* Inglorious mud: Caroline Roope explores the world of the mudlarks, people driven by poverty to scavenge along urban waterways * Rebuilding after the Great Fire: The response to London's 1666 fire included raising funds from across the country. Stuart A Raymond reveals some interesting records this generated * Listen to family stories... and then do the research: Nick Thorne builds his family story on firm ground using records readily available online * A father's jealousy: A case from Edwardian England illustrates how basic archival records don't always tell the whole story about a marriage. By Nell Darby * A tale of two towns: 100 years on from Leith's merger with Edinburgh, Nicola Lisle tells the story of the uneasy relationship between Scotland's capital city and its nearby port * History in the details: Materials - leather (part 2) More Info
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* Lives in miniature: Rachel Bates peeks at the world of Georgian miniatures, which offered personal keepsakes in an era before photography * Life on Fleet Street: This long thoroughfare in the City of London has been a centre of commerce for centuries - but there's more to it than just newspapers... By Nell Darby * A walk through history: The smartphone version of Map Explorer opens up the history all around us. By Nick Thorne * The menace of blackmail: Many people have resorted to blackmail over the years, although it is largely the unsuccessful cases that we know about - but how have blackmailers committed the crime, and why? Nell Darby investigates * Almost a saint? Elizabeth Prout is a relatively unknown Victorian figure who played a key role in educating and helping the poor in Manchester during the mid-19th century. Lorraine Schofield tells her story * History in the details: Materials - linen (part 3) More Info
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* Our centenarian ancestors: A perhaps surprising number of our 19th century ancestors reached their 90s or even their centuries - and press interest in their age can really help the family historian, as Nell Darby explains * The marvels of Metro-land: Caroline Roope discovers the London commuter suburbs promoted by the expanding Metropolitan Railway in the early 20th century * A welfare pioneer: Sadie McMullon tells the story of Agnes Marshall Loomes, a pivotal figure for infant welfare * Addressing Sir Alexander: Nick Thorne addresses where Sir Alexander Fleming lived - the man who discovered penicillin by chance in Paddington * History in the details: Materials - cotton (part 3) More Info
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Genealogical Sources; History of London & Middlesex; Bibliography and Archives; Periodicals; Parish Registers; Monumental Inscriptions; Probate Records; Official Lists of Names; Trade Directories & Maps; Estate Papers; Ecclesiastical Records; Records of National County & City Administration; Parochial Records; Institutional Records; Immigration & Emigration; Family Histories & Pedigrees; Genealogi...More Info
A companion volume to the *Genealogical Research in Late Victorian London* (ref. WSY-RA6), listing streets, and indicating which Victorian parish they were located in. This makes it possible to search in parish registers in a more structured manner, if a street address is known. Revised edition (2005). 46 pages.
Complementing RA8 by providing a guide to the streets, courts and alleyways which comprised the City of London in the Victorian era.
Abstracted and indexed by Cliff Webb, who writes in the introduction; "St. Botolph Aldgate is a large but poor parish with a highly transient population. There are only a few Huguenots in the records but quite a few Jewish people, Irish, Scots and other early immigrants. For civil purposes St. Botolph was divided into two parts, each with seperate civil jurisdiction. The two parts were St. Botolph...More Info
An index showing names, ages and parishes for a large number of City of London burial registers - virtually impossible to search individually (36242 entries). Comprises parts 1 and 2 merged into one index.New edition (1997). 4 fiche.