Every Family has a story to tell……….Welcome to mine
This is the fifth in the series of biographies, telling the lives of my eight great-grandparents, next up is Marguerite Longland Lukes. Now with such an exotic name, you must be thinking that there must be a story behind the name and you are certainly right, there is. Marguerite Longland Lukes was born on 25th May 1883 at … Continue reading The Life and Times of Marguerite Longland Lukes
This is the third in my series of eight blogs, telling the life story of my great grandparents, next up is "Granny Ens". This story covers the very tough life of my Great-Grandmother Elizabeth (Lizzie) Daniels, who was born on 21st July 1889 in the North Dublin Workhouse. Elizabeth Daniels Birth Record The mere mention … Continue reading The Life and Times of Lizzie Daniels
Next up for my eight Great-Grand parent blog is Frank Day who was born 28th January 1878 at 11, Peacock Street, Gravesend, Kent, the youngest of seven children, born to Thomas Frederick Day and Louisa Day nee Hallsey. (11, Peacock Street, Gravesend, Kent) At the time of Frank Day’s birth his Father, Thomas Elisha Day … Continue reading The Life and Times of Frank Day
I recently wrote a blog for Family Tree Magazine all about the visual imagery of family history, and the many creative ways in which we can present and share our research. Family history does not have to live only in documents, charts, and files; it can be expressed through art, objects, places, and deeply personal symbols. With … Continue reading The Girl With The Family History Tattoo
So further to my previous blogs covering my DNA journey (see links below), I have recently received an updated version of my ethnicity estimate from my test with Ancestry. The question is how much notice should we take of these ethnicity estimates? There are definitely similarities between the estimates that I have received from Ancestry … Continue reading Ethnicity Estimates, Should we take them seriously?
This blog has been totally rewritten in light of the recent security breach at GEDmatch, Jan 2021. I have previously wrestled with the dilemma of whether or not to keep my DNA on the GEDmatch website and prior to this breach, I had been quite happy to do so. Now after another breach, even with … Continue reading GEDMatch All DNA Kits Deleted
Better late than never!! Here are my Genealogy Goals for 2019 Have you set yourself targets or goals for your family history research for 2019? If not, now is the ideal time to review your work, review what you have already achieved and set yourself some new targets and goals for the next twelve months. … Continue reading What’s your Genealogy goals for 2019?
“To DNA or not DNA that is the question” As a keen amateur genealogist, you can’t fail to have noticed the explosion in recent years of DNA testing and its surge in popularity amongst family historians. The question is though, “is it for you?” What are the benefits to you in your research? … Continue reading “To DNA or Not DNA That is the Question”
So in my last blog we established that I am about as “British” as you can get at 86% British! So what do I do next to interpret my results? Ancestry has come up with literally hundreds of matches, too many to comprehend and deal with, so how do I approach this in a co-ordinated … Continue reading DNA The Next Step (5)
My DNA results are in!! Could I be anymore British if I tried! 86% British, with a large percentage of that Southern England, the Southern England part is hardly surprising. What does surprise me and is somewhat disappointing, is the very low percentage of results for Italy and Ireland, given my supposed connections to … Continue reading My DNA Results are in!! (4)
The Chiddicks Family Tree 