Women have come a long way!
Not so long ago I blogged about my ancestor Margaret Haffenden – Wiatt – Stretton – Gibbon and…
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A dreadful tragedy!
If one thought of their family history being fashioned as a Christmas tree, then the events discovered in…
A beloved uncle
George Victor Hunt was mum’s brother and is the subject of today’s blog. He passed away on September…
1858 and the great stink of London
The image associated with todays blog, is that of Elizabeth Ann Chew (married Hampsheir). She was born at…
He married a woman younger than his daughters!!
My 3X great grandfather, William Kerr 1791 – 1871, is a favourite ancestor as he had a very…
The beauty of photography and dress
What a perk ‘photography’ has been to the research process! One has to study different types of old…
History through the eyes of a child.
I had no idea when I was a child but for some inexplicable reason the topics of play…
Long gone since the time of our ancestors
In todays blog we inspect a London, England location that was significant to my maternal side of the…
An interesting find in the newspaper.
On November 4 1882, my grandfather, Leonard Hunt made the newspaper in his home town of Leyton, Essex,…
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