Who When Where

Looks to me like Step sister Mary Willson, Johnstown, but not sure of the word following that but it might be Co. Kilkenny. That is based is based more on Johnstowns on Google Maps rather than the writing itself, though I can just about see how the end of the word might be "kenny".

The problem isn't one of private or public sector as regards errors and omissions or presentation. It is a problem created by large organisations and/or lack of oversight. In both sectors that can be a problem. However, if a task is not conducted by those who require it to be done, there is likely t...

Though I can see your point Guy, when these records were originally created I am sure no one envisaged they would ever be indexed as individuals by name, so using "ditto" would not have been an issue in the original record. However, to transcribe them as such into a name index (a finding a...

FMP are a law unto themselves it seems to me. I recently highlighted the fact that searching any particular surname and searching for, baptisms, marriages and deaths in parish registers for Norwich, Norfolk brings every event for the parameters for the whole of Norfolk, not isolating Norwich results...

On the credits at the end the Jane Austen Museum (or similar) was mentioned so I assume he shared his Austen descent with her too.

I think many of these sites are designed purely by "techies" with no input from anyone with any experience of actually researching family history. Find My Past seem to make similar moves each time they redesign, adding more clicks and scrolls to reach information that is required, e.g. the...

Previous governments would have made a fortune if they had got a similar return on census details from previous releases on microfilm. Of course, as public records they were free to access. I trust they'll be free access at TNA ( I don't really "trust" that!) I also assume that a refund wi...

One man's meat is a another man's poison. I was fascinated because Josh appears on "The Last Leg" with Adam HILLS. Adam is almost certainly a 1st cousin 15 times (or so) removed of Oliver Cromwell via the STEWARD family of Ely and his own ancestor Captain Thomas CHESTON (alias CHILDERSTONE...

phsvm - Thanks for your reply. I looked at the Jockey Club website but they didn't seem to show much regarding history. My query concerned about if anyone knew of a database that had already been started because if not I was considering starting one that covered earlier years than the 1920s. Seems t...

Does anyone on here know or have ever heard of an historical database for racehorse trainers? I can find plenty of information on current ones but am finding information on early 20th century ones hard to come by.