Author Archives: Andrew Martin

About Andrew Martin

Owner and lead writer for History Repeating and Family Tree UK. Genealogist, historian, writer, photographer and would-be archaeologist. I'd love a time machine, but then wouldn't that take the fun out of it?

Surname Saturday: Ong

This week, the Surname Saturday theme stops at the story of the 18th Century unusually named ONG family of Stuntney and Ely, Cambridgeshire. Continue reading

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FindMyPast.co.uk boosts Suffolk baptism records by 141,500

FindMyPast.co.uk has added 450,000 more parish register entries to its collection – including 141,500 Suffolk baptisms. Continue reading

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Who Do You Think You Are? Live 2014

The 2014 Who Do You Think You Are? Live dates have been confirmed, but there’s a change…. Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday – Wilburton school children circa 1919

Wordless Wednesday – this week shows a photograph of the children from Wilburton village school, Cambridgeshire, in about 1919-1921. Continue reading

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The lost and unloved Nokes family Bible

A family bible for the Nokes family (seemingly of Essex) sits unloved in the corner of an antiques store in Ely, Cambridgeshire. Continue reading

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Surname Saturday: Skeel

Skeel – An unusual and widely mis-spelt ancestral surname that appears to have roots in 18th Century Middlesex, is this week’s Surname Saturday themed post. Continue reading

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The Cross family infographic

The Cross family infographic – sharing stats based descendants from Thomas Cross and his wife Ann of 17th Century Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, including family members who emigrated to Australia in the 19th Century. Continue reading

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Cambridgeshire Family History Society Fair details confirmed – and it’s free!

The Cambridgeshire Family History Society (CFHS) has revealed more details about their event in October 2013 – including free entry! Continue reading

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Tombstone Tuesday: Anne Brontë and her grave error

Author Anne Brontë’s headstone has been given an erratum plaque by the Brontë Society. Should headstones be corrected or left as a historical object? Continue reading

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Local and Community History Month 2013

May 2013 is ‘Local and Community History Month’ in the UK. Continue reading

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