What a loss that so much untold and unrecorded history and interesting information goes to the graves with people. Thank goodness for those people who have kept, and do keep, diaries. Blogging also has to be a great way for future generations to view the lives of people doing everyday things which may be viewed as humdrum or uninteresting now but, to those who will follow, will be of great interest. Thank goodness for museums and record offices who are guarding our history because without them we would be all be the poorer without the information they hold. Read more…

Trawling through archives can be a confusing and often bewildering experience.  Obviously, they all have different content, but they also have different systems and approaches to the material they house and different means by which the general public can access what they have.  These are my thoughts on just a few: Read more…