Over the last year and a half,
when I have had any spare time, I have been researching the history of my local
pubs, The Fox and The Prince of Wales,
the surrounding areas and more lately Farnborough in general.
I have discovered many
interesting facts about the area and some of the more notable residents that I
previously had no knowledge.
I have recently also picked up
where I left off from researching “Family Baltzer” and starting to document a
family tree.
Several people have asked me how
and where I find the information so this blog entry is for them and anyone else
who might want to do some research of their own.
In time I will include more articles
on www.thefoxfarnborough.co.uk
but I will also publish them as blog entries.
The maps, local history books and
directories at Farnborough public library have been invaluable but it is the Encyclopaedia
Internetica that has provided the vast majority of information and photographs.
Yes there is a lot of rubbish on
the internet but also such an immense range of data, information and photographs
which are constantly being added to and updated.
In case any of you are intending doing any historical research the obvious places to start are google, googleimages and wikipedia.
In case any of you are intending doing any historical research the obvious places to start are google, googleimages and wikipedia.
Facebook history groups also
provided an invaluable source of information and interest:
These are sites that I have used
to help trace my family history (free for limited information then subscription for detail):
Useful free sites for historical
maps are:
Free historical directory sites:
Free local history sites:
Free general history sites:
If any of you do embark on any
kind of research I’ll warn you now – there’s a lot of history out there - it
will become an obsession and consume all your spare time, so good luck and if you come across any useful source of information that I haven't listed I would be grateful if you would let me know.
Hey Ho!
