Along with the 1921 Census, we❤️talking about our extensive collection of British & Irish newspapers. Millions of pages of newspapers that you can only read on Findmypast. tinyurl.com/2ce7je95 This week we added 1,000s of newspaper pages from Manchester. #househistoryhour
Newspapers can provide some of the best ways to learn about the history of your house. First, I like to start searching for the street rather than the exact address. It helps to give me a broader sense of the history of that location. #househistoryhour
👀What can you find in a rate book? Name of the occupier, name of the owner, description of the property (house, shop, warehouse, etc), situation of the property, rate to be paid (poor rate, water rate), date and amount. #househistoryhour
If you want to explore more years, you can also browse through all the years by searching the Greater Manchester Rate Books Browse. You can search by year and location to narrow your results to the book you need. tinyurl.com/4m7kwznd #househistoryhour
Thanks Mary McKee Findmypast and Karen Averby 🌊 for hosting a great hour on such a useful resource - wish I had a house to research in the Manchester area now! #HouseHistoryHour
In the newspapers, I discovered an auction at that same house and I was able to learn about all the contents. I could imagine the upright piano in the front room with the Chesterfield sofa and French clock. #househistoryhour
For anyone new to House History and the #househistoryhour #findmypast has some key resources to get you started. tinyurl.com/yc42v225
The books can vary in size too. For example, the Wigan water rates book in 1936 is over 500 pages, but the Poor Rate book from Aspull in 1856 is only 55 pages. #househistoryhour
Yes, we added nearly 4 million rate books in the last week, but we are currently digitising more! We have worked for years with a consortium of archives from across Manchester to identify key collections from their holdings to bring online. #househistoryhour
Let's get the chat flowing here. Tell us about what you discovered by searching through rate books? #househistoryhour
We had 1000s of newspaper pages every week. You can come back every week with the same search terms to see what else has been added. You can sort your results by ‘Added on newest first’. #househistoryhour Which will give you the most recent pages.
Hello #HouseHistory Hour folk! I'm @karenaverby & am very pleased to introduce Mary McKee (@MMcKee00)- Findmypast Head of Digitisation who will tweet about FMP's Rate Book collections & more! Rate Books are a favourite #HouseHistory source of mine, so am looking forward to this.
As you type a place into the 'Location' search field, our clever predictive system will suggest matches for your search. So for example, if you were to start typing 'Weston' into the 'Location' field, you'll see a range of suggestions for places with 'Weston'. #househistoryhour
Once you have found the names of those who lived in your house whether through census records or electoral registers, start searching for life events about them. What can you uncover about their special day. #househistoryhour
Findmypast Found the only reference to the house name 'Happy Cottage' in the 1885 Urban Ashton Valuation Book. Love what it says about the owning/occupying family. Six years later, new occupants and it was called Brentwood... #HouseHistoryHour
📢 Exclusive reveal 📢 Later this year, Findmypast will be publishing millions of electoral registers from the Manchester area. These have been digitised from the original books. #househistory hour #househistory
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Rate books have been called an unjustly neglected source in historical studies. Their bulk can be daunted to some researchers. For example, in the newest addition to the Manchester rate books we have 40,651 images of rate books from Wigan from 1700-1936. #househistoryhour
The newspapers revealed such amazing details about her life and how she worked during the First World War to support disabled soldiers. She was presented with an award for her work. I imagined that award sitting in the house. #househistoryhour
Helpful Tip💡: If you want to know more about a particular collection on Findmypast, use the discover more on the advanced search page. You can get to the advanced search pages from the All Records Sets list. #househistoryhour
