Making your past live
Are you a descendant of Joseph Harris who was baptised in Ratlinghope, Shropshire on 6 December 1857, son of William Harris and Eliza Blockley, Marehay? If yes, I d love to hear from you. Or more precisely my husband would! Joseph was the older brother of his grandfather, John Harris (1866-1929), and an elusive man. Not more... The post The elusive Joseph Harris (1857-?) appeared first on…
Crofters on the march my rather dramatic title for a short talk I did in recently as part of the mini All About that Place online event. My talk focused on crofters from North Walls and Brims, Orkney, Scotland, and their applications for a fair rent following the Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886.. The more... The post Crofters on the march! appeared first on Janealogy .
The photo below shows my father s cousin Sandy Barnett harrowing with oxen at the Lythes, Longhope, Orkney, Scotland (parish of Walls). Alexander Barnett (1907-1941), to give him his full name, was probably in his late teens or twenties at the time. That means the photo would have been taken in the 1920s or 1930s when more... The post Harrowing with oxen in Longhope, Orkney appeared first on…