The secrets and principles of research.
It’s a fact of life that one can’t control ‘where’ your ancestors came from. One might ‘wish’ that…
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Was your dog your best friend?
Circa 1907, my 2X great grandfather, John Angel 1819 – 1909, left his home in Owen Sound, Ontario.…
The earliest results
Way back in 1536, England’s King Henry 8th decreed that parish records should be kept. The scope of…
Please Sir, may I have some more?
‘Oliver Twist’ the noted orphan from the 1838 novel by Charles Dickens, gave notability to such a phrase,…
The sadness associated with research
Death is a reality that everybody has to confront at some time in life. It always seems to…
Mystery in the history!
So, I mentioned that this is a special blog today and in order to learn anything about the…
Three generations of Coopers, were actually Taylors!
I had many branches of ancestors who long ago lived at Lenham, Kent, England. The occupations these ancestors…
How amazing is this little event?
For this blog, we go back in time to 1676 and the Foston by Malton, Yorkshire church. The…
A fascinating picture with magical results
In 2011 I shared a copy of this picture with some friends from Dymchurch, Kent. All along, I…
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