tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.comments2024-02-10T01:02:55.167-08:00Exploring my family history - past and presentDd Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18011075528260586110noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-31231828038119531072020-06-05T01:44:51.603-07:002020-06-05T01:44:51.603-07:00I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this peram...I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this perambulation through your possible Welsh relations! Thank youCharlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07327919438889947084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-9759601976735927682018-11-28T14:41:28.290-08:002018-11-28T14:41:28.290-08:00Hello. Your Blogiversary is coming up. Please fi...Hello. Your Blogiversary is coming up. Please fill out the form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedGCq3hbQwxGNqEzwvdvvhEMyatQL9yV6UY7VT0j5B_xEuuw/viewform?usp=sf_link for your spotlight post on geneabloggerstribe.com.<br /><br />You can email me at geneabloggerstribe.shannon@gmail.com if you have any questions. Thank you!<br /> <br />Shannon<br />GeneaBloggersTRIBE<br /> <br /> <Shannon Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17460802367232786563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-43785478436552664252018-05-10T00:01:09.536-07:002018-05-10T00:01:09.536-07:00I have since found 'Millie' in the 1911 un...I have since found 'Millie' in the 1911 under her stepfather's name. (Of course her mother never married said stepfather.) I belatedly work out that the stepfather is living with the couple in 1939.Dd Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18011075528260586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-39695522442215014592017-12-19T12:40:57.382-08:002017-12-19T12:40:57.382-08:00I loved your post! It's very engaging and fasc...I loved your post! It's very engaging and fascinating to see how the family traveled around the various parts of England and in some cases, made their own fortunes! I'm curious now to read about more of this family. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984046962739599698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-83888981983775122142017-12-14T10:15:18.954-08:002017-12-14T10:15:18.954-08:00... else who does this. Do post comments about the...... else who does this. Do post comments about the blog posts. Some are definitely better than others... Dd Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18011075528260586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-66607280245276972922017-12-14T10:13:17.443-08:002017-12-14T10:13:17.443-08:00Good question. Clearly my tree is a compromise bet...Good question. Clearly my tree is a compromise between being keen to get new contacts, and being reluctant to publish my trees in full online. It was fairly easy to take the Ged file and split up the family groups. I'm not aware of anyoneDd Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18011075528260586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-70195024850243139312017-12-14T00:35:39.421-08:002017-12-14T00:35:39.421-08:00I know this is an old post, but I am trying to dec...I know this is an old post, but I am trying to decide if you are devious or ingenious, or a little of both? I found your Ancestry tree, after following a lead on a tree of one of my ancestors to yours. It's an original way to do a tree, keeping the families separate. At first I though.. hmmm I wonder if it's just a one off entry.. but I searched a few other branches and came to the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-29238822741723358502017-09-24T03:33:59.033-07:002017-09-24T03:33:59.033-07:00Goodness Linda, at least those instructions could ...Goodness Linda, at least those instructions could be avoided. Possibly he was trying to prevent potential strife from beyond the grave. Here in Britain, there was a famous case of a man who told his five children they would only inherit his many farms if they did not marry. So none of them did: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/3172266.stmDd Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18011075528260586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-46218985785943192312017-09-05T07:40:50.583-07:002017-09-05T07:40:50.583-07:00hi Ian, in an act 'of unparallel archival vand...hi Ian, in an act 'of unparallel archival vandalism' to borrow a phrase from Don Steel; the original bonds were apparently destroyed at Cumbria Records Office, so it is not possible to examine them to read what Bogralin might have been. Davo.Dd Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18011075528260586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-20072795803062934662017-09-03T08:39:09.677-07:002017-09-03T08:39:09.677-07:00Margaret Rae was also my ancestor I and too have h...Margaret Rae was also my ancestor I and too have had no luck finding "Bogralin." I am guessing that is a farm, maybe just over the border in Scotland, in Dumfriesshire. Ian RileyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-20389240515727245302017-07-30T08:28:12.516-07:002017-07-30T08:28:12.516-07:00Thanks. I do can a fair few comments promoting gar...Thanks. I do can a fair few comments promoting garden centres, asking for help creating a website, offering for help creating a website, those giving me cause to imagine not a single word has been read.Dd Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18011075528260586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-47527699918585137942017-07-30T07:07:07.709-07:002017-07-30T07:07:07.709-07:00Wow that was unusual. I just wrote an incredibly l...Wow that was unusual. I just wrote an incredibly long comment but after I clicked submit my <br />comment didn't show up. Grrrr... well I'm not writing all that over again. Anyway, just wanted to say fantastic blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-38370819055600403782017-07-18T11:04:41.234-07:002017-07-18T11:04:41.234-07:00I think Warwick might lack the requisite dual carr...I think Warwick might lack the requisite dual carriageway ;-0 Feel free to make another selection, however if any reader gets rather close to the mark, I may have to resist replying!Dd Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18011075528260586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-28899573480516764822017-07-17T11:38:41.806-07:002017-07-17T11:38:41.806-07:00Must be Warwick! Must be Warwick! Gilly Boltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392398883609692067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-57788271887858080432017-04-12T09:05:14.307-07:002017-04-12T09:05:14.307-07:00For completeness, a quick note that one of the fam...For completeness, a quick note that one of the family have the compass which Lowry used in Jamaica.Dd Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18011075528260586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-29650921663208799602017-04-12T09:04:19.421-07:002017-04-12T09:04:19.421-07:00Hi Lynn - yes sure, through my website haine.org.u...Hi Lynn - yes sure, through my website haine.org.uk, email address is on the front page. Or, if you leave another message here (which I won't publish!), with your email address. DavidDd Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18011075528260586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-78819705296928872702017-04-12T08:52:25.851-07:002017-04-12T08:52:25.851-07:00Have you an email address please so that i can con...Have you an email address please so that i can contact you privately, many thanks LynnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-68318120295075623192016-12-09T14:27:02.001-08:002016-12-09T14:27:02.001-08:00Hi,
I want to let you know that your blog is list...Hi,<br /><br />I want to let you know that your blog is listed in today's Fab Finds post at http://janasgenealogyandfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2016/12/follow-friday-fab-finds-for-december-9.html<br /><br />Have a wonderful weekend!Jana Iverson Lasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687969613629975601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-1030232073181328852016-11-16T22:48:57.860-08:002016-11-16T22:48:57.860-08:00I'm mostly ordering deaths (above), having fou...I'm mostly ordering deaths (above), having found the relative in the census. As these events are all in England/Wales, I can go to the new www.gro.uk site to place my order. It specifies age at death for the first time, which helps confirm I got the right people.Dd Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18011075528260586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-50484812261223090622016-11-16T16:05:50.255-08:002016-11-16T16:05:50.255-08:00That's pretty exciting. It's always great...That's pretty exciting. It's always great to find the details on a certificate. How did you find where to order them and which ones did you order? Death, marriage, etc.?Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-79767916713261447572016-11-15T10:36:36.907-08:002016-11-15T10:36:36.907-08:00http://family-history-exploration.blogspot.co.uk/2...http://family-history-exploration.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/timeline-of-deaths-in-south-wales-mid.html see this blog post for Mary's great grandchildren who barely survived her in unhealthy port regions.Dd Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18011075528260586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-58762747432097303462016-11-13T13:36:26.927-08:002016-11-13T13:36:26.927-08:00With all these young deaths it's ironic the gr...With all these young deaths it's ironic the great grandmother Mary Evans is swanning her way up to 101 while all the mayhem goes on in the town. See previous blog post for more.Dd Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18011075528260586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-48967124520876548302016-09-18T09:20:50.524-07:002016-09-18T09:20:50.524-07:00I have an ancestor who died in the 1790s, well int...I have an ancestor who died in the 1790s, well into his 90s, who left a multi-page will that even dictated which doors and staircases the family members were to use in the house. Today he'd be called a control freak!Linda Stufflebeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652044674485948749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-20127190452672699992016-08-31T00:42:08.024-07:002016-08-31T00:42:08.024-07:00Carl Frederik later became a lawyer, taking the na...Carl Frederik later became a lawyer, taking the name Lytting, as apparently did his sister. Dd Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18011075528260586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140514113762554853.post-69562739170522441152016-08-30T08:16:48.376-07:002016-08-30T08:16:48.376-07:00Ha ha. I didn't have much of a sense of humor...Ha ha. I didn't have much of a sense of humor left during this hunt. Now everything's sorted, it's big smiles all round from this researcher.Dd Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18011075528260586110noreply@blogger.com