Regency Relatives

The Regency Relatives Journal

My growing collection of articles exploring family history, Regency society, and the social history that sits quietly around them. Here you’ll find research guides, historical context, parish records, migration stories, and occasional examples of handwriting that should probably qualify as a form of cryptography.

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Cures, Curiosities, and Questionable Practices: A Candid Look at Regency HealthcareCures, Curiosities, and Questionable Practices: A Candid Look at Regency Healthcare
The Regency Period: More Than Just Ballrooms and ScandalThe Regency Period: More Than Just Ballrooms and Scandal
Of Labour and Perseverance: The Life of a Collier of BedworthOf Labour and Perseverance: The Life of a Collier of Bedworth

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MEET THE RESEARCHER

I’m Lisa, a family historian with a particular interest in Regency and Georgian lives. I spend far too much time in archives, drink alarming amounts of tea, and occasionally discover that an entire branch of a family tree is based on an assumption I made in 2007. Find out more about this unsupervised historian.

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Beyond the Hint Leaves: Choosing Family History Resources as a BeginnerBeyond the Hint Leaves: Choosing Family History Resources as a Beginner
A Most Perplexing Silence: Navigating Dead Ends in Family HistoryA Most Perplexing Silence: Navigating Dead Ends in Family History
The Regency Period: More Than Just Ballrooms and ScandalThe Regency Period: More Than Just Ballrooms and Scandal