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1939 Register - wife swap
Mr Richard and Mrs Louisa May Bowman raised four kids together but were never married. Twenty years earlier, Richard Bowman had married t...
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Keyphrases used on search engines 170 different keyphrases hainefamilywebsite joe haywood of hurst road longford coventry redcroft gaudi...
Timeline of deaths in South Wales, mid-Victorian era
Family of William Francis and and his wife of South Wales As a beginner family historian, armed with the family bible entries, I couldn...
101 year old Mary. Bit of a surprise.
Rooting around the Evans siblings in Rogerstone, there wasn't much to go on. My 4xgreat-grandma had 'married out' way back at t...
Emmerdale Farm and a wife-swap: the 1939 Register
I was very sceptical that the 1939 Register would deliver anything new for me. I have been studying family history for over 20 years, an...
The Luck of The Draw: New Welsh Kin I get Acquainted With
Truly the luck of the draw. My 3x great-grandmother Blanche had a cousin, it turns out, one Susan Evans born 1811 in Bassaleg, near Newport ...
Britain at war - some key roles at home and in the forces
The following 1440 individuals are listed as their occupations during the war are known. This is just a fraction of the British population ...
Genealogist's Rage Against The Machine
Contrary to the above snapshot, it has been a very unhappy week here at Family History Exploration. The work horse that is laptop number #3 ...
The Power of Handwriting for Family History
I justifiably had my wrist slapped for submitting a handwritten family tree to an online forum recently. "We just can't read a sing...
Paris Match: The Italian, Welsh marriage turns up in Ancestry Overseas records
Yippee, a mystery solved. I knew Jane Elizabeth Jones had married Giovanni Leone because she is described as his 'veuve' (widow) in ...
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Genea-Musings
Relatives in the News -- Obituary of Edwin Butler Bryant (1844-1925) of Fitchbury, Massachusetts
My Ancestors and Me
Might One of My Ancestors Have Seen a Total Solar Eclipse?
My Family's Branches and Twigs
Discovering Latvian Roots
Online Access to 1941 Census
Heritage Zen:
Trip to Poland: September 21, 1937 - Aboard the M.S. Batory
The Ancestry Insider
A Fond Farewell
Climbing My Family Tree
{Sunday’s Obituary}: Rhoda Edwards Provost
Shaking The Tree | Pulling apart branches and discovering my family history
Stewart Franklin Hettig
No Story Too Small
52 Ancestors Challenge 2015: Week 52 Recap and the End
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The Olympic Peninsula :: Rialto Beach - August 12th
Into the Briar Patch: A Family Memoir
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