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Category Archives: Family Tree
Encouraging children to take an interest in their genealogy
What motivates children to take an interest in genealogy? Continue reading
Posted in Books, Family Tree, Genealogy, Wartime, WDYTYA
Tagged Be A Family Tree Detective, books, children, FindMyPast, Genealogy, genealogy for kids, Who Do You Think You Are
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POLL: At what age were you when you started your family tree/genealogy research?
POLL: At what age were you when you started your family tree/genealogy research? Continue reading
Posted in Family Tree, Genealogy
Tagged demographic, genealogist, poll, Poll Daddy, question, questionnaire, quiz, research, statistics
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There’s something about Mary…
A few weeks ago I wrote about my Clarke/Bailey family at Hartismere Union Workhouse. In that posting, I mentioned that whilst I had located the Bailey/Clarke family group, the wife (my gtx4 grandmother – Mary Bailey née Clarke) was missing … Continue reading
Posted in Bailey, Botesdale, Clarke, Crime, Family Tree, Genealogy, Suffolk
Tagged 1841, assault, Black Sheep Sunday, Botesdale, Caroline Clarke, child abuse, children, court, cruelty, disease, Elizabeth Smith, Emma Bailey, flogging, gaol, Guildford Hunt, guilty, hard labour, Hartismere Union, ill-use, ipswich, Ipswich Journal, Ipswich Record Office, jail, John Thornton, jury, Louisa Bailey, malnourished, Mary Bailey, Mary Clarke, mistreating, neglect, Overseer, physical abuse, prison, punishment, RootsChat.com, Stanton, step-mother, Suffolk, The Cock Inn, Thomas Palfrey, violence, William Bailey, William Clarke
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Littleport Society forthcoming events calendar
I’ve just received the latest Littleport Society magazine and they are currently confirming the following calendar dates – all of which take place at 7.30pm at the Village Hall. 4th December 2009 – Society Bookstall at the late night Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridgeshire, Family Tree, Fenland, Littleport
Tagged AGM, Bill Wittering, Bruce Frost, calendar, Cambridgeshire, events, familytree, fens, Gordon Easton, history, huguenot, Littleport, Littleport Society, meetings, Royal Mail, Tessa West, village hall
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Family x2 x2 x2 x2 and so on…
I like to think that I can pop back many generations on both sides of my tree and name all the surnames that I’ve been able to ‘collect’ – apart from those where there’s illegitimacy. I’m going to type out … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridgeshire, Family Tree, Fenland, Genealogy
Tagged ancestors, baseborn, bastard, challenge, family names, generations, illegitimacy, illegitimate, marriage, maternal, names, paternal, spurious, surnames
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Visiting the tree of knowledge
In May this year, I return to education. I’ve been toying with it for years but I finally sent off the paperwork (and cheque!), so I begin my way up the Undergraduate ladder. At the moment, my first module of … Continue reading
Posted in Family Tree, Genealogy
Tagged A173, degree, education, Family Tree, Genealogy, history, Open University
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Crossing the Royal Standard
Taking a trip back in time to Mr Cross’ tea shop on Forehill. Continue reading
Posted in Cambridgeshire, Cross, Ely, Family Tree, Genealogy, Occupations, Shopkeepers
Tagged bakery, cake, collection, F Vernon Cross, Forehill, Frederick Thompson Cross, gaol, museum, roswell pits, shop, tea shop
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The Mystery and The Monkey
James Martin (1851-1934), originally uploaded by familytreeuk. The December issue of the BBC’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ magazine features my photograph in their ‘Over To You’ section (page 36). I’m pleased to see it in print – it’s … Continue reading
