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08-06-13, 08:36
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Frustration!
Every few months I have another look at the details of stuff held at the Cambridge Archives for my Maynard family.
I was aware of there being ten volumes of documents at Cambridge and a further three volumes at the Saffron Walden museum where the brother of my great-grandfather was curator. I once visited the SW museum - of course on a day they couldn't show me their three volumes - and I remember they were adamant they would never let their stuff go to Cambridge, however, upon looking at the CALM catalogue it would seem Cambridge now have the lot: Whittlesford Voumes I had always understood that within these 13 volumes there was some FH information, but imagined it might be minimal. However, further prodding of the online catalogue shows me there is also this lot (Nathan is my 2xg-grandfather): Maynard family papers But I am here and they are 130 miles away! (and therefore a huge amount if money away). It's not just the distance, but imagine how long it would take to photograph everything! I think I need to move house!!!
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08-06-13, 09:09
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Make sure that at least one of your kids goes to Cambridge University, Merry, and volunteer to drive them over there at the start of each term! Oh, and for their interviews too.
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08-06-13, 09:22
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lol Kate! What a good idea - might be a bit of a tall order for either of them though!
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08-06-13, 09:23
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Oh, or the other university there, Anglia Ruskin.
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08-06-13, 09:52
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Can you do a degree in playing on the X Box?
 Of course your idea still requires me to wait another 4+ years at least!!
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08-06-13, 10:36
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I was going to say, Merry, I bet you couldn't wait that long.
So, do you have a plan??
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08-06-13, 11:17
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How long does it take to drive there?
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08-06-13, 11:34
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Coach or train are prohibitively expensive and obviously I'd have to be there for at least two days I would imagine! We do have our camper van but it seems pretty small for us now and makes son's asthma bad. I've never driven that, so wouldn't be keen to take it on my own. (bit of a wimp really!!)
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08-06-13, 11:53
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Maybe your OH would agree for you all to go over there for a week or a weekend, and he could take the kids off sightseeing or to the seaside (only about an hour away) while you're at the archives?
You wouldn't necessarily need to photograph everything; once you've had a good look and you can see what seems most important, you can ask the staff to photocopy the documents you need. There's obviously a charge, but not as much as if you were asking them to do research. Last edited by Mary from Italy; 08-06-13 at 11:56.
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08-06-13, 12:03
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I agree Mary, though given there are over 400 family letters, (never minding all the other stuff), even if ¾ of them could be disregarded, that's still a lot of photocopies, especially assuming most letters would be more than one page!
On reflection, I think I would need to be there a fortnight!!
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