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6th April 2014
Arthur Gosling was a name known to me from childhood as the loud chiming clock upon our bureau in the hallway was inscribed with his name: […]
5th April 2014
More historical than genealogical blogs this week by the sheer nature of the letters so far. And today – sadly – won’t change the distribution one […]
4th April 2014
At one particular point today, I wondered if this phonetic alphabet idea was actually a good one. Delta? Well, it’s a shape. A mathematical symbol. The […]
3rd April 2014
When considering ‘Charlie possibilities’ today, a few options popped into my head. I briefly considered something relating the Royal Family but quickly discarded that idea. Toying […]
2nd April 2014
….Well done! Great job! Bravo! Congratulations! How many times a day do you say something positive to someone? By email, letter, verbally or even online? It’s […]
1st April 2014
Am I up for the challenge? Do I have what it takes? …. of course I do! Here’s to the Blogging from A-Z April Challenge. Bring […]
31st March 2014
On this day in 1889, the Eiffel Tower was opened on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Named after the engineer, Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed […]
30th March 2014
When my grandparents moved to Tenerife, my mother was left with the suitcase of family treasures. Within the documents, very little appeared to be known about […]
29th March 2014
Long term readers of the Family Wise blog will realise our appreciation for the weird and wonderful names (and transcription of names) in the global historical […]