From: LostCousins newsletter <info@lostcousins.com>
Sent: 10 August 2024 16:18
To: ian.clegg@nkfhg.org.uk
Subject: August 2024 – family history news and tips
Was life really simpler for our ancestors? They had no gas, no electricity, no running water, no bathrooms, no health system, and most had to live on an income that even the poorest amongst us would consider derisory. Yet without them we wouldn’t be here today….
Latest news from the General Register Office
Buckinghamshire vicar fired by parishioners
Was your ancestor a wheelwright?
Why a clutch of Goslings were baptised in 1689
Mapping matches
Can you collaborate with a cousin who doesn’t share your DNA?
Who Do You Think You Are? celebrates 20th Birthday
DNA at the Olympics
Last chance to save on Ancestry DNA ENDS THIS WEEKEND
Gardeners Corner
Peter’s Tips
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