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Jun
22

RUB No 58 June 2025 out now.

Really Useful Bulletin has another interesting lead article on the Hudson Bay Company (HBC). Who knew Charles II claimed the Hudson bay drainage basin area (1.5 million square miles) of Canada and give it as a charter to Prince Rupert. Ian Waller gives the details of the HBC until its was dissolved in 1974. HBC archive contains lots of records from...

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Feb
25

Royal Arsenal Woolwich introduction video

 The video produced for the Family History Federation Really Useful Show last November (2023) has now been put on our web site. There is a button link on the Royal Arsenal Woolwich page. https://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/resources/data-sets/royal-arsenal-woolwich North West Kent Family History Society includes the area that was the Royal Arsenal Woolw...

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Feb
17

The FHF Really Useful Bulletin No 30 now available.

If you have not heard about the Family History Federations free 'Really Useful Bulletin' then take a look at the latest edition. This edition has a fantastic article on Postcards by Helen Baggott. Helen tells of her motivation to research the family that sent/received the postcard and their background. It brings a new source from which if we are lu...

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