at some of the problems you might encounter when beginning your research into any GRT ancestors. This time, our volunteer has taken a look at some of the problems when searching for people on the census… — One of the many advantages… Read more Missing from the Census
June is Gypsy Romany and Traveller History Month, and during the month we will be sharing four blogs written by a DHC volunteer and professional genealogist about the challenges and unique features of researching GRT family. You can find further information about researching GRT ancestors and about some specific families at The Romany and Traveller… Read more Gypsy Romany and Traveller History Month at Dorset History Centre
Last month we were looking through a file of order papers for patients at Herrison Hospital, the Dorset County Lunatic Asylum. Order papers were created for all patients who were admitted to Herrison and they are the best place to start when looking for information about particular cases. They state the reasons for a patient’s… Read more A Man Unknown
This account appeared in the Dorset County Chronicle on 16th June 1842: Marshwood- Unlucky Accident- a young man of this parish had the misfortune, about a fortnight since, to cut off two of his fingers, with a hook, whilst engaged in chopping a stake to assist him to carry his box home from his late… Read more A Marshwood Accident and a Mysterious Family
In the previous blog we looked at the first three monarchs who reigned in the 20th Century, and in this post we will take a look at the other two ahead of the Coronation of King Charles III… King George VI (1936-1952) Following the abdication of King Edward VIII, his brother Albert who, using his… Read more Coronations in the Archives – part 2
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