How I discovered old things were once new.

I don't know about you, but when I'm searching for my relatives in census returns I do like to click along to the next few households to see who their neighbours were. This can be a useful thing to do because you can often find members of an extended family living quite close to each … Continue reading How I discovered old things were once new. →

A rose by any other name . . .

When I began my journey into my family’s past I learnt one thing very quickly - don’t take transcriptions of records at face value. On the whole most are accurate and the transcribers do a very good job. However, sometimes things don’t go as planned and the odd mistake does crop up. It’s easy to … Continue reading A rose by any other name . . . →

But which foreign field

“If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field that is forever England. There shall be in that rich earth a richer dust concealed. A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware.” Rupert Brooke, “The Soldier” One afternoon, when I was about 15 I remember helping my … Continue reading But which foreign field →

Build it and they will come

That idea seldom works with most sites or blogs, but in genealogy it does seem to be true. I have just received a message from a cousin in New Zealand who found this blog! How great is that I suppose it is slightly easier for my long lost relatives to track me down, I do … Continue reading Build it and they will come →