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Enthusiastic amateur #FamilyHistory researcher with a day job. #Ancestry in SW, SE and E England, Scotland & Ireland - 8 GGPs from 8 different areas! Always hoping to have more time for #Genealogy research. Always learning.
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OTD 1880 my GGM Emma Jane was born in Norfolk, England. She was 3rd of 8 children, with only 2 surviving infancy. Her older half-brother was a British Home Child who 'disappears' from records in Manitoba c.1901. Her mother died when she was 12 and her father, a mariner remarried 3 years later. (1/3)

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Adding to our family story - 97 years old today!

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A Saturday night pondering: I have loads of male ancestors in my tree called John, Henry, Thomas, Richard, George, James, Edward, William etc, & these names are echoed in parish records I find from 1500s on. Why so few males named Peter in England (at least in the south, where I'm looking)? 🤔

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2024 saw 27,000 photos taken and 129 species encountered. But which one wins the award for my encounter of the year? stevedeeley.com/my-annual-en... #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birds #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #UKnature

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Browsing some Surrey PRs from early 1600s. Sad to see so many servants, children and even wives with no recorded name in the burial records #FamilyHistory

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At the funeral for husband’s uncle yesterday. We’ve not had much contact over the years (v different from my family!) but it was great to meet cousins again & add a few new ones! Had them researched & added to his tree in the car before we got home, as he predicted 🤣 #genealogy

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Recently found a new name to add to my maternal line which has led to a large batch of wills online from 1500s onwards for individuals with the surname. Trying to pull out all the names & relationships to unravel the families.

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

Wishing all friends old and new a very happy Christmas! (Card posted Christmas 1906 to a distant relative)

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Always a good reminder to consider the reliability of information you find. Who recorded it? Who did they get it from? Was it their information or on behalf of someone else? How long after the event? Was it copied from somewhere else? What was it going to be used for? (Might they have ‘fibbed’?!)

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Late to the party... always knew there was a great spread - 8 different counties for 8 GGPs, but good to see it visually like this #genealogy. My children born in another county not listed here already.

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Just pushed back another couple of generations on one of my Surrey lines and bingo! My 6xGGF left a will which I've found on Ancestry. Hello, Edward Peto and family. (Know what I'm going to be working on for the next few days!)

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#Genealogy Bluesky intro: Years researching: Around 15 Hobbyist or pro: 'just' hobby Wildest discovery: My grandfather's other wives and family that no-one knew about (he died before I was born) 😮 My niche/s: Interested in finding more about pro gardeners & British Home Children 🌻

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The fab team at Trentham Heritage project have sent a photo of under-gardeners outside their bothy in the park. No names nor date (just pre 1892), but maybe GGF Edward is one of them. I have no reference photo to cross-check, so just fantasy at this stage! #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

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Fishing for my military ancestor this week, I found an ad placed by his father in The Field looking for work as head gardener. Knew he had been at Trentham via 1881 census but not Chatsworth. Not named on Chatsworth archive list of staff names - any other ideas?

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