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The dangerous life of an auctioneer…

In my last post, I mentioned that I had found my great-grandfather’s name in a series of articles in FindMyPast’s British Newspaper collection. Since then, I’ve done sporadic research to flesh out what I had gleaned from those stories. And it makes for interesting reading. First, a little about the great-grandfather in question (like everyone,… Continue reading The dangerous life of an auctioneer…

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Family stories in the news…

Early in October, I wrote about the wonderful Australian site, Trove, which includes digitized newspapers, and how it helped with my research into my ancestors who emigrated Down Under. Trove, however, is only one of many sites that makes digitized newspapers available for genealogists and family historians. My other current favourites are BC Historical Newspapers,… Continue reading Family stories in the news…