In the 1830′s there were labor riots in England as agricultural works attempted to get better working and living standards. Some of those charged with various crimes were sentenced to Australia to serve out their time. This made life for the families left behind very challenging.
Learning about the details of the cases, the individuals involved on both sides and even having the family history of the convicts makes Jill Chambers’ book Berkshire Machine Breakers an interesting read.
Jill’s book discusses the individual cases with testimony. Excellent sources listed.
I look forward to the second edition of Berkshire Machine Breakers.
Binder or drives? Depending on your personal preference–and storage space limits–you will need to determine whether you capture all your data electronically, or print out everything you find. For my direct lines, I have printed out the important documents and kept an electronic copy. All those distant cousins and the people who I do not know how they fit into the picture yet are all digital copies.
One of the main things I have learned about capturing digital copies is to make sure that if the image is captured using a program which saves in a special format, that I am able to convert it into a jpg file. Many times I have had to hunt down a patch to convert the files into a jpg.
Organizing Your Family History Search by Sharon DeBartolo Carmick discusses the need to keep copies of documents you find using digital and/or paper methods.
Staying on top of the latest genealogical news is important especially when you are waiting for a resource to become public. There are a lot of mailing lists available to follow. If your email inbox is as busy as mine though, you might want to use a reader to catch up on the mailing list when you have time vs. having each message pop up in your inbox.
Using my Google account I can have all the mailing list posts download to Google Reader. I can then sort out the items of interest and quickly delete those which are not relevant. For some posts, I will find something of interest for a fellow genealogist and I can just email it to them via Google Reader.
My inbox is kept for my day to day to-do items, and when time permits, I log into Google Reader and catch up on the latest news from the genealogical community.
Dan Lynch’s book Google Your Family Tree discusses the advantages of using Google Reader for every genealogist.
Finding a grave site with a family tombstone and a military tombstone can provide a wealth of information. Knowing a family member served in the military can open the door to various other record groups (pension records, military history and awards). Surprises can arise when the dates on the tombstone do not match those of actual records.
I was researching a military record to find out that the date of birth on the enlistment papers did not match those of real birth date. After a bit of checking, it was discovered that the person falsified their birth date to enlist with his brothers.
Using the regiment information on the tombstone, I was able to discover more information about a brickwall problem I was having with one of the brothers.
Not all military tombstone are full stone, but just a marker with a symbol representing the war the ancestor served in. Your Guide to Cemetery Research by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack has more information on military tombstones and markers.
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