Blue plaque nominees in Southwark

Genealogist Emma Jolly has drawn attention on her Facebook page to a campaign by the Fire Brigade to have a Second World War Home Front fireman recognised by a Blue Plaque in Southwark. The full story is available at http://www.southwarknews.co.uk/history/blue-plaque-nominees-2015-the-ww1-hero-who-could-throw-a-bomb-74-yards/ and you can vote for the Southwark Blue Plaque nominees online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZFYHYZ6.

(With thanks to Emma!)

Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including my recently released Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html.

Fire breaks out at the National Archives at Kew

A fire has been put out at the National Archives at Kew. Twenty fire fighters fought the blaze at two disused water towers at the facility - the main building itself was undamaged and no-one was injured. The BBC has the story at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26208830. Footage from the fire is also on the Daily Mirror website at http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/watch-national-archives-fire-20-3148287

Chris

My latest genealogy books are Tracing Your Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), Discover Scottish Civil Registration Records, and Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet. My next Pharos course is Scottish Research Online, which commences Feb 27th 2014, 5 weeks, price £45.99.