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Online Research: The power of the Census

May 2, 2024

I remember the last census in 2021. Little did I know at that time the power that census will have for future history hunters. Now it is becoming clear. Just by searching a name and address there is so much information to be found in a census. There are also many ways of searching, in […]

Online Research

April 25, 2024

As a title that really sounds quite dull. However bear with me. As you begin the journey of uncovering the history of the past occupants of your building, you can feel all at sea. Until...you find that first "something". That something could be a name or a passing mention of the property in a newspaper […]

In Search of Bats

April 11, 2024

To ensure we are safe to proceed with building works it was important to have a survey done to see if there were any bats in the building. The team assembled to welcome the man who would be looking for bats. As you can imagine it was difficult not to drop the occasional Batman comment […]

Photography is a dangerous Sport...

April 5, 2024

Photography is a dangerous sport. Especially if you do it like this. On a dozy Sunday afternoon, I was driving back through Ruthin and was struck by how perfect the light was. It was obviously the perfect day to take photographs for the blog. So my daughter and I, in the name of all things […]

Dendrochronologist and Local Historian - Andy Moir and Gareth Evans

March 15, 2024

As the new owner of Plas Coch in Ruthin, Kevin and Tracey were contacted by a local historian, Gareth Evans, with an interesting question... His enquiry was whether they would be interested in being part of a survey as they had managed to get some “UK government funding, to date, by dendrochronology-tree-ring dating- a number […]

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