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12th June 2014
When we had this superb – haha! – idea for the Family Wise blog through June, we had no idea how little there is in relation […]
11th June 2014
A few years ago at Thame in Oxfordshire, David Evans spoke at a Guild of One-Name Studies Conference about records ‘down under’. Within his lecture, he managed […]
10th June 2014
Around the world in the month of June continues with American Ancestors Tuesday…. and the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS). The first genealogical society to […]
9th June 2014
I love blogging. Why? Because every day it challenges me to find out something new, or develop a little snippet of knowledge I have into something […]
8th June 2014
William Sillifant was baptised in Pyworthy in 1808 and married Mary Petherick in 1833 in Ashwater. Both Pyworthy and Ashwater are very small, rural parishes near […]
7th June 2014
Did your ancestors go adventuring? The thrill of the unknown was irresistible to many people during the nineteenth century. They dreamed of bringing the benefits of […]
6th June 2014
As the days goes by – and it’s only week 1! – the records for different continents are harder and harder to locate. ‘South American genealogy’…. put […]
5th June 2014
And today is all about Africa. So, confession time readers….. How many of you have ever done any African family history research? Not so many of […]
4th June 2014
The treasure trove – quite literally – down under….. Doing a surname study on an unusual surname, I have to confess to being a somewhat lazy […]