For many years Peter Roberts worked with buses and coaches in Dorset. Here he remembers one particular summer day thirty years ago.
Read the full story in Dorset Life
A Better Way to Cite Online Sources
May 10, 2009 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Every genealogist and family historian from beginner to professional will at some time confront the issue of source citations. Although great advances have been made in recent years to standardize and simplify citations, it is still too difficult. This video shows how citing online sources can be easier.
Somerset Voices: Stephen Morland (b.1902)
May 9, 2009 at 4:00 am (Biography, History)
Tags: Glastonbury, Somerset, Stephen Morland
Stephen Morland was a member of the family that ran the Glastonbury sheepskin manufacturers and shoemakers Clarks, Son and Morland. The company closed in 1982. During the First World War the company produced thick heavy gloves for airmen. The leather gloves were cut at the factory, collected by local women who would sew them, and return them to the factory. The women were paid for each glove sewn.
Magical Ideas for Your Family Tree
May 8, 2009 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Looking up family history can be very exciting even if you think your family is boring. It is kind of like going on a big treasure hunt except you have no idea where this treasure hunt will end. A family history hunt is not only free but can be very rewarding and can provide for some delightful surprises. This can even be an activity to do when you’re bored with the kids on a rainy Sunday. So let’s get this journey started.
Christchurch’s ‘fraught and dangerous business’
May 7, 2009 at 4:00 am (History, Location)
Tags: Christchurch, Mudeford, William May
On 6 July 1784, Captain William May was not a happy man. Because of the appearance of the Revenue cutter, the Rose. W A Hoodless tells the story of the Battle of Mudeford.
Read the full article in Dorset Life.
Somerset Voices: J Harold Moon
May 6, 2009 at 4:00 am (History, Location)
Tags: Albert Day, Mark, Somerset
Albert Day and the Day family owned an iron foundry, which operated from about 1869 until 1950, in Mark, a village on the edge of the Somerset Levels. They made agricultural implements including apple and cheese presses as well as putts, carts, wagons and wrought iron gates. The foundry also did casting work for the family firm of wagon makers, Wensley’s of Mark.
Sandbanks through the ages
May 5, 2009 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Dorset, Sandbanks
Today it is one of the most sought after corners of Britain but back in 1896 the only buildings on the Sandbanks peninsula were a couple of hotels and a handful of homes.
Read the full article in the Daily Echo
Medals salute to Bridport Land Army girls
May 4, 2009 at 4:00 am (Biography, History)
Tags: Bridport, Land Army
It was more than half a lifetime ago but two Bridport Land Army girls finally received official recognition of their war efforts when Bridport mayor Martin Ray presented them with their Land Army commemoration medals.
Somerset Voices: Mr and Mrs Milton
May 3, 2009 at 4:00 am (Biography, History, Location)
Tags: Somerset, Stogumber, Taunton
Mr and Mrs Milton farmed from the 1930s through to the 1950s in the village of Stogumber, near Taunton. Like many farmers before the war they made cider on the farm, and agricultural workers would take the cider with them into the fields. This recording was made by Phillipa Legg in conjunction with her book ‘Cider-Making in Somerset’
Every journey has two ends: using passenger lists
May 2, 2009 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
In this podcast the National Archives’ Chris Watts reveals the benefits of using both arrival and departure records when searching for details of our migrant ancestors, as well as demonstrating how the shortcomings of content, indexing and accessibility can be minimized.
