Every Family has a story to tell……….Welcome to mine
2020 Has been like no other year in my lifetime and probably in your lifetime as well. When the impact of the Corona Virus started to take off, earlier in the year, I like probably many of you, thought this would probably be a short lived thing, some short term pains and it would be … Continue reading ‘I Get By With a Little Help from My Friends’- #SelfIsolation Part 3
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’
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 35 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 'Unforgettable'. I started tracing my Family History in the late 1990’s, back when the Internet was in its infancy and home computers were … Continue reading #52Ancestors Week 35 ‘Unforgettable’
Welcome to Week 34 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 'Chosen Family'. When we start of on our Family History many of us choose one line in particular to trace first, it could … Continue reading #52Ancestors Week 34 ‘Chosen Family’
Welcome to Week 32 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 'Small'. Last week I introduced you to my largest Genealogical Family, so the obvious thing would be to look for the smallest, right? … Continue reading #52Ancestors Week 32 ‘Small’
Welcome to the ninth in my series of blogs, telling the stories of my 16 x Great Grandparents, so let me introduce Thomas Wootton. Thomas is one of the more interesting characters on my tree, so sit back and enjoy Thomas's story. Thomas was eldest Son of eight children, born to William Wootton and Mary … Continue reading The Life and Times of Thomas Wootton
Welcome to Week 31 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 'Large'. The origins of my Chiddicks family have been well documented in my previous entries, I can track their origins from a tiny … Continue reading #52Ancestors Week 31 ‘Large’
