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I have been researching my surname (Spencer) and was led onto a website that lists the family tree of Lady Diana. It lists her siblings as being:- Elizabeth 1955 (Cynthia) Jane...
When I joind the RAF back in the mid 60's I remember being told that should the present Queen pass on power to Charles all the cap badges and buttons would have to change because the...
how did mother shipton die
matthew
Does anyone remember, if you were a 70s kid, being given booklets of Sunny Smiles; black and white pics of smiling kids. We had to go door to door selling them for Dr Barnardo's. My friend...
What was the justification for the US bombing of the cities of Hirosima and Nagasaki?
Hey, I'm doing my history coursework on Prohibition and links with gangsterism etc. Does anyone know roughly when gangsterism actually started, as we have been told that Prohibition wasn't the actual...
Where does the name Tropman originate from and what is its meaning.
I have been told that there are books held in the Vatican that have never been seen by the general public. Has anyone else heard this? If so, what are they? thanks
Does anyone know of any silmilar historic rituals as the ancient hebrew practise of the scapegoat?;were there any other ancient societies that had rituals resembling this?
connundro
What are the main theories behind the striking simarities (eg the similar looking pyramids/hieroglyphics etc.) between the Ruins located in Mexico & Egypt? (and too a much lesser extent the...
where was william wallace born?
Why did the Japanese decide to bomb Pearl Harbour?
My grandad was a master mason head of the lodge sort of thing and now they're after getting me in. I went on a 'ladies evening' and found it quite surreal and was - apparently - lucky to be...
when is the latest time in WW2 that the axis powers could have won the war, for example was it as late as 1943 or earlier or even later?
Would it be the Tower of London? anyone know of anywhere else?
What were the major historical and legal influences on the Samurai ??
did neanderthals have fire?
On my old Windows 98 computer I used Familytreemaker. Now I've got a new computer with Windows XP which doesn't suppor tmy old version, so I'd like to buy a new program. Does anybody have...
Today at night i was driving home and it was pitch dark! then all i see is a white bird go across my wind sheld..is that bad luck?
I want to write a paper about the parlous state of the UK pensions industry (I know, wrong site , but stick with me). I want to use an analogy of an industry under seige. I've heard that a tactic of...
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