Every Family has a story to tell……….Welcome to mine
Welcome to week 25 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 weeks prompt is 'Unexpected' and there can be lots of hidden secrets within a Family and as family Historians, we can uncover secrets and stories, that … Continue reading #52Ancestors ‘Unexpected’
Welcome to week 24 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 weeks prompt is 'Handed Down' and like many Genealogists, I seem to be the family collector and hoarder of all things history related. All these things are … Continue reading #52Ancestors ‘Handed Down’
Welcome to week 23 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 weeks prompt is 'Wedding' and one of my favourite Family History pictures is the Wedding of my Great Uncle Peace Chiddicks and Dolly Ellis. The Marriage … Continue reading #52Ancestors ‘Wedding’
Welcome to week 22 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 weeks prompt is 'Uncertain'. The Dictionary defines 'Uncertain' as: not completely confident or sure of something. That for a Genealogist is how we spend most of … Continue reading #52Ancestors ‘Uncertain’
Apologies for the slight delay between these blogs, family issues kind of got in the way of this project. I hope that are enjoying my Family History Photograph reorganisation series of blogs and if you missed the first two parts, they can be found here; Part 1 Part 2 We are now ready to scan, … Continue reading Organising Your Family History Photographs – Part 3
Welcome to week 21 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 the prompt is "Tombstone", now if you know me well, you will know that I am a little bit OCD with trying to find the … Continue reading #52Ancestors ‘Tombstone’
Welcome to week 20 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 'Travel' which immediately reminded me of those halcyon days back in the 1960's when we travelled to Kent for our Summer Holidays. So … Continue reading #52Ancestors ‘Travel’ and My Fantastic Journey with ET
I had been wrestling with a 'Moral Dilemma', within my Family Tree for some considerable time, in fact over 20 years! Whether to share the story and personal notes, that my Grandfather made before he died. So let me give you some background thoughts, before I explain my own situation in detail. When we first … Continue reading My Genealogy Moral Dilemma
Welcome to week 19 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 weeks prompt was 'Service' and my immediate thoughts were to use the wonderful Military Service Records that I have managed to accumulate over the years, but … Continue reading #52Ancestors ‘Service’
Hopefully you enjoyed the first part of the re-organising of my Family History photo collection and if you missed Part 1 it can be found Here So all the research, planning and purchasing of equipment has been completed and we are now left with a large pile of photographs on the table! These need sorting into … Continue reading Organising Your Family History Photographs – Part 2
The Chiddicks Family Tree 