East Yorkshire local and family history

Tonight I have given a talk on Yorkshire emigrants to the Holme on Spalding Moor history group. This  is a friendly and comparatively new gr...

This is just a brief post which links to the database of Howden soldiers and sailors whose names appear on Howden war memorial This is an ...

I have just been out for a walk with Molly. There has been a light fall of snow overnight and the road was what could be described as 's...

The internet is a wonderful thing for family historians as it enables us to find out what happened to people who left  Yorkshire for a new l...

It seems a long time now since Christmas. The tree is down, the needles vacuumed up [ although there always seem to be a few that you miss] ...

For those who also read my website you may have read the fascinating Memories of Reedness written by Horace William Wroot - Horace to his fr...

I would like to wish everyone who reads my blog a Happy Christmas and best wishes for 2014. It has been an eventful year and I am looking fo...

We live quite near the River Ouse and friends have often asked whether we get flooded. Well I can still say no but last Thursday evening I t...

It is  the first day of Advent and the sun is shining brightly. Molly and I have been for a long walk and tramped our way through drifts of ...

Back to the computer after the excitement of watching the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special last night. Even though I am not an avid fan I...