Kristin

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I have worked in local history museums as well as in education. Besides researching my family tree, I can be found gardening, reading, walking, or sitting quietly with a cup of coffee.

Interior of a church taken from the balcony looking down. There are boxes of books on every conceivable surface. People are standing at tables looking at books and chatting.

British robin sitting on a black metal frame. The red sign hanging from the frame is advertising Nordmann Fir trees.

Stirling Castle sits on a hill in the centre of the photo. The trees on the hill are bare. Far off in distance, hills can be seen to the left of the castle. The sky is deep blue with wisps of clouds over the hill. In the foreground, the grass is covered in frost.

Advertisement from the 1846 Leeds newspaper for Mr Jarvis' hat shop at 24 Briggate Street. It is a long advert which describes his many hats for men, woman, and children. It begins: Emporium of fashion at the Illuminated Clock, 24 Briggate Leeds. Fashions for Christmas. H. J. Jarvis begs to announce to the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that at this Festive Season, in addition to the Convenience with which he has furnished them, two illuminated dials in the front of his Establishment, he has also provided for their accommodation a splendid assortment of Gentlemen's hats, Ladies' beaver bonnets, and Children's hats, caps, and bonnets.

Document from 1750 showing the signatures of Marg Donaldson and James Burt. The names are carefully printed in ink that has faded to brown.

A photo of a misty graveyard. A church can be seen through the mist with a tree in the foreground framing it. The sun can just be seen emerging through the mist.