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Does the index of the London office cover the names or entries found in the other offices ? Is this London office held in either read or heard it spoken of as a sort of emgood repute by the British genealogist ?
Does the index of the London office cover the names or entries found in the other offices ? Is this London office held in either read or heard it spoken of as a sort of emgood repute by the British genealogist ?
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Some forty years ago Sir J. Pennethorne * built the Record Office in Fetter Lane . The style was then new ; but if it did not die before , it must have died with its author . It is so totally unfit for London climate that no one ever ...
Some forty years ago Sir J. Pennethorne * built the Record Office in Fetter Lane . The style was then new ; but if it did not die before , it must have died with its author . It is so totally unfit for London climate that no one ever ...
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Was the appointment to this office , in the early reigns after the Norman Conquest , generally to persons who offered most money ; practically sold to the highest bidder , who often held the office for several years ?
Was the appointment to this office , in the early reigns after the Norman Conquest , generally to persons who offered most money ; practically sold to the highest bidder , who often held the office for several years ?
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