Census of Ireland and other Blake items
I extracted the census for Blake from the Irish Census for 1911, 1901, 1851, 1831, and 1821. Just under 2000 for 1911 and 1901 and much smaller for the other three. I want to add this information to...
View ArticleSarah Tanner (1758 - 1835)
52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 25Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, Mary (unknown), Lambden, Sarah (unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, O'Ford, Arnold, Molton, Cotterel, Bartlett,...
View ArticleRandomness of inheritance
Thinking about randomness of inheritance as I work my way through the autosomal DNA results for my birth family lines. I thought I might write a macro to make a fast job of this but really I have to...
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Jeremiah Rawlins (1755 - 1834)
52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 26Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, Mary (unknown), Lambden, Sarah (unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, O'Ford, Arnold, Molton, Cotterel, Bartlett,...
View ArticlePhasing the X chromosome for parents from yourself and siblings
I decided to look at the X chromosomes of my parents and for my brother of course as that is his only X chromosome and from our mother. My father has only one X chromosome and my brother's results do...
View ArticleA Blake Family at Bacton, Suffolk and environs
The Suffolk Blake Family caught my interest today and they lived around Bacton. I had received a five page history of this family back into the 1400s earlier from another Guild Member but had not done...
View ArticleTen most popular posts of all time on my blog
The ten most popular posts on my blog which commenced in November 2008. John Reid gave me the thought to do that as a blog post when I checked out Anglo-Celtic Roots this morning. The first post below...
View ArticleCharles Cotterill (1767 - 1810)
52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 27Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, Mary (unknown), Lambden, Sarah (unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, O'Ford, Arnold, Molton, Cotterel, Bartlett,...
View ArticleJoanna King (1736 - 1792)
52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 20Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, unknown, Lambden, Sarah (unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, Durnford, Arnold, Molton, Cotterel, Bartlett,...
View ArticlePincombe-Pinkham one name study
I spotted one of my correspondents on the Pincombe-Pinkham one name study from the early days when I first took on the study. He sent me his material on his Pincombe line out of Devon and living in...
View ArticleBlake Newsletter is late
Life has been incredibly busy and must apologize to any readers of the Blake Newsletter. I hope to have it up by the weekend.
View ArticleBlake Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 3
Blake NewsletterTable of Contents1. Blake family at Bacton, Suffolk2. Galway Blake family3. Cornwall Blake Family4. Blake yDNA studyBlake family at Bacton, SuffolkI was sent a rather...
View ArticleMary Bartlett (1764 - possibly 3rd quarter 1837)
52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 28Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, Mary (unknown), Lambden, Sarah (unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, O'Ford, Arnold, Molton, Cotterell, Bartlett,...
View ArticleJohn Alderman (circa 1750 - 1811)
52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 29Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, Mary (unknown), Lambden, Sarah (unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, O'Ford, Arnold, Molton, Cotterell, Bartlett,...
View ArticleUpcoming Presentation
Although it has been my stated intent not to do any more lectures I will be doing a Google hangout for The Surname Society next Saturday. The title will be DNA and Surname Studies. I am gradually...
View ArticleAda Bessie Cotteril Rawlings aka Edith Bessie Taylor
My grandmother Blake was always a shadow figure in my life as she died 5 years before I was born. I knew a lot about her actual life, what she liked to do, her character and her known relatives. But...
View ArticleJoanna Shepherd (1752 - ?)
52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 30Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, Mary (unknown), Lambden, Sarah (unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, O'Ford, Arnold, Molton, Cotterell, Bartlett,...
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DNA and Surname Studies
I gave a Google Hangout on Saturday for The Surname Society on DNA and Surname Studies and promised to share it with my blog. I belong to both The Guild of One-Name Studies and The Surname Society. My...
View ArticleTrafalgar Ancestors database at the National archives UK
There are 11 Blake males listed on The Trafalgar Database (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/trafalgarancestors/) including five from England, four from Ireland, one from Wales and one from...
View ArticleJohn Sherwood/Shearwood/Sheerwood (? - ?)
52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 31Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, Mary (unknown), Lambden, Sarah (unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, O'Ford, Arnold, Molton, Cotterell, Bartlett,...
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