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Getting started on your family tree
Advice and tips from Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library
Q I’d like to kick-start my family history research on-line. What do I do?
A If you’ve seen the TV adverts running for genealogical websites, you’ll know there’s a wide range of sources that can be searched online but web-based research... [more]
Published: November 15, 2010
T'Girt Dog's lesson to us all
WE love a good mystery to get our teeth into here at Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library. But recently an old canine friend of ours took us well and truly up the garden path.
His glossy coat shines out from the pages of just about every local folklore book on the shelves, and his wet nose pokes at us from the fragile... [more] (2 comments)
Published: November 3, 2010
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- Thousands welcome troops to Whitehaven (5 comments)
- NMP ‘needs to change – or lose Sellafield contract’ (15 comments)
- Cumbria police investigate sudden death of man, 18
- Fears that state of lighthouses will stop people visiting Whitehaven (21 comments)
- Police called to 'out of control' birthday party (21 comments)
- Plans made to stop using Ennerdale as water source (9 comments)
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