The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman. We often think of speculation in stock market, real estate, oil futures, or dot-com companies to be modern ventures for risk-taking entrepreneurs. Not so. Our ancestors were known to take perhaps even greater risks in a largely unregulated business atmosphere. Perhaps …
Category: Uncategorized
A Free New Program Is Available for Family Historians: Projectkin.org
I haven’t had a chance to check this out myself just yet. However, I received the following announcement and must say it sounds interesting: Projectkin is different from platforms, media sites, or blogs. It’s an online community dedicated to helping family historians around the world share their stories by engaging younger generations with creative digital …
From TheGenealogist: Newly Released Court Records Reveal a Bewitching Array of Crimes
Just in time for Halloween: TheGenealogist adds to its Court & Criminal records with a new collection of Quarter Session Registers covering a period from 1590 – 1839. Search these records to find your miscreant ancestors brought before the local court quarter sessions. They even include those accused of practising witchcraft! Session House, Clerkenwell c.1810 The Quarter Session Records were …