Researching YOUR Street
Before we start, always ask permission of the photo/text owner and add a credit
How do I start?
ONLINE
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/search/pins/?q=lowestoft > then add your street name to the search, maybe in quotes and different variations eg "Old Nelson Street" "Old Nelson Street"
Join the various Facebook groups with an interest in Old Lowestoft
- Pictures of Victorian and Edwardian Lowestoft
- Views of New and Old Lowestoft
- Views of Old Lowestoft
- Lowestoft Heritage & Architectural Appreciation Group
- Lowestoft Beach Village
- Lowestoft in the 60s
- Suffolk Family History- Lowestoft
- Friends of Uncle David's Postcards
Top Tip save with a descriptive filename maybe [place][year][owner][sitefrom] eg OldNelsonStreetc1930RussellWalkerFacebook.jpg
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/results/?searchType=NHL…
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Ancestry
(Note: you have to use a library PC to access Ancestry for free.)
Find out about using library computers.
Find My Past
Library edition of the popular genealogy site.
The 1921 Census is now free to access from one of our library computers.
(Note: you have to use a library PC to access Find My Past for free.)
The British Newspaper Archive
Discover the worlds in which your ancestors lived with millions of British and Irish newspapers from 1703 - 2003 on the British newspaper archive.
Library edition of the popular British Newspaper archive.
(Note: you have to use a library PC to access British newspaper archive for free.)
credit: https://www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/reference-library
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the Royal Naval Reserve documents
These are free to access - go to The National Archives website - then Find Online Collections - and scroll down to Royal Naval Reserve service records - you can then search by name / number / town etcResearching YOUR Street
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