John Ellis & Mary Horsfall – marriage transcript
The record of the marriage of John Ellis and Mary Horsfall, Gildersome Friends Meeting House, 1774.
John Ellis – transcript of his will
Transcript of the will of John Ellis, 1822. Extracted from the Registry of the Exchequer Court of York
Kissing Cousins
The story of the two William Robinsons. The solution of a mystery that lasted four years!
Industrial Action
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
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
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 …
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
The complicated lives and loves of our Crickmore ancestors exposed! Did the Bishop of Norwich realise his records hid a dreadful secret?
Potty Johnson
Do we have a link to Pearson’s of Chesterfield? What was the truth about “Potty” Johnson?
Benjamin Berry
The Trial of Benjamin Berry: or how we became established in Australia: a revered ancestor making the journey with the Second Fleet.