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Today, in Tupelo, Mississippi, Elvis Presley – the undisputed ‘King of Rock n Roll’ (apparently) – was born. He began singing in the local Pentecostal church choir, […]

Those individuals who have been born in England or Wales with the name Bungle appear to have some variations in their surname and hence are multiply […]

What were they thinking? Up above the streets and houses… the theme encouraged us to envisage an average town, filled with average houses. Now, let’s choose […]

Are you up for the challenge set by Amy Johnson Crow… 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks? The challenge is to have one blog post each week […]

The Womble Patrol continues….  fourteen children born in England and Wales between 1994 and 2005 called Tobermory and indeed four named Tomsk between 1996 and 2004. […]

Sometimes I hear researchers say, ‘I wish I could find out where s/he was buried’. On many occasions, it is a long way from where they […]

Thanks to the wonderful @TidyBag, the Wombles Wikipedia page has duly been corrected – and vastly improved I might add – to note that in fact, […]

And so, 2014 begins with another display of OCD in the office of Family Wise. In between Heir Hunting cases and an anniversary family history gift […]

Wow – words fail me! New Year Womble died aged 95 on 19 December 1948 in North Carolina! So, who can find Orinoco Womble, Great Uncle […]