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Questions tagged [historical-context]

Used for questions about the historical context within which person of interests lived. Context may be helpful in locating sources and examining their reliability , in understanding what may have caused events in our ancestors' lives, as well as for enhancing our understanding of our ancestors' life stories.

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Bishops Prior to Reformation?

In perusing a relative's notes on ancestors prior to the reformation, the direct line becomes broken, where there are the following notes: Henery Sterne (of Stow Cum Quy): Born 1471. Sold Sterne's ...
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