What is perhaps the biggest challenge for social historians is to wrap our heads around the continuum of time: around... Read More
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Journey back only a short time in history, when esteemed judges and assembled juries had only the testimony of witnesses... Read More
This month, Facebook began prompting users in fourteen countries to read a guide on the fake news phenomenon, with a list... Read More
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Once upon a time, about 300 years ago, my British ancestors were farmers, living off the land, battling against nature to... Read More
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Like us, our ancestors, unless they were independently wealthy, had to work to put food on the table and to... Read More
Over the generations, the ways in which our ancestors enjoyed their leisure hours slowly changed. Not only did the activities... Read More
While the concept of a library is as old as the written word, early libraries were only accessible to a... Read More
And so it was that my fourth great-grandfather, Thomas Bulmer, came into the world in late December of 1782, just... Read More
Gypsies tramps and thieves We’d hear it from the people of the town They’d call us gypsies tramps and thieves... Read More
On 24 February 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull or charter that began with the words Inter gravissimas... Read More