Was your ancestor one of the hundreds of thousands of men who served in the Merchant Navy, keeping Britain fed and watered? This talk from the National Archives looks at the Merchant Navy records held at The National Archives and how to use them.
Merchant Navy Service Records
October 21, 2008 at 4:00 am (Genealogy, Podcast)
Tags: National Archives
Two voices from the Front, Part 1
October 19, 2008 at 4:00 am (History, Podcast)
Tags: Armistice, National Archives
In this podcast from the National Archives, Voices of the Armistice series we hear extracts from the diaries of Lieutenant Colonel Hicks and Private Pattenden of 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, August 1914. Original document catalogue reference: WO95/1495
“Vile Ministers” and “Poor Silly Creatures”
October 18, 2008 at 4:00 am (History)
Tags: Dorset
David Pilling tells the story of the Dorset Clubmen’s abortive attempts to curb the excesses of both sides in the English Civil War
Read the full story in Dorset Life
What a Rackett!
October 17, 2008 at 4:00 am (History, Location)
Tags: Dorset, Rackett, Spetisbury
The Reverend Thomas Rackett was the rector of a Spetisbury, Dorset, England in th 19th century and, some claim, he gave his name to the well-known expression applied to dodgy practices.
Read the full story in the Daily Echo
The First War Casualty
October 16, 2008 at 4:00 am (History, Podcast)
Tags: Armistice, National Archives
In the first podcast in the National Archives, Voices of the Armistice series, the case of John Mills, Quartermaster, who died of pneumonia whilst preparing for mobilisation of troops, in England. After an investigation it was decided he did die as a result of the war. Original document catalogue reference WO339/9734
Frampton Village
October 15, 2008 at 4:00 am (Location)
Tags: Dorset, Frampton
Ken Ayres has taken his camera to one of the Dorset villages that took its name from the River Frome
Read the full story in Dorset Life
School proves that three goes into one
October 14, 2008 at 4:00 am (History, Location)
Tags: Chapelhay, Dorset, Weymouth
Like all good stories, the tale of Holy Trinity School at Weymouth, Dorset, England has three parts – a beginning, a middle and a happy conclusion.
Read the full story by Nicola Rayner in the Dorset Echo
Victorian Women Prisoners
October 13, 2008 at 4:00 am (Genealogy, Podcast)
Tags: National Archives
This talk from the National Archives looks at a series of records of women prisoners dating from 1853 to 1887 – records of females released early on licence. It also focuses on particular individuals in order to tell their tales, and illustrate the depth of information available.
John Poulett or Pawlett, first Baron Poulett, Royalist (1586-1649)
October 12, 2008 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Lyme Regis, Pawlett, Poulett
This brief biography is taken from ‘A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars: With Brief Biographical Notices’ by John Hutchinson and Published by Printed by Butterworth and Co. for the Honourable society of the Middle Temple in 1902
