Erected on the site of the older Kirkmadrine Church, is a mortuary chapel in memory of the MacTaggart Stewarts of Ardwell. A 19th Century, Romanesque … [Read more...]
New Irish FH Website
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July 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Irish Family History Foundation’s county genealogy centres provide Ireland’s largest genealogical research service, both online and via commissioned … [Read more...]
l’assistance française a exigé
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July 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Nous avons une demande d'un de nos lecteurs qui demandent quelque assistance. Il essaie d'obtenir une photographie d'une tombe au St. Couper l'Extension … [Read more...]
Wellington Pit memorial
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July 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A memorial is erected a hundred years after a fatal explosion at Wellington Pit in Whitehaven. High on the cliff tops overlooking Whitehaven town stood … [Read more...]
Bewcastle Memorials
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May 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The monument inscriptions from the graveyard of St. Cuthbert's, Bewcastle in Cumbria, is a valuable resource to all those researching their border roots. A … [Read more...]
Thomas Addison M.D.
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April 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Thomas Addison M.D. was one of the great medical physicians of the 19th Century. His grave lies sheltered beneath the great yew tree at Lanercost Priory. Born … [Read more...]
Li Yuan Chia, Artist
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April 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Lanercost priory is the resting place of Li Yuan Chia, a modern artist from China who made his home in the Village of Bankside on Hadrian's Wall in Cumbria. One … [Read more...]
Poets’ Graves website
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April 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Poets' Graves is an on-line database of the last resting places of poets. The site is regularly archived by the British Library so that it remains available … [Read more...]
Remembering Fromelles
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March 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In 2008 a number of burial pits dating from the First World War were identified at Fromelles in northern France. Archaeologists began to excavate … [Read more...]
French assistance required
We have a request from one of our readers asking for some assistance. He is trying to obtain a photograph of a grave at St. Sever Cemetary Extension, … [Read more...]