Hatches Matches and Dispatches Part 6

Dear blog reader This is the sixth part in my series of Cairneyhill hatches, matches and dispatches that have appeared in the newspapers. I have always found such finds very exciting in my own 30 years of family history research and I hope this helps anyone doing similar Cairneyhill-based research. (Glossary: inst/instant means of theContinue reading “Hatches Matches and Dispatches Part 6”

Death of the Station Master

Dear blog reader and friend I must apologise for being absent for the past couple of months. My Mum died at the end of April and I simply have not felt like blogging up until now. However normal service now resumes in terms of my local history research. I hope you find the attached interesting.Continue reading “Death of the Station Master”