About Forgotten Ancestors - Every family tree holds stories lost to time, distant relatives whose lives passed quietly, leaving barely a mark, but whose experiences shaped the generations that followed. In this series, I explore the lives of those forgotten ancestors, bringing their names, stories, and voices back into the light. “History remembers only the celebrated, … Continue reading Forgotten Ancestors: Remembering Horatio Nelson Hallsey

I am almost at the end of an extremely long and incredibly amazing journey, documenting the lives of all sixteen of my 2 x great-grandparents, this will be the fifteenth in the series and the last few have been the most challenging to research, due to a variety of reasons. This was one of those … Continue reading Not Just Your Run of the Mill Story

Welcome to Week 30 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 'The Old Country'. For me 'The Old Country' is Essex, my old stomping ground and where all my Direct Line Male Ancestors were … Continue reading #52Ancestors Week 30 ‘The Old Country’