Tim Sunter's family history

A web log of my family history research

Fred’s Line

Dyer and Gardner families

Visit to Warwickshire County Record Office – 15th May 2010 THOMAS WILLIAM DYER 2nd Great Grandfather baptised 15th July 1821. Parents William and Alice Dyer – which means Alice can now be added into family tree. The occupation of William is given as ‘labourer’ in 1821 and 1823, but by 1830 this has changed to […]

Edwardian Postcards

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. In the early decades of the 20th Century there was a boom in postcard sending. In autumn 2009 this was highlighted in media reports of the work of Julia Gillen of the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre.  In her synposis of her work on Edwardian Postcards Ms Gillen explained: In the heyday […]