Summers in the Library used to include two or three visits to other libraries or similar. This year we only have one.

So today saw 17 of us drive 80 odd miles to some national archives where the geanealogists amongst us had an absolute field day. After a tour and a lecture and some lunch even I was inspired to dig out the old census records that were freely accessible while we were on site and go back to find my great-great-great grandfather. Apparently I come from quite a line of either shipbuilders or preachers. No wonder I ended up on a Christian bookship for two years!