- 25th April 2020
One of the main sources in family history is the census. This has been taken every 10 years since 1801, and you may remember filling it in yourself in 2011, 2001 etc. In the next part of our family history guide we look at this valuable source. There is no one place to look to...
- 24th April 2020
A short History of a corner of a Worcester Street The Butts is a long straight road which runs almost from the River Severn to Foregate Street, Worcester’s main thoroughfare. The Butts stops abruptly and becomes Shaw Street which continues up to Foregate Street. The Butts used to bear to the left at this point...
- 23rd April 2020
Maps are always popular, partly because of how they look, but also the information they contain. Modern technology makes it easier to use that information, including being able to show it in pictorial form. This week’s online resource is the Worcestershire Maps website, which features Tithe maps from across the county digitised and put into...
- 22nd April 2020
In our series of blogs by former County Archaeologists the excavations at Deansway under what is now the Crowngate Centre came up quite a few times. This is still the largest excavation ever undertaken in the City and the findings are still significant even after 30 years. It also played a big part in the...
- 21st April 2020
Over the past year we have been helping Creative CoLab with their Heritage at Home project, funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund. Young people have got involved in learning about their own heritage, and finding out about filming and recording oral history. One of the final aspects was to run workshops about creating and caring...
- 19th April 2020
Archives are only as detailed as the records they contain. In the case of market gardening, integral to the Vale of Evesham for much of the 19th and 20th centuries, there is surprisingly little. Yet records and photographs are out there in family collections, so as part of the Market Gardening Heritage project we’ve been...
- 18th April 2020
Family history is very popular, and we regularly get asked about how to get started. People may be inspired by Who Do You Think You Are?, reading an article, coming across old photos, speaking to relatives or wanting to solve a puzzle. Another prompt can be having a bit of extra time, maybe after retirement...
- 17th April 2020
Today we look at a lockdown day in the life of our Finds Supervisor, Rob Hedge on 16th April 2020 Today, I’m looking at some intriguing pottery from an excavation by Wessex Archaeology North. I’ve been asked to write an assessment. This is a basic quantification of different types of pottery: what type of vessels are...
- 16th April 2020
For 14 years we have been providing access to Ancestry.co.uk, one of the biggest family history websites, and we’re pleased to say to those missing access that you can now use the website at home. Hot on the heels of Find My Past being made available remotely during this time, Ancestry are also allowing customers...
- 9th April 2020
UPDATE 18/3/21 – There is a monthly limit for records which can be viewed which was reached for the first time in February and has just been reached for March. This will reset on 1st April We’re pleased to announce that Find My Past are allowing access at home for our customers during this period....