My thoughts are with my Mum at this time in particular. Tomorrow would have been her 89th birthday (she died in 2004).
It was she who introduced me and my daughter to family history. I have been going through one of her many files, very slim, but packed with information.
Firstly, some sheets from the Federation of Family History Socities on "How to determine Relationship" and the law of inheritance.
Secondly, lots of sheets giving details of parish records to look for, such as settlement papers, bastardy bonds, parish apprentices, etc. (3 pages of this).
Then, about 8 pages on how to read 16th/17th century handwriting and parish register Latin (she went on a course for a day).
Also, lots of family fact sheets from the Public Record Office.
Then a big section of information sheets from the Hampshire Genealogical Society.
Also, "What happened when" sheets, with dates of Kings/Queens and what records were made:
e.g. "Sovereign Elizabeth I
1578 Earliest Quaker Registers
1597 Parchment records to be kept by the clergy and the earlier paper records to be transferred to parchemnt. Also in the same year, Bishops' Transcripts began"
One little piece of paper has intrigued me - it is hand-written and entitled
"Fire of 1666
The City Halls"
It lists those which were not burnt (includes armourerrs, bricklayers, plus others) and then gives the 44 which were burnt. I don't know whose handwriting it is.
Then, a poem "Christmas Day in the Workhouse" by George R. Sims 1883 (21 verses).
"The Basic Geometry of Heraldry"
Explanation of Baronets and Yeomen.
A photo of The Great Quarry in Guildford before it was built on (my grandparents moved there to a new house in 1926).
The most personal item is an exam paper my mum did in 1936-1937 at Edinburgh College of Domestic Science - she had to design a weekly menu for a household of 6. Father, mother, 3 school children and a maid. Income £600 Food allowance £4 per week.
It's a real social history! (She got 78 %) She had already been accepted into the Royal Veterinary College in London but was too young so she did a year in Edinburgh.
It was she who introduced me and my daughter to family history. I have been going through one of her many files, very slim, but packed with information.
Firstly, some sheets from the Federation of Family History Socities on "How to determine Relationship" and the law of inheritance.
Secondly, lots of sheets giving details of parish records to look for, such as settlement papers, bastardy bonds, parish apprentices, etc. (3 pages of this).
Then, about 8 pages on how to read 16th/17th century handwriting and parish register Latin (she went on a course for a day).
Also, lots of family fact sheets from the Public Record Office.
Then a big section of information sheets from the Hampshire Genealogical Society.
Also, "What happened when" sheets, with dates of Kings/Queens and what records were made:
e.g. "Sovereign Elizabeth I
1578 Earliest Quaker Registers
1597 Parchment records to be kept by the clergy and the earlier paper records to be transferred to parchemnt. Also in the same year, Bishops' Transcripts began"
One little piece of paper has intrigued me - it is hand-written and entitled
"Fire of 1666
The City Halls"
It lists those which were not burnt (includes armourerrs, bricklayers, plus others) and then gives the 44 which were burnt. I don't know whose handwriting it is.
Then, a poem "Christmas Day in the Workhouse" by George R. Sims 1883 (21 verses).
"The Basic Geometry of Heraldry"
Explanation of Baronets and Yeomen.
A photo of The Great Quarry in Guildford before it was built on (my grandparents moved there to a new house in 1926).
The most personal item is an exam paper my mum did in 1936-1937 at Edinburgh College of Domestic Science - she had to design a weekly menu for a household of 6. Father, mother, 3 school children and a maid. Income £600 Food allowance £4 per week.
It's a real social history! (She got 78 %) She had already been accepted into the Royal Veterinary College in London but was too young so she did a year in Edinburgh.
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