The British: A Genetic Journey by Alistair Moffat
Over the past month I have managed to read a rather fascinating book by Alistair Moffat titled The British A Genetic Journey. With all my English ancestry I have meant to read this book for awhile....
View ArticleWill of Robert Blacke, Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire - Diocese of Bristol...
I have included this will of Robert Blacke although do tend not to include any Black family members normally. The reason I did do that was because one of the witnesses was John Blake and he has a...
View Article10th Most Difficult Genealogy Brickwall in my lines
Getting back to blogging hopefully daily and I decided to do a challenge I have noticed on other sites.My 10th most difficult genealogy brickwall and I will work my way down to my biggest brickwall.10....
View ArticleBrick Wall number 9
And my title will vary because my blog was locked up about five years ago when it was checked out for being spam because of a repeating title! I am spending about an hour a day on my research once...
View ArticleToday is brick wall number 8
Brick wall number 8: Parents of Andrew RowcliffeI do have the parish registers for Merton where the Rowcliffe family lived.I know that Andrew was buried 3 Feb 1687 at Merton and that his wife was Mary....
View ArticleParents of Nathanael Lambden, Brick Wall Number 7
Brick Wall Number 7: Parents of Nathanael LambdenNathanael Lambden doesn't appear very often in the records but he signed the marriage registration of his daughter Elizabeth and Isaac Farmer. Isaac...
View ArticleGenealogy Brick Wall Number 6
Brick Wall Number 6: Wife of Nathanael LambdenIt was a tossup which of the Lambden brickwalls would be 6 or 7 but Sarah is one generation earlier to me than the parents of Nathanael so she became my...
View ArticleNumber 5 Brick Wall
Brick Wall Number 5: Wife of William MoltonThis brick wall seems a bit out of order but I created this order a couple of years ago and at that time I did not know for sure the parents of Hannah Arnold...
View ArticleBrick Wall Number 4 - Wife of Thomas Rawlins
Brick Wall Number 4: Wife of Thomas RawlinsAlmost from the beginning of my research days I have been able to reach back to Thomas Rawlins (and further back but the name of his wife was a riddle. There...
View ArticleParents of Christopher Buller - Brick Wall Number 3
Brick Wall Number 3: Parents of Christopher BullerChristopher Buller is an enigma. There are so many Buller families in London and Surrey but he just doesn't pop out of any of them. There is even...
View ArticleParents of Isaac Farmer - Brick Wall Number 2
Brick Wall Number 2: Parents of Isaac FarmerAnother mysterious individual is Isaac Farmer. He signed the marriage register with a well formed hand (along with his father in law Nathanael Lambden)....
View ArticleBrick Wall Number 1: Parents of Ellen Taylor
Brick Wall Number 1: Parents of Ellen TaylorMy greatest brick wall from the beginning of my genealogical research days in 2003 has been and remains my great grandmother Ellen Taylor mother of my...
View ArticleWill of Robert Blake, Coachman, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - Diocese of...
Robert Blake is the testator. He and his wife Martha and children Eliza 8 years, George 4 years and Thomas 1 year appear on the 1841 census at Cheltenham. He was not born in Gloucestershire, Martha and...
View ArticleReturning to Blake Wills
Finally after more than three months I am getting back to blogging once again. I spent most of two months just walking about on my feet whenever I was awake as that worked best for my recovery! I am...
View ArticleWill of Samuel Blake, Surgeon, Chipping Sodbury - Diocese of Bristol Wills on...
This is the will of Samuel Blake, Surgeon, who died intestate. There is a will in 1763 for Anne Blake at Chipping Sodbury as well but I do not think this is his wife mentioned below. At this time I...
View ArticleWill of Thomas Blake, Yeoman, Up Hatherly, Gloucestershire - Diocese of...
The testator is Thomas Blake of Up Hatherly. He names his wife Elizabeth and his sons Thomas, Giles, John and daughter Martha Powell. The administration of Elizabeth Blake, widow, estate was blogged...
View ArticleOrder of transcription
I have somewhat lost my train of thought in this past couple of months lost to transcription so believe that once I complete the remaining wills in Gloucestershire (Diocese of Bristol) and that is...
View ArticleBIFHSGO - British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa - Dr....
We were treated to a rather excellent set of lectures this morning at the BIFHSGO meeting.Dr. Vance from my alma mater (Western University formerly University of Western Ontario) gave two interesting...
View ArticleThe Surname Society
Behind the scences, over the past few months, I have been involved in setting up "The Surname Society" and the details of this new society follow below this paragraph. I have been researching a number...
View ArticleTranscription
Slowly moving ahead with transcription and Valentine Blake's, Clerk at Winchcomb, will of 1615 will be a challenge. It is four pages long with an inventory and somewhat of a scrawl (I believe it is his...
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