Ancestry Research

Landguard Point Fort, Felixstowe Welcome to my blog about researching your ancestry ( family history ). I hope to post information that will be of use to anyone researching their family history. As I live in Essex ( UK ) I will be mainly posting about Essex-related matters but I am originally from Lancashire , with family roots going back to Yorkshire as well. So, I intend to include information related to those areas too. As a big fan of computers and the internet I will post about software and sites too that will be useful to anyone searching for more information about the ancestors. Another interest of mine is photography and we all like to have photos of our ancestors. I sometimes buy old postcards and have a small collection of photographs of people unrelated to myself (as far as I know anyway) and will be posting some of these on the site too. Related articles by Zemanta Aussies are branching out into history (news.theage.com.au) Need a source? Canadian Ce...

Image via Wikipedia Colchester has an excellent library and has excellent resources for anyone researching heir family history . If you are unable to visit Colchester and would like me to do research on your behalf I can provide this service at a very reasonable rate of £15/hr. If you wish me to travel to locations in Essex for the purpose of taking photographs and doing research 'in the field' then there would be an additional charge of 45p/mile. I would then email and post to you anywhere in the world free of charge any materials and photographs I had gathered together. If you are interested in this service please email initially at "s.daleATntlworld.com" Steven Related articles by Zemanta Ancestry.com Acquiring iArchives For $27 Million (paidcontent.org) "History & Genealogy: Online Databases: Ancestry.com to Acquire Footnote.com (iArchives)" and related posts (web.resourceshelf.com) No plan to replace towns bus station (chelmsfo...

Image via Wikipedia Colchester is where we have lived now for 13 years now, though I lived in Norwich before for about 2 years, before which I lived in Hackney, London for 10 years and originally I am from Lancashire. Colchester is Britain's oldest recorded town and it has a lot of history to it, much of it evident in the surrounding buildings etc. In particular, it has an extensive Roman wall and a Norman Castle (actually its just the Keep - the largest in Europe ) as well as Dutch Quarter and evidence locally of the Celts in a network of defensive dykes. So there is plenty to see if you are visiting Colchester and in particular the Castle is where most visitors end up, but fortunately they are let out of the dungeons at the end of their tour! A brief history of the Castle:   The Castle is located just off the town's main high street in a lovely park with remains of the Roman walls still evident. Here is what the Castle Museum says about the Castle: Colchester ...