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British Home Children Canada Resources
When searching in your family history for a missing child, consider looking at records for The British Home Children to Canada databases, or you can add your own data to an ever growing list of children
Read MoreThe Remarkable Influence of Sir Joseph Banks
The remarkable influence of Joseph Banks, explorer, botanist and ‘enlightened’ man, stretched itself over a multitude of disciplines and ages. The connections he made heralded a new wave of thinking about science which still impact today…
Read MoreAda Lovelace 1815 – 1852 and the first computer programme
Aususta Ada Lovelace was a brilliant mathematician who took Charles Babbage’s analytical machine a step further, so why don’t we know more about her?
Read MoreWorkhouse Schools
More than 50% of those in Workhouses were children of the poor and often orphans. The Workhouse system was far from perfect but Workhouse schools at least offered some hope for a better educated and informed future. One of the turning points from Old Poor Law and bad ways to social reform and the fight for better rights for the unfortunate in society?
Read MoreInternal Migration
Internal Migration As family historians, one of our objectives is to try to determine where our ancestors originally came from. Another is to try and make sense of and follow their movements. We all have ‘lost’ ancestors, who seem to disappear or pop up in unexpected places! Understanding the social history helps us to make…
Read MoreHow did the Jamestown colony survive?
How did the Jamestown Colonists survive? They went in search of finding their fortunes, full of hope and ambition. The reality was much harsher and more difficult than they could have imagined. Find out here how they survive their rials and tribulations.
Read MoreVirginia Company founds first permanent English Settlement in James Town
1st permanent english settlement in America where was it and when, were your family involved?
Read MoreCook and Endeavour discover and chart New Zealand 1769-1770
Edges of the New World, Cook’s Strait and New Zealand is curcum navigated and charted by the crew of Endeavour…
Read MoreEndeavour reaches Tahiti with James Cook in Command 1769
Cook reaches Tahiti, the new world is just around the corner…
Read MoreHMS endeavour Bark Sailed from Plymouth with James Cook in Command in 1768
Cook set sail from Plymouth on his voyage to discover the new world…
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