Barbara J Starmans looks at an online archive packed with stories of the poor and working class in London. Published in Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine in November 2014
Which Software?
Barbara J Starmans2017-02-20T12:53:30+00:00There are so many choices now when it comes to family history software. How do you know which one to buy? Since you will be spending a lot of your research time working with your genealogy software, it is important to find the program you like and that works best for you. While some programs [...]
Putting it Online
Barbara J Starmans2017-02-20T13:34:02+00:00One rainy Saturday, I found an email waiting in my inbox. The subject line was “Most Wanted – John Bulmer (1823)” and seeing it, I felt a surge of hope that this might be the day that I would finally discover what happened to my three times great-uncle. The email I received turned out to [...]
Boy Soldier of WW1
Barbara J Starmans2017-02-20T12:52:06+00:00I have examined the above named Recruit and find that he does not present any of the causes of rejection specified in the Regulations for Army Medical Services. I consider him fit for the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. Apparent age, 18 years. And so began the WW1 military service of my great-uncle, Hector Bulmer on 24 January 1916, four days after his [...]