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The Great Fire of Baddow
William Chiddicks is my 1st Cousin 4 x removed and for whatever reason, he was not one of those ancestors that I was immediately drawn to. I had his Baptism record, he was baptised on 8th March 1835 in South Fambridge, Essex, I had his marriage record, he married Mary Ann Waite Watson on 18th October 1856 in South Fambridge in Essex and I had his burial record, he was buried on 3rd March 1917 in…
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RootsTech2024 Roundup
So that’s it for another year! In the blink of an eye, RootsTech2024 is over and as the dust settles, or should I say snow settles, let’s look back on the last three days and see what caught my eye. I should add at this point that I only attended the show on-line, sadly I was unable to attend the show directly, maybe next time………..
One of the best things about RootsTech, aside from all the…
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The Worst Street in London
Whilst carrying out the research for the story of Adelaide Springett, see the link below,
Who Was Adelaide Springett
I discovered that Adelaide had lived at 12, Millers Court which I soon found out, held a grisly secret. Next door at number 13, Millers Court, Jack the Ripper murdered his fifth and last victim, Mary Jane Kelly. It was whilst I was researching Dorsett Street and Millers Court…
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The Parson’s Nose
You just never when you are going to stumble across a little piece of local history. On a recent visit to my local church of St. Mary’s in Nantwich I was fortunate enough to meet a gentleman who was the absolute font of all knowledge. The extremely kind man was able to recount and tell me some of the wonderful historical stories of Nantwich and in particular St. Mary’s church itself. It’s hard to…
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Adelaide Springett
Another iconic picture and another innocent life captured forever behind a lens, but who was the poor little girl whose life was perpetually framed in this picture and what was her story?
The little girl in the picture was Adelaide Springett and she was captured in this beautiful photograph by Horace Warner who captioned the photograph “Adelaide Springett In All Her Best Clothes” and she was to…
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First RootsTech Keynote Speaker Announced - Lynne M Jackson
RootsTech 2024 have just announced their first keynote speaker, president and founder of the Dred Scott Foundation and great-great-granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott, Lynne M Jackson.
A remarkable woman, Lynne Jackson will take the RootsTech main stage on Friday March 1st 2024 and she will speak on the importance of remembering and connecting with ancestors, touching upon the story of her…
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We All Carry Inside Us The People Who Came Before Us
The spirit of our ancestors lives on in each and every one of us, whether it’s common family traits, inherited talents and skills or just family likeness, our ancestor’s DNA is represented in all of us. Family History is more than a series of documents and certificates, it’s a living, breathing entity and it’s the fabric of who we are……..
Our family history goes beyond the names and dates we…
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Win a 3-Day Pass to RootsTech2024
Would you like to win a free RootsTech 3-day pass (value $99) to attend the greatest genealogy event of the year……….find out how you can enter right here.
RootsTech in conjunction with their Media Team Members (That’s me!) are running a free to enter giveaway competition that will run until the end of October. We are giving away 20 free passes to the live event in Salt Lake City in 2024.
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RootsTech2024 Registration is Now Open!
Registration is now open for the World’s largest Genealogy Conference.
RootsTech2024 will take place in Salt Lake City from 29th February-2nd March 2024 both as an ‘in-person’ event and an ‘online event’. For the first 1000 people who Register for the event, they will also receive a limited edition Insider’s badge.
For a full list of speakers and everything you need to know about this truly…
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The Pilot's Grave
Sometimes we discover some fascinating stories whilst we are researching our family history and sometimes the stories find us. Now ordinarily you might wonder what my connection is to the story of an American Fighter Pilot who tragically died in WW2. So let me tell you about Arthur Leslie Brown and how his story found me……..
Around two years ago I moved to the wonderful historic town of Nantwich…
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Bringing Him Home
Another iconic image and another tragic story that tells of a mother’s love for her son and her blind obsession with “Bringing Him Home”. But who was Anna Durie and what was the story behind her picture……
Anna Bella Peel was born on 13 November 1856 in Thornhill in Upper Canada, second daughter of John Alexander Peel and Frances Burgess. Anna’s parents had emigrated to Canada from County Armagh…
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Unearth The Past..............
This week I was delighted to be a guest on Dr. Michala Hulme’s brand new podcast called ‘Unearth The Past’. Unearth The Past takes a fresh and fun look at both history and family history and each week host, Dr. Michala Hulme is joined by special guests and will discuss the latest family history news and record releases.
Dr Michala Hulme is an award-winning historian and professional genealogist…
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The Family Histories Podcast
For those of you that enjoy a really good genealogy podcast series, then why not have a listen to The Family Histories Podcast by the wonderful Andrew Martin. If you are a family history addict, which I am assuming you might be, if you are reading this blog, then you will love the Family Histories Podcast.
This week Andrew interviewed me on all things genealogy related. We discussed how I became…
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The Boy Behind The Picture
Sometimes we discover a story that’s so remarkable that even though it’s not a member of your own family, we feel compelled to make sure that the story is told.
The photograph of the young boy standing outside the White Star Line offices in London, holding an Evening News poster announcing ‘Titanic Disaster Great Loss of Life’ is one of the most iconic images of the 20th Century, but who was the…
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Do You Know Who You Are?
Can you really truly know who you are, if you don’t know where you came from?
It’s a simple enough question and one that I am sure that many family historians and probably many psychologists will have considered at some point. Even to the point of analysing why some people are so passionate and so driven to discover the past and where they came from. If you are reading this blog now, I can…
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The Life and Times of John Edwin Barnes
This is the latest and recently updated biography of my great-grandfather, John Edwin Barnes. It’s always good practise to periodically review and …The Life and Times of John Edwin Barnes
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