Understanding Genealogical Sources — Seeing the Wood for the Trees

October 8, 2020October 24, 2020 ~ Chiddicks Family Tree ~ Leave a comment

When I studied history at school I was introduced to the concept of sources. There were exactly three types: Primary Source “An artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study. It serves as an original source of information about the topic.” Primary source, […]Understanding … Continue reading Understanding Genealogical Sources — Seeing the Wood for the Trees

‘I Get By With a Little Help from My Friends’- #SelfIsolation Part 3

October 5, 2020October 24, 2020 ~ Chiddicks Family Tree ~ 2 Comments

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

It’s Good to Write……..

September 27, 2020October 24, 2020 ~ Chiddicks Family Tree ~ 17 Comments

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……..

My Half-Yearly Report, How Did I Do?

June 28, 2020August 23, 2020 ~ Chiddicks Family Tree ~ 27 Comments

So here we are, at the half way stage in the year and what a year it's been! Way back in December, when I set myself my Genealogy Goals for 2020, nobody could have dreamed what 2020 was going to bring, we had no idea back then, how the landscape of the world and society … Continue reading My Half-Yearly Report, How Did I Do?

The Jolson Story

May 15, 2020August 23, 2020 ~ Chiddicks Family Tree ~ 16 Comments

One of my biggest supporters on twitter was Zoe Krainik of @hollywoodgenes fame and she was one of the first to encourage me, when I took my first tentative steps with writing a blog. Over the last couple of years we have become good friends and when I saw that Zoe was doing a Blogathon, how … Continue reading The Jolson Story

#52Ancestors ‘Service’

May 7, 2020August 23, 2020 ~ Chiddicks Family Tree ~ 2 Comments

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’

The Life and Times of Emma Sophia Lukes

May 6, 2020August 23, 2020 ~ Chiddicks Family Tree ~ 4 Comments

This is the sixth in my series of blogs telling the life stories of my 2 x Great Grandparents and next up we have Emma Sophia Lukes. Sometimes we get an instinct, or even a gut feeling about one of our Ancestors, sometimes there is a feeling that goes beyond the paper records and in … Continue reading The Life and Times of Emma Sophia Lukes