20th century

The Local Marriage Law, 1907

23rd July 2026
Guernsey Evening Press and Star, Friday 01 November 1907. Letters to the Editor. 'The local marriage law.' Lackadaisical record-keeping has been a feature of parish registers since the Tudor period - it can lead to confusion and problems in researching family history even today!

Mrs Kibble hides from the Germans

18th September 2025
Emily Kibble Occupation ID card: source, Island Archives, Guernsey
'45-year old woman outwitted Gestapo. Hid at Petit Bôt for 13 weeks. How a Guernsey resident, a 45-years old Lancashire woman, was able to outwit the Geheimfeldpolizei, the German Secret Police, and remain in hiding for over 3 months - 13 weeks - then to be liberated when British troops arrived here, can now be revealed by The Star.'

Islanders in Kitbags

29th November 2023
'Dedicated to more than 230 Guernsey sailors, soldiers and airmen who made the supreme sacrifice during the Second World War.' A list of the Guernsey servicemen and women whose biographies and accounts of their wartime experiences, often accompanied by photographs, are covered in this book by Richard Allisette, published by the Guernsey Press in 1985. There are copies in the Priaulx Library.

A visit to the Priaulx Library

7th July 2023
A report from the Guernsey Evening Press of 12 December 1935 of a visit to the Priaulx Library by the Société Guernesiaise. 'A sudden enthusiasm is always interesting, and this was seen at the Priaulx Library, Candie, when, following the reading of a most fascinating paper on the history and contents to La Société Guernesiase by Mr Ralph Durand, the learned Librarian, some 30 of the members of the Society went browsing among that 15,000 books and notable editions found on the shelves.'

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