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John Ellis & Mary Horsfall – marriage transcript

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The record of the marriage of John Ellis and Mary Horsfall, Gildersome Friends Meeting House, 1774.

John Ellis – transcript of his will

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Transcript of the will of John Ellis, 1822. Extracted from the Registry of the Exchequer Court of York

Kissing Cousins

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The story of the two William Robinsons. The solution of a mystery that lasted four years!

Industrial Action

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Court record of the trial of Thomas Spooner and many others involved in a picket and demonstration at the cutlery grinding works of Samuel Walker in Sheffield.

Human Error

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Can you believe all you read? Even in the official records of births, deaths, and marriages, beware of the errors that might creep in!

A Mixed Marriage

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What was the story behind the marriage licence of Elizabeth Parker and John Johnson? Could it be that our ancestors were trying to avoid publicity?

In the thick of it …

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Dirty politics in the 1807 election: why our ancestors didn’t vote for William Wilberforce, the anti-slavery campaigner and well-known Dissenter.

Marriage Lines

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The complicated lives and loves of our Crickmore ancestors exposed! Did the Bishop of Norwich realise his records hid a dreadful secret?

Potty Johnson

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Do we have a link to Pearson’s of Chesterfield? What was the truth about “Potty” Johnson?

Benjamin Berry

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The Trial of Benjamin Berry: or how we became established in Australia: a revered ancestor making the journey with the Second Fleet.

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