Tag Archives: family history

What is a Tithe Apportionment?

Posted on 11 February 2026 by annafreed6c149adcfc

Hall Marks: the Long Shadow of Norfolk’s Lost Country Houses is a project based at the Norfolk Record Office. But what are the tithe apportionments that we’ll be transcribing during the project? Continue reading →

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Hall Marks: Meet the Team

Posted on 11 February 2026 by annafreed6c149adcfc

Hall Marks: the Long Shadow of Norfolk’s Lost Country Houses is a project based at the Norfolk Record Office. Hear more about the team and what we’ll be getting up to in 2026 and 2027. Continue reading →

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Knock knock

Posted on 10 October 2025 by victoriadraper24

There are many serious crimes in the King’s Lynn Quarter session records [KL/C 20] that resulted in the death penalty, imprisonment, and transportation. Alongside these serious crimes are more minor crimes and some local nuisances, such as being drunk and … Continue reading →

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What was the True Identity of ‘Black Bart’? – part 3

Posted on 6 March 2021 by nroeando2017

In 2018, a two-part article was published on this blog (part 1 here, part 2 here) challenging the parentage of Charles E. Boles aka ‘Black Bart’ an infamous US outlaw, who committed some 28 holdups of Wells Fargo stagecoaches in … Continue reading →

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Stepping Back In Time

Posted on 16 December 2020 by cbolsterNRO

In the beginning When I first started doing my family history many years ago, I wasn’t surprised to find that most of my ancestors had gravitated to the heavily-industrialised area of Salford and then to the Bolton area of Lancashire … Continue reading →

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Norfolk: A County of Welcome

Posted on 16 June 2020 by nroeando2017

Who was Lewis Ecker? Why did he have to leave his homeland of Russia in the 19th century? And what happened to him and his family on arrival in Norfolk? In this blog post we use a number of documents … Continue reading →

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Researching Norwich Road Workhouse: Norwich Primary Academy History Club

Posted on 17 July 2019 by victoriadraper24

In early July we were joined by the members of Norwich Primary Academy History club as part of their special project looking at the history of Norwich Road Workhouse. The pupils had been researching the Haze family who were in … Continue reading →

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“Old but quite fit for use” The Norfolk Survey of Schools 1903

Posted on 6 July 2019 by victoriadraper24

The 1902 Education Act abolished the school board system and established Local Education Authorities (LEAs). Norfolk established LEAs for Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Kings Lynn and Norfolk County Council (NCC). NCC, to aid this transition; carried out a survey of its … Continue reading →

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