Family history toolkit to exploring British Population Reports, enrich your family history by looking at the derived information from census material in the C19th and C20th more
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The work of engineering giants can be explored at the Network Rail online archive more
An extraordinary and intriguing artefact the Hereford Mappa Mundi dating back to circa 1300 the largest Mappa Mundi still in existence, see video an links to further intriguing resources. more
A short video from BBC Beauty of Maps, a glimpse at a digital perspective that underpins why we believe that digital maps combined with historic documents offer up an intriguing historical perspective and help us all connect and gain deeper insights in our history… more
How can you build your own personal online art collection and maybe find some new and intriguing resources and information to enjoy and inform the research for your history project!. Automating some legwork sure worked for me, it is a bit like fishing you need to be patient but it yields results and does much more searching than you could do manually, take a look at the Painting I found for my One Name Study. more
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s excellent timeline for setting the context of art alongside your history project, helps you navigate and find a deeper reflection of the timeline that is relevant to you… more
So what are the connections between Angus Dundee and Captain Scott of the Antarctic and what resources are available for you to use… more
When searching in your family history for a missing child, consider looking at records for The British Home Children to Canada databases, or you can add your own data to an ever growing list of children more
What is ‘Linked Data’ why is open data relevant to anyone with an interest in history…listen to Tim Berners Lee web pioneer telling us all about it, tap into to some intriguingly linked resources and help change the world… more
Norfolk Old and Intriguing Maps available online, more country resources for you and your history project… more
What a fantastic gift to us all, to be able to view some of the world’s most marvellous historic manuscript collections, from home, not something we would have thought possible a decade ago. Take a look at the University of Cambridge Digital Library more
Try this free resource from Family Search, 40,000 digitized publications on genealogy and family history more
What an intriguing Find? Can you help solve this conundrum? A wonderful document with a cryptic note and possible cypher with references to Cromwell Charles 1st and the King of France, is this something you have knowledge of? if so please do contact us so we can help the kind people who brought this important… more
The British Library has just launched a few days ago the BL historical map project an online 3D visualisation, using Google Earth, of 724 rare maps in order to be able to compare the past with the present…what an opportunity to join in and participate in this innovative project. The project involves 724 maps of England and Wales… more
When is an artefact of value? Would you think of your children’s discarded videogaming as ‘history in the making’ worthy of it’s own historic archive more
Intriguing Family History are very excited to be at the WDYTYA show 2012, so we thought as well as keeping you up to date with our own news over the next few weeks we would explore some of our fellow exhibitors sites and see if we can help you make connections…… more
The War Horse Exhibition at The National Army Museum tells the stories of real war horses in WWI, a very moving exhibition
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- ‘Warrior’ The Story of a Real War Horse Read ‘Warrior’ by General Jack Seely, a truly amazing account of a real life war horse. A brilliant book…
- The Great Exhibition 1851 The Great Exhibition 1851…
- Military Cap Badge Royal Army Chaplains Department (Jewish) Military cap badge of the Army Chaplaincy Department, part of our military cap badge collection…
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Read ‘Warrior’ by General Jack Seely, a truly amazing account of a real life war horse. A brilliant book
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- Grave of The Unknown Warrior Westminster Abbey 1920 The body of an unknown soldier was brought from France to be buried at the west end of the nave of Westminster Abbey on 11th November 1920. The idea that we should honour those that died for us in this way, is thought to have originated with the Reverend David Railton, a chaplain at the……
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New online catalogue ‘Discovery’ from The National Archive
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- Norfolk NRO Record Office Catalogue Online Norfolk record office, online catalogue search, get the most out of your visit build a short-list from the catalogue……
- Merged UK Library Catalogue The merged online catalogue of national libraries and many universities in the UK is a great resource that will save lots of time when researching your own history project…
- Virginia Cemeteries online Just had to share this brilliant resource, a collation of data from Virginian cemeteries. Thanks for all the effort that has gone into this excellent free resource. Another Intriguing Snippet to help aid your family history research </br> </br>…
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King Alfred’s Teacher Training College Winchester has a glorious student register which we at Intriguing History are transcribing. It’s a fascinating, detailed record of students from all over the country
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- Historic Maps of London Historic maps of London paint a vivid picture for family historians …
- King of the Anglo Saxons c860 AD The first ‘King of England’ emerges out of the Dark Ages…
- Cap Badge King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry The cap badge of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, as worn on the pagri…
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Dorset is an amazing coastline and the Dorset Coast Digital Archive is a fantastic resource for anyone with a family history or historical interest in Dorset
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- Dorset and Botany Bay What connects Dorset and Botany Bay? If any of your family were transported to Australia this will be of interest to you…
- Denmark sells Gold Coast territories to Britain 1850 …
- Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty Organisation with unique archive of NY immigrants Did your family member relative or ancestor arrive in the USA via New York? Here are some intriguing resources to help you find out more……
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Explore a map of the Ancient counties of Great Britain and find out a little bit more about their history
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- First Transatlantic Voyage S.S Great Eastern 1860 The first voyage across the atlantic on an iron paddle-steamer designed by engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel 1860…was your relative on the ship……
- Who declared war on Britain in 1812? This war fought between the British and Americans, probably had more ramifications for the Canadians and the Americans than the British. Canada emerged with a heightened sense of national security…
- 1900 – Peak of Industrial Schools Peak of industrial schools in Britain 1900…
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Medieval Names 1450-1600
A look at a website drawing together a list of Medieval names, fascinating for the family historian
Human Genetics and Genomics: The Science for the 21st Century
A science spin for family historians looking at the next steps for the human genome project.
Interactive Map of Isabella Bird Explorer
Interactive mapping for local, social or family history projects can be easily learnt using our tool kits. Explore history through interactive maps