Trace the history of your house

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Melanie Backe-Hansen from BBC Two’s A House Through Time shares her

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Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine

19 September, 2023

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Houses and streets

There’s never been so many well-stocked sources of historic photographs online. We’ve tried to pull together some examples of regional image libraries, as well as useful nationwide resources. While ma

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National school records

A collection of educational records that are of great use to family historians is exclusively available on Findmypast (findmypast. co.uk). ‘National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870–1914’ (

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Ipswich gaol book, 1858–1860

The Victorian age saw the birth of the criminal-justice system as we know it today in Britain, with the establishment of modern policing and prisons. More criminal records were created than ever befor

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