What a woman of 45 should know about family trees!
My great great grandmother, Mary Millman, was quite a problem to her husband. She suffered with depression as a young woman, and sometimes lapsed into gloomy moods, so...
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Poor as a church mouse? Why Victorian clergy were hard-up
In one of our antique family letters, the Rev. William Jollyman writes in 1869 to congratulate his son James on the birth of a son. He adds: With this increase of...
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A sad little death in Victorian times
I came across the story of the death of eight-year-old Jane Monday in the Bristol Mercury, 23 January, 1847: AFFECTING CATASTROPHE. – On Friday an inquest was...
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Bristol Traders – Victorian adverts for family history
These all come from Bristol and its Environs, published in 1875. Henry L Riseley, West of England Fire & Life Insurance Co., 35 Corn Street Bristol& R W Bingham...
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Message from an antique sampler: seize that golden moment!
Hanging on the wall of my cottage is an antique family sampler, made by Frances Denison in 1813. Frances was a relative (probably a niece) of my great great great great...
Read MoreSnippets of Victorian advice from Young Woman magazine (#2)
Curiously addictive as well as a useful resource for researching Victorian life, these responses were given to girls who wrote in to Young Woman magazine in the 1890s....
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A wonderful Christmas surprise – my WW1 ration parcel
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Loxford School, Ilford – photos for family history #1
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Victorian Girl Workers of London: 1. The Match-Box Makers
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Loxford School, Ilford – photos for family history #2
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Victorian photo #27: Pulpit Rock, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight (100 Gems of English Scenery)
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George Millman and the Isle of Wight doughnut mystery
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The Jollyman Letters: a 100-year-old story of love and war
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Victorian photo #15: The Arched Rock, Freshwater, Isle of Wight (100 Gems of English Scenery)
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A visit to Brading Church, Isle of Wight in 1892
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A patchwork of history
