Just keep digging, digging, digging
Just keep digging, digging, digging Wow! It's been a while since I've written a blog post on here. A lot has happened since I graduated this time last year (including the whole world going to poop). As you can see I have changed the title of my blog. This is to reflect that I started my Ph.D in October. My thesis is on the motivations and social significance of philanthropic practice in the Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Industry in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Currently I'm working on a general profile piece on the class structure of Northampton prior to industrialisation. Obviously lockdown hasn't made this easy but it has meant I have been returning to a lot of my family history resources. Now, whilst this is a great use of skills, I do find myself getting distracted but sometimes this fresh look can be useful. The Search for Herbert John Major For a while, I've been researching a section of my Maternal family and they've proven quite a ch...