November already! The past few months have been such a busy period in preparing for my final year on the university course. I have recently visited an archive in Birmingham for both genealogy research and to scope my dissertation project on the Temperance Movement in England. I have a couple of blogs appearing soon on… Continue reading
Tag: Family History
End of academic term in review
It has been a busy time of late, with deadlines all met and end of year project submission. Now all completed, I can review what I’ve learnt and achieved over the past 12 months: Completed year 2 diploma year of MSc in Genealogical, Palaeographical and Heraldic Studies with the University of Strathclyde, where we covered:… Continue reading
The Temperance Movement
I recently purchased a small, pocket sized Temperance Daily Text book from a charity shop. It is a dual-purpose book, incorporating pages to add birthdays. The inscription in the front pages includes details of the recipient of the book from her sister and within further writings, birthdays are recorded for the parents. I decided to… Continue reading