eastlondonhistory.com

This blog started out as an online presence for the pieces I’ve been writing for East End Life for the last 13 years. Those features go out now (as back then) to the ‘lucky’ folk of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, who get a free copy posted through their door each week (actually it’s not free as they pay for it through their Council Tax but let’s not get too semantic about this). The wonderful thing is, though, that the website has mutated far beyond the few miles bounded by the City of London, the borough of Hackney, the River Lea and the River Thames. I’m increasingly getting emails from people all over the planet, who have family connections with the East End and want to retrace their roots.

Now I’m not a genealogist, and I haven’t the time to help people with their family trees (though I wish you disparate Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans, Americans and Canadians, for that’s largely who gets in touch, the best of luck). I CAN however, post your requests for info in a dedicated section on the site, within which this is the first entry. The idea is that you can ask … and the helpful readers within the blogosphere will respond. Well it’s a theory. From time to time I’ll also post any useful information on where to look, who to contact, and other resources as they come my way.

So come on down. If you are trying to retrace your East End roots, or you just have a letter or story to share with us, let me know. It doesn’t have to be a response to another post, you can just drop me an email at eastlondonhistory@googlemail.com. Look forward to hearing from you.

Tags: london families, london genealogy, London history, london roots

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