Tag Archives: Genealogy

Were your ancestors apprentices at the Elswick Works?

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Posted by administrator on January 28, 2015     Permalink     Comments (13)

I’m pleased to report that work is progressing well on the ‘Workshop of the World’ project to catalogue our Vickers Armstrong archives collection. I’ve recently been working on the firm’s administrative records, which include a large quantity of agreements. Many… Read more

Exploring the Archive with the Archive Service Assistants

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Posted by administrator on December 3, 2014     Permalink     Comments (1)

To celebrate the start of the national ‘Explore Your Archive’ campaign, the Archive Services Assistants have set ourselves a challenge; to write about our role and work using the key themes of the campaign: ArchI’ve Discovered, Detected, Learnt, Remembered, Engaged,… Read more

Did your ancestors own shares?

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Posted by administrator on October 30, 2014     Permalink     Comments (2)

I’m pleased to report that work is progressing well on the ‘Workshop of the World’ project to catalogue our Vickers Armstrong archives collection. I’ve recently been working on the Executive records of Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth and Company Ltd, which… Read more

Was your ancestor a Sunderland freemason?

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Posted by administrator on March 4, 2014     Permalink     Comments (5)

Last year the Archives was delighted to receive on deposit the historical records of the Phoenix Lodge, Sunderland. The origins of this freemasons lodge date back to 1755, when the King George’s Lodge was constituted. The Lodge met in public… Read more

Insults and infighting in Seventeenth Century Newcastle

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Posted by administrator on January 15, 2014     Permalink     Comments (7)

Last year I wrote a short blog about a new addition to the Tyne & Wear Archives collections – an apprenticeship register of the Incorporated Company of Tailors of Newcastle upon Tyne dating from the Tudor period. The register was… Read more