DELVE INTO THE ARCHIVES
THE AUTHOR
Andrew Martin
Cambridgeshire-based family historian, who has been researching his family tree since 1996.TOPICS
Abbotsley Babbage Bailey Barber Bedfordshire Bishop Books Botesdale Bowers Brightwell Burnell Cambridgeshire Census Clarke Cooper Coppingford Coveney Crime Cross Devon Dewey Dunham Elveden Ely Events Fairy Family Tree Farmers fenland Flower Foreman Franks Freeman Geneabloggers Genealogy Genealogy Events Giddings Gilbert Goodsole Gothard Haddenham Hale Harrison Hawkins Head Howard Howlett Huntingdonshire Jeffery Levitt Little Downham Littleport Martin Mildenhall Miller Moden Newell Newman News Occupations Odd Ong Poll Publicans Railwaymen Seasonal Shopkeepers Skeel Somerset Steadman Suffolk Tailor Taylor Television The Web Tingay Tingey Tombstone Tuesday Truelove Wartime WDYTYA Wentworth Wicken wilburton Witcham Witchford Wordless Wednesday Wright YarrowFAMILYTWEET
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Category Archives: fenland
Littleport Society forthcoming events calendar
I’ve just received the latest Littleport Society magazine and they are currently confirming the following calendar dates – all of which take place at 7.30pm at the Village Hall. 4th December 2009 – Society Bookstall at the late night Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridgeshire, Family Tree, fenland, Littleport
Tagged AGM, Bill Wittering, Bruce Frost, calendar, Cambridgeshire, events, familytree, fens, Gordon Easton, history, huguenot, Littleport, Littleport Society, meetings, Royal Mail, Tessa West, village hall
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A life consumed
The ‘White Plague’, ‘Consumption’, ‘T.B’, Tuberculosis. If you’ve been researching your family tree, you’re bound to have stumbled across some of these phrases as causes of death (i’d only not seen the ‘white plague’ term before, but I’ve seen the … Continue reading
Posted in Bowers, Cambridgeshire, fenland, Little Downham, Martin, Railwaymen, Wicken
Tagged consumption, disease, health, milk, nutrition, overcrowding, scarlet fever, TB, tuberculosis, ventilation, white plague
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New season of Littleport Society meetings announced.
I’ve just received the latest edition of The Littleport Society magazine, so thought i’d share the event info with you that covers the next few months. I’ve been a member of the society for years now and they are exceptionally … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridgeshire, fenland, Littleport, Railwaymen
Tagged Addenbrookes, Alan Litshel, Bill Wittering, bottles, eels, fens, Gerald Siviour, Gordon Easton, Hilary Ritchie, history, huguenot, Iain Harvey, Littleport, Littleport Society, Malcolm Gaskill, meetings, Mike Petty, nursing, Peter Carter, railways, Royal Mail, St George's Church, talks, Tessa West, Victoria Street, witches
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Family x2 x2 x2 x2 and so on…
I like to think that I can pop back many generations on both sides of my tree and name all the surnames that I’ve been able to ‘collect’ – apart from those where there’s illegitimacy. I’m going to type out … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridgeshire, Family Tree, fenland, Genealogy
Tagged ancestors, baseborn, bastard, challenge, family names, generations, illegitimacy, illegitimate, marriage, maternal, names, paternal, spurious, surnames
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