Month: March 2009

Wasting Prime Ministerial Time

I’ve submitted a petition to the government’s petition site. Here’s what it says. We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop leading tributes to pointless celebrities and to spend more time running the country Since when was it part of the Prime Minister’s job to lead the country in public displays of grief for… Continue reading Wasting Prime Ministerial Time

Internet Genealogy

In 1992 I started tracing my family history. The two main tools for amateur genealogists (at least until they get back to about 1840) are the indexes of registrations of births, deaths and marriages and the returns from the census which has been taken every ten years since 1841 (there are earlier censuses, but they… Continue reading Internet Genealogy

Twitter Password Insecurity

Twitter has been under attack over the last day or so. Ben Metcalfe has the details. It seems likely that someone gained access to the database of one of the Twitter services that stores passwords in plain text. Twitter’s OAuth support can’t arrive soon enough. I hate to say this – but I told you… Continue reading Twitter Password Insecurity

Nicholas Crosse son of John Crosse

The earliest confirmed ancestor that I’ve found is Thomas Cross, my 5 x Great Grandfather, who married Hannah Canham in Great Holland (only a few miles from where my parents still live) in February 1776. On Wednesday I was in the Society of Genealogists library and I found a lovely bound copy of the parish… Continue reading Nicholas Crosse son of John Crosse