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Yellowing Pages
Archivist Catherine Clark from Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library, talks about trade journals as a source...
BEFORE we had Yellow Pages and search engines we would have picked up a small book, commonly called a Trade Directory, to find out about local goods, services and prominent residents.
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Published: January 19, 2011
Beginners guide to family tree research
Archivist Catherine Clark explains how to start-out when researching your family tree.
JUDGING by the number of emails and telephone calls we have had since the beginning of the year from people new to family history, we reckon the New Year – not to mention the new decade – has prompted researchers to get cracking.
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Published: January 13, 2011
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