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Category Archives: Genealogy
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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WANTED: Dead Or Alive
Killing off your relatives is a crucial part of your work…. as a genealogist, not as a marauding tyrant. Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Levitt, Skeel, Yarrow
Tagged ancestors, bride, census, death, Death Certificates, Elizabeth Skeel, Elizabeth Wright, Elizabeth Yarrow, elusive, family history, Genealogy, James Martin, John Crisp, John Levitt, killed, marriage, Mary Crisp, Mary Martin, Mary Tingey, Mary Watling, Mary Watlington, Matthew Watling, Matthew Watlington, missing, missing persons, mystery, relatives, research, Richard Skeel Livett, wanted, wedding, widow, zombie
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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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Could the dead help you grow your family tree?
Hallowe’en Special: Could the dead help you grow your family tree by contacting you from beyond the grave? Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Seasonal
Tagged All Hallows' Eve, All Saints' Eve, beyond the grave, dead, deceased, ghost, hallowe'en, haunting, Mary Queen of Scots, medium, Norfolk, paranormal, Pat Peacock, psychic, Raynham Hall, reincarnation, Sally Holmes, séance, spirit, spirit world, spiritualism, spiritualist
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2010 Littleport Show taking place this Saturday
This Saturday (24th July) sees the Littleport Show – an annual day out for the family from 9am until 6pm at Highfields. Included in the line up of this excellent show is the return of The Littleport Society marquee – … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridgeshire, Genealogy, Littleport
Tagged 2010, family, Highfields, Littleport, Littleport Show, Littleport Society
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Elveden and the Brightwells
One of the family trees that I am currently climbing has a bit of an evolutionary name. The most recent incarnations in the late-19th century are ‘Brightle’, ‘Brightley’ and ‘Brightly’ as found in Littleport and Little Downham fenland, Cambridgeshire. The … Continue reading
Posted in Brightwell, Elveden, Farmers, Genealogy, Littleport, Suffolk
Tagged Ann Church, Brightle, Brightley, Brightly, Brightwell, Bury Record Office, Elden, Elveden, Gathercole, Genuki, George Burton, Harper, John Brightly, John Brightwell, Littleport, Martha Bacon, Mary Crane, Robert Brightwell, Suffolk, Turner
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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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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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