Clive Maier Posted 13 May , 2006 Share Posted 13 May , 2006 While fossicking around on the internet, I stumbled upon A Vision of Britain Through Time. The site will be very useful to anyone who wants to build up a historical picture of a town or village in the course of researching a memorial, regiment or region. I daresay I am the last to find it, but I mention the site anyway in the hope that it will be useful to Pals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 13 May , 2006 Share Posted 13 May , 2006 Clive Yep - came across this a while ago. It's reasonably useful if you need an overview of an area but it lacks the data detail that a researcher really wants. I'd still have to go and trawl through loads of stuff at the local heritage library if I needed good info on, say, Stockport's industrial working class at the time of the Great War. Something I keep putting off as it's a daunting task. John (PS: "fossicking" - good word!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Maier Posted 13 May , 2006 Author Share Posted 13 May , 2006 John, It's just a convenient source of information. You can't expect to find your own individual research pre-packed and you would probably be mortified if you did. Fossicking is Strine; I have always liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 13 May , 2006 Share Posted 13 May , 2006 I know. I know. It's just that you can get great stuff off the 2001 Census for "now" - it's the tying it back to "then" that's the difficulty. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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