(1914-1993) Joan Ethel Blanche LEGGATT was born on 1 October 1914 in Grove Park, Lee, Kent1. Her parents were James LEGGATT and Ethel Hudson SMITH. She married Percy James BENNETT on 16 September 1939 at St John’s Church,… Read More
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
