I’ve done the first 2 sessions of the “Family Foundations” course offered by the National Genealogical Society. You have 6 months to go through a variety of modules that educate you in all types of topics related to doing your family tree. FamilySearch, Newspapers, Cemeteries, Vital ...
She was 40 years old when she became chairwoman of Dowlais – and the mother of 10 children. The advantage Lady Charlotte had was that she knew the business inside out, having immersed herself in it to support and advise her husband. She had drawn up the monthly accounts, been involved ...
Surprisingly, the biggest pre-war self-service chain was Self Service Stores, set up by the Buttercup Dairy Co. This had 14 branches – mainly in Edinburgh – by the outbreak of war. Self Service Stores, Port Glasgow Express, 7 June 1939, 2 (British Library Board) The introduction of rat...
Small leather purse with a short leather strap. There is a brass clasp and the front is decorated with stars of mother of pearl and a brass stud in the centre. Purple paper lining, with a leather light tan colour body for a purse. It is Worn by Jane Patterson who migrated to Ballarat...
When William was older, he worked as a dairy farmer at Stonyford, southeast of Pomborneit. He marriedAnn Scoullerin 1897.4Ann gave birth to six children, but three died as infants. William and Ann are pictured below with Ila and Horace c1906. ...
“How we ever got our family and a great-grandmother, grandmother, and my mother's aunt all in the one room shack for a visit I'll never know. After moving to three different camps, between the years 1919 and 1923, in the fall of 1924 we moved into the house on California Ave (in...
Lactose digestion needs the induction of specialized gut enzymes. This enzyme is shut off in a precisely timed developmental step leading to lactose malabsorption promoting weaning in the young and ovulation in the mother. The lactose-lactase system could thus regulate optimal birth spacing in land ...
Europe's most highly endowed nature film competition is entering its second round: Since April 1, nature filmmakers and producers have been able to submit their works for the European Wildlife Film Awards (EWFA) 2026. Documentary films dealing with the topics of nature, wild animals, or the ...
A City Dairy Milk Wagon circa 1900. Credit: City of Toronto Archives In his pursuit of noise reduction, Dr. Hastings instead began with another auditory irritant: the crowing of roosters in the morning. In 1912, Hastings proposed a by-law to banish the animal from the city, with the noted...
In 1929, Borden was one of America’s biggest companies, and the largest producer of dairy products in the United States. Table of Contents Here is a sneak preview of what this article is about: Grocery Prices in the Year 1929 History Facts and Events From the USA and World ...