East Yorkshire local and family history

Here we are at the end of July and over half the year has gone. We have picked our rasps and blackcurrants and the next fruit will be apples...

I was contacted this week by an American lady whose ancestors had left Goole to make a new life in USA in the 1850s. George Wright was a ri...

I am writing this morning in the hope that later today the weather may improve from an annoying drizzle to bright sunshine so that I can cut...

I had a lovely  evening last night giving a talk to the Boothferry history group about the streets of Goole. There was a good audience and I...

This morning I was awakened by the song [ is that the word?] of a cuckoo just outside my bedroom window. We used to hear them commonly in th...

At last it feels like summer and time for gardening and  barbecues. Last week I went on an evening visit to Wressle Castle. And what a won...

I have been busy over the last week giving talks and attending them. Last week I gave a talk at South Cave to the local history group of the...

Tonight, 21st April 2016 we went to Skelton near Howden and stood on the riverbank where the  beacon was lit to celebrate the Queen's 90...

I have recently been contacted by descendants of the Hall family of Hive, near Eastrington and the Eland family of Metham near Blacktoft in ...

I keep thinking that spring is coming but after a lovely day yesterday when I cut the grass today is wet again. But the in-house beekeepers ...