Past To Present Genealogy
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My name is Jane Roberts. I live in Batley, West Yorkshire, the former "Shoddy Capital" of the world. My interest in genealogy developed after hearing tales from my uncle about my grandmother's brother who was killed in a childhood motorcar accident in 1910. I started seriously researching my family tree in 2005, fitting it in between family, work and supporting my Rugby League..
Past To Present Genealogy
3w ago
This is my regular look back at the posts added to the Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study during the previous month. This update contains the list of all the St Mary’s posts published up to the end ..read more
Past To Present Genealogy
1M ago
This is my regular look back at the posts added to the Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study during the previous month. The February 2024 monthly update contains the list of all the St Mary’s posts to date ..read more
Past To Present Genealogy
2M ago
If you are looking for a speaker during 2024 and 2025 covering family or local history, here are my list of talks for the period. They are: The first four have a distinctly Yorkshire flavour, whereas the final one is ..read more
Past To Present Genealogy
2M ago
This is my regular look back at the posts added to the Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study during the previous month. The January 2024 monthly update contains the list of all the St Mary’s posts to date ..read more
Past To Present Genealogy
4M ago
This is the story of an unsung Batley hero, living behind enemy lines and carrying out works of espionage and sabotage during World War One. His adopted pigeon Charles played an important part in the Yorkshireman’s wartime exploits. Their daring ..read more
Past To Present Genealogy
4M ago
This is my regular look back at the posts added to the Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study during the previous month. The December 2023 monthly update contains the list of all the St Mary’s posts to date ..read more
Past To Present Genealogy
4M ago
Happy New Year! It will be a momentous one for me, as after 25+ years in my current home and a lifetime in my home-town, I’m on the move. To commemorate this change, I will be reducing my hourly research ..read more
Past To Present Genealogy
4M ago
Yes. You read the headline correctly. The government is proposing to destroy millions of wills going back to the 1800s, thus making the original paper documents unavailable to historians & genealogists. These are the wills held by HM Courts and ..read more
Past To Present Genealogy
5M ago
This is my regular look back at the posts added to the Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study during the previous month. The November 2023 monthly update contains the list of all the St Mary’s posts to date ..read more
Past To Present Genealogy
6M ago
This is my regular look back at the posts added to the Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study during the previous month. If you want to know the background, and what is involved in a one-place study, click here ..read more