One of my (indirect) ancestors got married in Baku during the Revolution. (View Post)

Have you been checking? (View Post)

Both your and @ianB2's assessments could be correct. In the dreadful atmosphere which seems to apply in American politics ATM. (View Post)

That really sounds rough, Ms fitalass. Sympathies. My wife has relatives in the Peterhead area; so far we've not heard from them, but, to be fair, we probably wouldn't! (View Post)

Totally and utterly o/t ladies and gentlemen, but does anyone know how a 19th farm-worker in Leicestershire who have asked his friend what the matter was. In Essex and East Anglia it would have been … (View Post)