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==The Family Tree Forum Timeline==
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Our ancestors (like us) were shaped by the world they lived in and the sudden movement of a family, for example, from their birthplace to another part of the country could be explained by what was happening in the wider world.
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'''[[The Timeline]]''' will help you to put the personal life of your ancestors in context with the social and political situation of the time.
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==Pathé News Online==
 
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The earliest films date from 1896! Pathé display a Top Twenty on their site - the most popular when we checked was a film of the Titanic, but an early favourite of ours is the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901.
 
The earliest films date from 1896! Pathé display a Top Twenty on their site - the most popular when we checked was a film of the Titanic, but an early favourite of ours is the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901.
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*[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/ Historical Reports]
 
  
 
*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ British History Online]
 
*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ British History Online]
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==Related Pages==
 
==Related Pages==
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*[[Bargemen/Boatmen/Watermen/Lightermen]]
 
*[[Bargemen/Boatmen/Watermen/Lightermen]]
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*[[Evacuation_and_Evacuees#British_Home_Children|British Home Children]]
  
 
*[[Canals and Canal Carriers]]
 
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*[[Directories of Victorian and Edwardian Photographers]]
 
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*[[Entertainment]]
 
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*[[Maps and Photography]]
 
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*[[Mining and Heavy Industry]]
 
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*[[Places of Worship]]
  
 
*[[Railways]]
 
*[[Railways]]
  
 
*[[Religion and the Clergy]]
 
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*[[Workhouses/Hospitals/Asylums And Sanitoriums|Workhouses/Hospitals/Asylums And Sanatoriums]]
 
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==Schools and Education==
  
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*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/legislation.htm Parliamentary Legislation]
  
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*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/legislation.htm Education Acts – History & Politicians]
 
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England History of State Education]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England History of State Education]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/etainbreslin/nsteachers.html National School Salary Books - Ireland 1873 -1874]
 
  
 
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==Museums and Galleries==
 
==Museums and Galleries==
  
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*[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/main.php3 The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum - the story of the Infantry of Berkshire and Wiltshire]
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*[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/main.php3 The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum - The Story of the Infantry of Berkshire and Wiltshire]
  
 
*[http://www.beamish.org.uk/ Beamish Open Air Museum, County Durham. Northern Life in The 1800s & Early 1900s.]
 
*[http://www.beamish.org.uk/ Beamish Open Air Museum, County Durham. Northern Life in The 1800s & Early 1900s.]
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*[http://www.edencamp.co.uk/ Eden Camp Theme Museum Malton, North Yorkshire. Centred on The History of WW2.]
 
*[http://www.edencamp.co.uk/ Eden Camp Theme Museum Malton, North Yorkshire. Centred on The History of WW2.]
  
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_place/saltaire.shtml Saltaire, Bradford. Factory & Village Built by Millowner & Philanthropist Sir Titus Salt.]  
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_place/saltaire.shtml Saltaire, Bradford. Factory & Village Built by Millowner & Philanthropist Sir Titus Salt]
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*[http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/ Salts Mill - Home to The David Hockney Exhibition.]
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*[http://www.trowbridgemuseum.co.uk/ History of Woollen Cloth in Trowbridge]
  
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*[http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/ Village includes Salts Mill - Home To The David Hockney Exhibition.]
 
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*[http://www.trowbridgemuseum.co.uk/ History of the Woollen Cloth in Trowbridge- Inc. Occupations Glossary.]
 
 
*[http://catalogue.postalheritage.org.uk/DServe/DServe.exe?dsqServer=localhost&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Index.tcl The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA)]
 
*[http://catalogue.postalheritage.org.uk/DServe/DServe.exe?dsqServer=localhost&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Index.tcl The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA)]
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* [[See How Your Ancestors Lived]]  A collection of Recommended Places to Visit.
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*[[See How Your Ancestors Lived]]   
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*[http://www.oldandinteresting.com/ Old and interesting - History of Domestic Paraphernalia] 
 
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==Work and Trade Associations / Unions==
 
==Work and Trade Associations / Unions==
  
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*[http://www.historyshelf.org/shelf/friend/06.php Friendly Societies] A brief overview, with links to some specific societies.
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*[http://www.historyshelf.org/shelf/friend/06.php Affiliated Friendly Societies]
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*[http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm Trade Union Ancestors]
 
*[http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm Trade Union Ancestors]
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*[http://www.unionhistory.info/matchworkers/browse.php Bryant & May Matchworkers Strike Fund Register 1888]
 
*[http://www.unionhistory.info/matchworkers/browse.php Bryant & May Matchworkers Strike Fund Register 1888]
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/catalogues/unions/ Trade Unions and Similar Organisations]
 
*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/catalogues/unions/ Trade Unions and Similar Organisations]
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==Political Parties and Movements==
 
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*[http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page] Database of MPs showing their constituencies and dates of birth and death (going back to the 17th century). The Peerages of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
 
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*[http://chartists.net/ Chartist Ancestors]
 
*[http://chartists.net/ Chartist Ancestors]
  
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*[http://www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk/SUFFRAGETTES.HTM Give Women The Vote!]
  
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*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whunger.htm Famous Suffragettes]
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*[http://www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk/SUFFRAGETTES.HTM Give Women The Vote]
 
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*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whunger.htm Spartacus Educational] Gives names of the more well remembered suffragettes.
 
 
*[http://www.johndclare.net/Women1_SuffragetteActions_Rosen.htm What Did The Suffragettes Do?]
 
*[http://www.johndclare.net/Women1_SuffragetteActions_Rosen.htm What Did The Suffragettes Do?]
  
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==The Industrial Revolution==
 
==The Industrial Revolution==
  
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*[http://www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills/ Leeds industrial museum] Includes a history of industrialisation.
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*[http://www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills/ Armley Mills Leeds Industrial Museum]  
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*[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ A useful site for the cotton spinning and weaving industry]
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*[http://www.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/home.stm The History of The Industrial Revolution in the West Midlands 1700 -1830]
  
 
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'''[http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/USA#Military_History See Separate page]'''
 
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==Civilian Transport==
 
==Civilian Transport==
  
 
*[http://www.georgianindex.net/horse_and_carriage/carriage_door.html Carriages and Coaching]
 
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottinghamshire_and_Derbyshire_Tramways_Company Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Company.]
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*[http://www.lvta.co.uk/menu/lvta-taxi-history/ London Horse Cabs and Hackney Carriages History]  
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*[http://asms.k12.ar.us/classes/humanities/amstud/97-98/helicptr/webpage.htm The Evolution of the Helicopter]
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*[http://www.ba-gb.com/index.php?ps=8 A Brief History Of The Bicycle]
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*[http://www.alcester.dial.pipex.com/localpast/94au/oral.htm Oral Account of Coach Building, Early 1900s]
 
*[http://www.alcester.dial.pipex.com/localpast/94au/oral.htm Oral Account of Coach Building, Early 1900s]
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*[http://www.railwayancestors.fsnet.co.uk The Railway Workers Family History Society]
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*[http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/adw03/peel/railways/railways.htm The Growth and Impact of Railways]
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*[http://www.railwayancestors.org.uk/ The Railway Ancestors Family History Society]
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*[http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/sites.shtml Disused Railway Stations in the UK]
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*[http://web.onyxnet.co.uk/Auffret-onyxnet.co.uk/railways/railways.htm The North Yorkshire and Clevaland Railway]
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*[http://web.onyxnet.co.uk/Auffret-onyxnet.co.uk/railways/railways.htm The North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway]
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*[http://www.seasidehistory.co.uk/index.html Seaside Travel and Nostalgia]
 
*[http://www.seasidehistory.co.uk/index.html Seaside Travel and Nostalgia]
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*[http://www.fleetdata.co.uk/ukregistrations.html History Behind British Vehicle Registration System]
 
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*[http://www.britishtaxdiscs.co.uk/tax-disc-history.php History of The Road Fund Licence - Tax Disk]
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*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Transport Times Past - Transport]
 
*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Transport Times Past - Transport]
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==Architecture and Old Buildings==
 
==Architecture and Old Buildings==
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*[http://www.churchplansonline.org/ Church Plans Online]
  
 
*[http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/heritage/index-3.htm Letchworth, The First Garden City]
 
*[http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/heritage/index-3.htm Letchworth, The First Garden City]
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*[http://koti.welho.com/rhurmal1/linnat2004/castles.html#A British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses]
 
*[http://koti.welho.com/rhurmal1/linnat2004/castles.html#A British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses]
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==The British Monarchy==
 
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*[http://www.royal.gov.uk/ The Offical Website of The British Monarchy]
  
 
*[http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/genealogy/GEDCOM.html Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web]
 
*[http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/genealogy/GEDCOM.html Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web]
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*[http://www.sledmerehouse.com/ Sledmere House, Home of Sir Tatton Sykes]
  
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*[http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/0601sykes.html Papers of Sykes Family- Held at Brynmor-Jones Library, The University of Hull.]
 
*[http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/0601sykes.html Papers of Sykes Family- Held at Brynmor-Jones Library, The University of Hull.]
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*[http://www.r-alston.co.uk/country_house_database.htm A Database of Country Houses in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Some of The Surrounding Islands, With Brief Histories]
 
*[http://www.r-alston.co.uk/country_house_database.htm A Database of Country Houses in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Some of The Surrounding Islands, With Brief Histories]
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*[http://www.leighrayment.com/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page - a database of MPs]
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*[http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon/ Sir Mark Sykes Bart]
  
 
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[[image:Ark and pulpit Brighton Synagogue.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ark and pulpit. Middle St Synagogue, Brighton]]
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*[http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/londweb.htm The London Jews Database (pre-1850)]
  
 
*[http://www.jeffreymaynard.com/index.htm Anglo-Jewish Miscellanies]
 
*[http://www.jeffreymaynard.com/index.htm Anglo-Jewish Miscellanies]
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*[http://www.jewishgen.org/ JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy]
 
*[http://www.jewishgen.org/ JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy]
  
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*[http://www.joodsmonument.nl/article.php?thg_id=HELP&lang=en Digital Monument to the Jewish Community in the Netherlands]
 
*[http://www.joodsmonument.nl/article.php?thg_id=HELP&lang=en Digital Monument to the Jewish Community in the Netherlands]
  
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==Slavery==
 
==Slavery==
  
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*[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/eabolition.asp International Slavery Museum]
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*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/slavery.htm The Slave Trade - 1700-1930]
  
 
*[http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/index.php The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas]
 
*[http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/index.php The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas]
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*[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/texts.html#A North American Slave Narratives]
 
*[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/texts.html#A North American Slave Narratives]
  
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*[http://www.brycchancarey.com/index.htm Slavery, Emancipation, and Abolition]
 
*[http://www.brycchancarey.com/index.htm Slavery, Emancipation, and Abolition]
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*[http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/timeline/atlantic.slave.trade.html Timeline: The Atlantic Slave Trade 1502 - 1841]
 
*[http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/timeline/atlantic.slave.trade.html Timeline: The Atlantic Slave Trade 1502 - 1841]
  
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*[http://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk/subIndex.php?sit_id=1 Bristol and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade]
  
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*[http://www.recoveredhistories.org/ Recovered Histories- Reawakening The Narratives of Enslavement, Resistance and the Fight For Freedom]
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*[http://www.revealinghistories.org.uk/ Revealing History - Remembering Slavery]
  
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*[http://www.abolition200.org.uk/ Abolition 200 The Bicentenary of the Abolition of The Slave Trade Act]
  
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*[http://compensations.plantations.bb/ Slave Compensation Claims]
 
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==Current Value of Old Money==
 
==Current Value of Old Money==
  
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*[http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html Current value of old money]  
  
 
*[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/money.htm  Pre-decimal Sterling Coinage]
 
*[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/money.htm  Pre-decimal Sterling Coinage]
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==Uncategorised==
 
==Uncategorised==
  
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*[http://home.no.net/bhb1/weekday.htm Day of Week Calculator]
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*[http://www.britishfarthings.com/Tokens/17th-Century/17th-Century.html 17th-Century Farthing Trade Tokens]
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*[http://www.footrule.com/1/conversn/oengothr.htm?sr=homepage&ac=0 Old English Weights and Measures]
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*[http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html Nova Roma Guide to understanding Roman Numerals]
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*[http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/dayofweek.html Day of Week Calculator]
  
 
*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~jk.calisto/calisto/ A Calender Program for Western Europe AD 326 - 2999]
 
*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~jk.calisto/calisto/ A Calender Program for Western Europe AD 326 - 2999]
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*[http://www.weddingspastandpresent.co.uk/ Weddings Past and Present]
 
*[http://www.weddingspastandpresent.co.uk/ Weddings Past and Present]
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*[http://home.snu.edu/~dwilliam/f97projects/contraception/history.htm a Brief History of Contraception]
  
 
*[http://www.genealogyprinters.com Family Tree & Chart Printing]
 
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The Family Tree Forum Timeline

Our ancestors (like us) were shaped by the world they lived in and the sudden movement of a family, for example, from their birthplace to another part of the country could be explained by what was happening in the wider world.

The Timeline will help you to put the personal life of your ancestors in context with the social and political situation of the time.


Pathé News Online

Until 1970 cinemas all over Britain showed Pathé newsreels. Now you can view the entire collection, over 3500 hours, online at:

It is necessary to register, but whilst there is a charge for high-resolution copies of the films you can view low resolution versions free of charge. Almost all are in black and white, and the very earliest footage is silent.

The earliest films date from 1896! Pathé display a Top Twenty on their site - the most popular when we checked was a film of the Titanic, but an early favourite of ours is the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901.


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The Landed Gentry


Jewish History

Ark and pulpit. Middle St Synagogue, Brighton


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