As part of the Archive Awareness Campaign, East Riding of Yorkshire Archives has catalogued the registers – the Mens and Womens Case Books – from the Broadgate Hospital archive. Comprised of case records of individuals admitted to Broadgate between 1871 and 1906, the registers paint a harrowing picture of life for those deemed mentally ill [...]

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Benny on May 20th, 2010

You can now search over 150,000 medal cards recording medals  such as the British War Medal, the Mercantile Marine Medal and the Silver War Badge awarded to merchant seamen in the First World War.  See First World War merchant seamen medals available to download | The National Archives for details.

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Benny on March 18th, 2010

Long before a hobbit species of human lived on Indonesias Flores island, other human-like creatures colonised the area.  Scientists have now been able to date their presence to at least one million years ago.
via BBC News – Hobbit islands deeper history.

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Benny on March 17th, 2010

A new exhibition hall dedicated to the discovery and understanding of human origins opens March 17 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
via New Exhibition Hall Devoted to Human Origins Opens at National Museum of Natural History — WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire/ –.

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Benny on March 17th, 2010

Yesterday, 93-year-old Yarram resident Marjorie Whitford smiled joyously when told that her DNA sample has confirmed the identity of her uncle, Private Harry Willis.  Pvt Harris is one of the 75 of  the lost Diggers of Fromelles that will have a name, a headstone – and a family to grieve his passing.
All 249 lay together under [...]

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Benny on March 17th, 2010

Chelsea Pensioners service records from 1883 to 1900 Catalogue  can now be found online at findmypast.co.uk. Each individual soldiers record is  full of fascinating details that are invaluable to family and military historians.
via Royal Hospital Chelsea pension records 1883-1900 now online | The National Archives.

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