Every Family has a story to tell……….Welcome to mine
Every Writer or Blogger will tell you that you should know your 'Target Audience' and who you are Writing for and I totally agree and I get that, but sometimes you just need to Write for 'you'. I Write because I enjoy it and I get a real sense of pleasure from sharing my stories, … Continue reading It’s Good to Write……..
This is the 10th in my series of blogs recounting the lives of my 2 x Great Grandparents and next up is Louisa Hallsey. Louisa Hallsey was the 7th and youngest child born to Daniel Hallsey and Harriet Hallsey nee Simmons. She was born in January 1836 and Baptised at St. Peter and St. Paul … Continue reading The Life and Times of Louisa Hallsey
Welcome to Week 39 of my Genealogy challenge, from the wonderful Amy Johnson Crow, of writing something about your Ancestors for a whole year, #52Ancestors in 52 weeks. This week's prompt is 'Should be a Movie'. This one is quite easy, as a lot of my recent research has centred around the Tragic Shooting at … Continue reading #52Ancestors Week 39 ‘Should be a Movie’
Welcome to Week 38 of my Genealogy challenge, from the wonderful Amy Johnson Crow, of writing something about your Ancestors for a whole year, #52Ancestors in 52 weeks. This week's prompt is 'On The Map'. This Week I just wanted to mention the value of The Tithe Maps and how much they can help you … Continue reading #52 Ancestors Week 38 ‘On The Map’
Not all the stories that we uncover, whilst researching our Family Trees, are happy ones, take this incident involving the fatal shooting of a 6 year old boy and the part that my Ancestor, William Wootton played. This is the second part of the story surrounding the fatal shooting, Part 1 of the story can be … Continue reading The Tragic Fatality at Lower House Farm Part 2
Welcome to Week 37 of my Genealogy challenge, from the wonderful Amy Johnson Crow, of writing something about your Ancestors for a whole year, #52Ancestors in 52 weeks. This week's prompt is 'Back to School.' Nothing too complicated from me this week, here are a few of my School Pics and if you're brave enough, … Continue reading #52Ancestors Week 37 ‘Back to School’
Welcome to Week 36 of my Genealogy challenge, from the wonderful Amy Johnson Crow, of writing something about your Ancestors for a whole year, #52Ancestors in 52 weeks. This week's prompt is 'Labor' The obvious choice this week is our dear old "Ag.Lab", we all have a few of those on our trees don't we? … Continue reading #52Ancestors Week 36 ‘Labor’
The Chiddicks Family Tree 