Monthly Archives: September 2013

The exhibition runs until this coming Saturday (21 September).  Here’s an article about what we’ve been up to from the local paper:   Mander Centre memories Wednesday 18th September 2013 Memories of seeing Father Christmas in Beatties toy department and … Continue reading →

  The “Our Town” oral history project into the changing face of shopping in Wolverhampton is staging the exhibition of our findings over the next two weeks. The exhibition will be open on the gallery level of the Mander Centre, … Continue reading →

  I’ve banged on about this before, but it really is essential to look at original sources whenever possible, rather than rely on transcriptions.  And it’s even more important NOT to rely just on an entry in an index, but … Continue reading →

The Internet Archive has a collection of over 1000 Parish Registers available to search for free here:  http://archive.org/search.php?query=parish%20registers Not perhaps the easiest site to search (although if you add the name of the parish or county in the ‘Search’ box … Continue reading →