My Great Grandfather, Joseph Hurst, who you can see here, was just one of the influences in my desire to become involved in genealogy, to research my family history. I remember as a small boy when we used to visit him in the nursing home where he lived before he […]
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The first time that I heard about any family connection to Thomas Hardy the famous author, was after my Mother passed away in 1997, and I had travelled back to England from Indiana, where I had moved to 3 years before. It was in my Aunt’s house in Rugby where […]
Even now I remember what interested me in history, in particular Ancient History, and it was going with my parents to see an Italian made Epic called The Wooden Horse Of Troy, which I found out was released in 1961. The story fascinated me, and I also had a Readers Digest book for children which had an article on Heinrich Schliemann who spent years searching for the location of Troy, before finally discovering the site in 1868.
One Hundred Years Ago was inspired by a series of articles that I am writing on Associated Content thaqt analyzes articles from the newspapers of 100 years ago. Back then, which isn’t really that long ago for many of us, life was very different.
So far I have been out of work for six weeks as of yesterday, and although I am trying to settle down into a routine, trying to generate work and income online, and trying to spend my time fruitfully, I find myself being incredibly busy yet have trouble achieving much […]