We’re really pleased to be able to feature this guest blog post from Neil Gordon – it’s always heartening to receive contributions, but this is…
As part of Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine’s ‘Transcription Tuesday’, our project made available a set of records produced by the Amalgamated Society…
Last Saturday, as I arrived home from the U3A Family History Conference, I spotted a discussion on Twitter that was sad to read. Else Churchill,…
There’s never a dull moment for us, but the last couple of weeks have been particularly busy. On top of the usual things, we’ve submitted…
Well – hopefully not your own accidents, but we are interested in any cases of accidents to railway workers in the past about which you…
In this guest post, project supporter Peter Munro looks at a passenger accident from 1914 – what would today be known as a ‘trap and…
Our project has focused on accidents to railway workers, rather than passengers, as numerically far more workers were killed or injured on the railways and…
Only 6 weeks’ ago we were at Family Tree Live at Alexandra Palace – and last week we took the project to another family history…
In the latest of our Volunteers’ Week posts, project volunteer Cheryl Hunnisett, working with us at the Modern Records Centre, takes a look at one…
In this guest blog post, Peter Bloomfield was able to use our database to add further detail to his existing research into North London Railway…