A daughter’s love and incredible story she uncovered.
As you can imagine the further back in time one travels, the tougher it gets to locate useful…
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For my liberty, the secret of perpetual motion
Todays blog examines a newspaper quote of my ancestor Charles Sansam. On November 19 1909, Charles sat in…
A day of reflection.
In the run of year, there are two days in which I spend time reflecting about my life…
The last time.
Mankind lacks the ability to look into the future and know when things will happen. Scores of people…
A hair raising experience!
With studying one’s ancestors, it is possible to gain insight to what their collective lives may have been…
Where there’s a Will, there’s a way!
Richard West, a yeoman, was my ancestor from Ospringe, Kent. He lived to be very old for his…
The news was grim!
Eat, work, sleep then repeat! This was the routine for scores of people in England throughout time. Such…
What was a Quaker wedding like?
My 8X great grandfather, Richard Graham, followed the Quaker faith in London. In 1691 Richard was married for…
Researching happiness, followed by misfortune.
This image gives us a story from examining the contents! We go back in time to North Grimston,…
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