What is perhaps the biggest challenge for social historians is to wrap our heads around the continuum of time: around... Read More
When Charles I first introduced public mail service in 1635, letters were carried from one ‘post’ to the next ‘post’... Read More
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In 1782, the dream of flying through the sky became reality, A group of daring men of science and vision took flight in the balloon. Read More
The province of Upper Canada, now Ontario, was created by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1791 as part of... 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
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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Journey back only a short time in history, when esteemed judges and assembled juries had only the testimony of witnesses... 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
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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
Gypsies tramps and thieves We’d hear it from the people of the town They’d call us gypsies tramps and thieves... Read More