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Below are blogs about current research projects by myself and some of my research students

Amy Milne-Smith

The Benson family: Mad geniuses?

The Benson family was filled with remarkable talent. The struggles of that family would also seem proof of the hereditary taint of...

Amy Milne-Smith

Paths to the Asylum

The Lunacy Commission, in place from 1845-1913, oversaw the treatment and legislative system of all those certified as mad in England and...

Amy Milne-Smith

But what if the asylum was like a countryhouse?

One thing that surprised me in my research was finding patients who were happy with life in the asylum. While there were many men who...

Brianne Casey

Thoughts on Transcribing and Courts Martial

I found the process of transcribing these documents rewarding and the information revealed to be interesting and, sometimes, surprising....

Amy Milne-Smith

The Courts Martial project

Since I posted the spreadsheet of the transcription project that my research students have been working on for the past 2 years I thought...

Katrina Van Der Ahe

Katrina's notes on military memoirs

Throughout the last two months, I have been reading military memoirs mainly from the mid to late nineteenth century, looking for...

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Welcome

I have created this website to share research findings on my recent projects. I will be posting transcriptions of primary sources that...