Military Timelines For Family History.
Timelines can be very useful to family historians when trying to find a simple way to view the chronology of what is often a complicated event
Read MoreGreat Royal Naval Battles from Sulys to the Falklands
Battles fought at sea have long been the defining point of many wars, from as early as 1340, to the Falkland War of thirty years ago, Britain has maintained a history of Naval supremacy
Read MoreVoyages of Discovery,Tentative Reaches into an Unknown World
The early days of exploration, those voyages of discovery. Did Magellan or one of his ships become the first to reach the Falkland Islands? We will probably never know but he certainly forged the way to the Pacific and beyond
Read MoreFalklands and Impact on the UK Max Hastings on the BBC
Max Hastings was there and traveled out on the Canberra, established historian and authority on WWII his perspective and views are intriguing…
Read MoreAngus Dundee Captain Scott and Discovery Point…
So what are the connections between Angus Dundee and Captain Scott of the Antarctic and what resources are available for you to use…
Read MoreFalklands War 30 Years On How Did it Impact on Your Family?
Timeline for Falklands War, 30 years on can you remember were you were and what were you doing? What was the impact on your family history, and in thirty years has very much changed or been learn’t from the lesson and losses of lives from the conflict…
Read MoreRefugee Children 1937 fleeing Spain for Britain
Spanish children were brought to Britain as refugees fleeing from the German bombing of their towns and cities. A reluctant British government took them in but it was left to volunteer organisations to fend for them. Returning to their own country and ‘welcomed’ back by Franco as traitors….
Read MoreBritish 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 MoreColonial Ancestors? Explore East India Company Timelines
Trying to track down and explore the lives of colonial ancestors? Use time lines to extend and enrich your family history project.
Read MoreOil Production and Supply an Intriguing History
When was it that oil was thought to have a large scale economic value and how is this linked to the near extinction of the sperm whale?
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