Genealogy in Hertfordshire
Genealogy in Hertfordshire
Teacher's Report
Three new "documents" were added during the month. The real prize is an account of life at the Grove School, Watford, in the 1920s, by Phyllis Thompson. Two old reports have also been published online. The Tring Zeppelin describes the German flights over West Hertfordshire in the First World War. The St Albans Councillors lists members of the St Albans Council from 1835 until the First World War. There is also an old news cutting about watercress and a link has been added pointing to HALS newspaper holdings. A link is also given to a site for St Albans Nostalgia.
Action Check List
Web pages highlighted in yellow are new pages
| Web Page | Notes |
| Civil Registration | This page needs updating - and a temporary warning message has been added recording that the index volumes can no longer be access at the Family Resource Centre. A note was added relating to last minute baptisms when the Act came into operation. |
| Entertainment Licenses | Arising from the research on Portable Theatres (see WELLS, Ware, 1885-1890) the arrangements for recording entertainment licenses is being investigated. |
| Freemasonry | A short list of books has been added relating to Freemasonry in Hertfordshire. Further topic pages, accessed through the Subject index, are planned. If you have a particular interest tell me and I may be able to add a list. |
| Grove School, Watford, 1925-1929 | ONLINE DOCUMENT: A delightful account by Phyllis Thompson about life at The Grove, Watford, between 1925 and 1929, when it was a girls' boarding school. |
| Hertfordshire Newspapers | HALS have produced a very useful list of their newspaper holdings and a link to this list has been added. |
| Portable Theatre | A "portable theatre" operated a bit like a circus, travelling from place to place, with a temporary stage and a tented auditorium. See WELLS, Ware, 1885-1890 - where information is sough on a portable theatre which visited Hertfordshire in the latter part of the 19th century. |
| St Albans Mayors, etc | ONLINE DOCUMENT: St Albans Council 1835-1912 (word document) with web pages for the Mayors & Aldermen |
| St Albans (Sources) | Lindsay tells me that St Albans Nostalgia, a message board for exchanging memories about St Albans has been established. This may interest visitors to this site who have 20th century links with St Albans. |
| Trade Directories | Because of limitations found when using them additional cautionary text has been added to St Albans Almanack and Directories of Individual Towns. A date problem with the 1895 Kelly's Directory for Hertfordshire is also documented. |
| The Tring Zeppelin | ONLINE DOCUMENT: A report, with illustrations, on Zeppelin raids during the First World War, has been made available online. It was first published in 1995. |
| Upstairs, Downstairs | Subject entry added linked to the account of the servants at The Grove, Watford. |
| Watercress | Old News Item: Tar Damage to Watercress Beds at Hemel Hempstead in 1914 |