A new historical drama, inspired by the lives of real people who lived in the East End of London in the 1880s, is set to blow ...

Litchfield’s G.A.R. Hall holds a special place in my heart. For about three years, while I was writing my two Terry Tales books, it was my second home. It was in the G.A.R. that I ...

The neighborhood has a diverse population of more than 7,000 people, according to the most recent census data. The neighborhood’s demographics ... around Cedar Avenue in the 1880s, wrote in his book, ...

Despite significant opposition among their inhabitants, the Burghs of Crosshill and Govanhill would become part of the City of Glasgow in 1891 ... a mercantile book-keeper and a meticulous ...

Kildare County Council’s County Archives Service announced a significant expansion of its digital archives, now including ...

Her age was estimated to be 60 years old, though the 1891 census suggests she may have been ... Nurse,” came from were recorded in the 1947 book Three Centuries of Canadian Nursing.

Additionally, the 1891 census gives the number of rooms in each house ... Census returns 1841-1901 and census schedule books 1911 are available to consult online at Ancestry.com, which can be accessed ...

By Emily Eakin Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes. A new book by the journalist Katherine Stewart finds a far-right ...

From the first woman to win a Nobel Prize to the discoverer of jumping genes, here are some of the women who have made major ...

The original census returns for 1861 and 1871 were destroyed shortly after the censuses were taken, while those for 1881 and 1891 were pulped during World War I probably because of a paper shortage.

In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” a rare-book collector sets out to “investigate” a group of overlooked female writers. By Sadie Stein Edmund White seems to hold nothing back in his ...

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