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The Curious Descendants Club

July 17, 2022 ~ Chiddicks Family Tree ~ 6 Comments

So where do you go from here? You have a pile of certificates, photographs and notes, but how do you turn all your hard work into something more tangible and something that your friends and family would love to read? It's not easy, but here's a little helping hand. Writing a family history biography, or … Continue reading The Curious Descendants Club

A Family at War (Part 2)

July 10, 2022 ~ Chiddicks Family Tree ~ 6 Comments

At the start of the Great War the population of Byford in Herefordshire, including children, was 148 and Mansell Gamage 116, giving a total of 264 inhabitants. 51 young men enlisted from the two villages and 13 of those sadly died. The others returned, but life would never be the same for any of them, … Continue reading A Family at War (Part 2)

Journeys Into Genealogy Podcast

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 ~ Chiddicks Family Tree ~ Leave a comment

For those of you that enjoy a good genealogy podcast series, then why not have a listen to The Journeys Into Genealogy Podcast by the delightful Emma Cox. This week Emma interviewed me on all things genealogy related. We discussed how I became interested in genealogy myself, how I became the writer of the Dear … Continue reading Journeys Into Genealogy Podcast

The Battle of Nantwich

June 19, 2022 ~ Chiddicks Family Tree ~ 1 Comment

After recently moving house, I was absolutely delighted to discover that there is a vast amount of history that surrounds the market town of Nantwich in Cheshire, where I live, and as someone with a keen interest in local, as well as family history, I felt compelled to tell you about “The Battle of Nantwich” … Continue reading The Battle of Nantwich

What Did Our Ancestors Do Between The Census Years?

June 5, 2022 ~ Chiddicks Family Tree ~ 18 Comments

It's a simple enough question, you have found your family in all the census returns and you have captured every birth, death and marriage for your ancestors, but have you discovered everything there is to find out about them? The census returns only give you a quick snapshot of what the family were doing; in … Continue reading What Did Our Ancestors Do Between The Census Years?

The Incredible Journey………….

May 1, 2022 ~ Chiddicks Family Tree ~ 16 Comments

That's it, I have finally made it to the end, this is the last of sixteen blogs telling the life stories of my 2x great-grandparents!  The very fact that Elizabeth McCormack is the very last one, will tell you that Elizabeth's story was maybe a little harder to tell, than some of the others, primarily … Continue reading The Incredible Journey………….

What Will Happen When I Become a Death Certificate?

April 24, 2022 ~ Chiddicks Family Tree ~ 23 Comments

It's probably something that we don't really want to think about, our own death, but sadly as we get older there is an inevitability about it, it's that moment when you realise, "hang on a minute, I have lived more years than I have actually got left", that's when you begin to think about the … Continue reading What Will Happen When I Become a Death Certificate?

Was She Pushed? Did She Jump? Or Did She Fall?

April 3, 2022 ~ Chiddicks Family Tree ~ 11 Comments

Every once in a while you stumble across a story, almost by accident and you wonder how on earth have I missed that! Well recently I did just that, whilst doing some random searches on the newspaper archives section of the FindMyPast website. It was while I was revisiting some old searches, that I found … Continue reading Was She Pushed? Did She Jump? Or Did She Fall?

Not Just Your Run of the Mill Story

February 27, 2022 ~ Chiddicks Family Tree ~ 6 Comments

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

When All You Need is a Little ‘Prompt’

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 ~ Chiddicks Family Tree ~ 13 Comments

Over the last two years I have been writing the biographies of my 8 great-grandparents (complete) and my 16 x Great-grandparents (one more to go!) and with this in mind, I have been looking ahead at where to go next with possible 'themes' for future blogs about my ancestors. So I did what I normally … Continue reading When All You Need is a Little ‘Prompt’

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