‘NEWSPAPER RECORDS HELPED ME TO FIND MY COUSINS OVERSEAS’
KENNETH ATKINSON is a retired engineer who lives in Seghill, Northumberland
The turn of the 20th century was a time of increasing social mobility in Britain. Compulsory education was gifting academic children promising opportunities, and in adulthood their skills were in demand overseas.
Many of our ancestors continued the 19th-century trend of emigrating to Australia and the USA. However, the travelling time and distance often led to families losing contact with loved ones. Kenneth Atkinson was keen to discover what had
