I have been doing a bit of tree research for a friend, and her g-g-father's marriage records had stated that his father had been a clerk/cashier in the Bank of England.
I thought it might be worth a bit of googling, and I discovered that the Bank of England does have emailable archives... so I did, on 17 September, in the early evening (i.e. after work). Today (only one week later) I received a reply - with three photo attachments - from one of the archivists. She had found the Gx2-g-father's salary record (image attached)... and thought that I might be interested to know that the G-g-father had also been an employee of the Bank (two images attached). There might be additional information about the G-g-father's employment history, and she would look further, next week! The covering email gave the respective employment histories to make it easier for a non-expert to interpret the salary records.
That was such a thrill - I've forwarded the message and images to my friend and her family. I can't imagine that they won't be at least as delighted as I am.
I am so impressed by the promptness of the reply and its helpfulness. It would have been very easy to give a go-away reply, or to give only the information for which I'd asked, without making the effort to give me all that extra.
Three Cheers for the Bank of England Archives! :Big Grin:
Christine
In this context: HOOPER, HALDEN, MAYLESTON (& variants); BRANCH, AGER, SIGERS (& variants)
I thought it might be worth a bit of googling, and I discovered that the Bank of England does have emailable archives... so I did, on 17 September, in the early evening (i.e. after work). Today (only one week later) I received a reply - with three photo attachments - from one of the archivists. She had found the Gx2-g-father's salary record (image attached)... and thought that I might be interested to know that the G-g-father had also been an employee of the Bank (two images attached). There might be additional information about the G-g-father's employment history, and she would look further, next week! The covering email gave the respective employment histories to make it easier for a non-expert to interpret the salary records.
That was such a thrill - I've forwarded the message and images to my friend and her family. I can't imagine that they won't be at least as delighted as I am.
I am so impressed by the promptness of the reply and its helpfulness. It would have been very easy to give a go-away reply, or to give only the information for which I'd asked, without making the effort to give me all that extra.
Three Cheers for the Bank of England Archives! :Big Grin:
Christine
In this context: HOOPER, HALDEN, MAYLESTON (& variants); BRANCH, AGER, SIGERS (& variants)
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