There are now over 90 parishes included in the collection of Nottinghamshire Parish Register Transcriptions on SoG Data Online. There is a mixture of christenings, marriages and burials. The exact coverage for each parish is dependent on the… Read More
During recent research, I came across an 1861 census entry giving the occupation as Coast Guardsman. Knowing that there is a Coastguards’ Index on SoG Data Online, I logged into my account and searched for Joseph Wale using… Read More
I started this blog to share little snippets I learn that may help others, to share my genealogy journey and to let my family learn more about their family. Little did I expect that my last blog (and… Read More
During a genealogy research trip to Salt Lake City, it became clear that a helpful trick related to shared cM on AncestryDNA that I regularly use was not known by many of my USA colleagues. It is not… Read More
This was the first post for my new family history blog. A chance to share research that I am doing, interesting family history events and anything else to do with genealogy that I think at least one person… Read More
2018 Week 43 Although there are lots of missing weeks, I am going to try to gradually fill them out. In addition, I am going to start a parallel blog that will be more my chance to write… Read More
2018 Week 19 This week’s #52ancestors theme is ‘Mother’s Day’ as the USA and Canada celebrate it this weekend. So I am going to write about an amazing mother who raised a family of nine children by herself;… Read More
2018 Week 6 It’s week 6 of #52ancestors and this week’s theme is ‘Favourite Name’. I mentioned my favourite name in Week 3 – Longevity. It’s Repentance O’BRIANT – however as she is a major brick wall there… Read More
2018 Week 5 It’s Week 5 of #52ancestors and the theme this week is ‘In the Census’. As a mathematician, I enjoy statistics so am going to give a couple of statistics behind my family in the census…. Read More
2018 Week 4 It’s Week 4 of #52Ancestors and this week’s theme is ‘Invite to Dinner’. I’m not sure if this was an invite or if my great-great grandfather applied to attend but this event came to mind… Read More
