2012 progress
My first post for 10 months may lead you to think I’ve not been working on my family tree – in fact it’s almost the reverse, I’ve been working on it so much I haven’t had time to post! So … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Recent research
Wills
I’d never got around to looking for post 1858 wills until recently. Unfortunately I seem to have decided to do so just after a price increase. But that didn’t seem a good reason to put off getting them so I … Continue reading →
Huguenot ancestors
A contact a week or so before my holiday in Kent led me to realise I had neglected getting up-to-date with the research of the ancestry of my 2 x gt grandmother from the Elham Valley, Ann Fuller. Using KFHS … Continue reading →
2011 to date – a summary
I meant this year to be a year of consolidation – tidying my notes, adding sources to my tree, working on tweaks to personalize the website design etc. Researching my Kent ancestry But in practice I’ve done far more fresh … Continue reading →
Sussex in Surrey
i.e. where my Sussex ancestors drifted so far north in the county they crossed the boundary into the neighbouring Surrey parishes of Chiddingfold and Dunsfold. Wasn’t meaning to work on this side of the family at present, but a link … Continue reading →
Grigsby ancestors
In investigating the my ancestor Mary Whitehead (bapt 1779) I discovered her mother was Mary Grigsby. Although she didn’t appear to be from Stockbury I looked for other Grigsbys in Stockbury and Bredgar – and found some. The combination of … Continue reading →
Goatham speculation
(More research done since this was written – results mostly on my tree, summary of findings being written) I have been trying to find out more about the Herne and other Goathams to confirm / extend the tree. My success … Continue reading →
Whiteheads
I’d seen on the trees of others that Mary, mother of my gt gt grandmother Sybilla Hunt was on the trees of others as Whitehead. As she married in Stockbury I looked there (KFHS transcript) and along with data from … Continue reading →
Issells
Tidied up the Issells – i.e. gone through all the notes I have, all the entries on FreeBMD and Issell entries in the probate section of Ancestry.co.uk and made sure all is “present and correct”. A page about the Issell … Continue reading →
Map placemarks
Person and ancestor maps I have just changed the map place categories. I haven’t too many set, and most will be correct but not all. I will go through and correct them but if they seem odd / wrong they … Continue reading →