I am a Connector! What’s a connector? Isn’t that a bit of pipe that connects one bit of pipe to another bit of pipe? Yes, it could be. But what I do is to connect the present to the past. . . . I’m a Genealogist. Last week I was talking to an old colleague
The theme for International Women’s Day 2023 is #EmbraceEquity This year, I thought I would indulge myself and write about some of the women who helped to shape my life and who, in their own ways, may have contributed to the equity woman enjoy today. The first photo is of my Great Grandmother, Lilian Fisher.
Week 2 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks challenge – the prompt for this week is “My Favourite Find.” My favourite find was Francis George Fisher, who was my great-grandmother’s brother. He was the second child born to George Fisher and Susannah Fisher, formerly Pauling in December 1884. My great grandmother Lily was older
I thought I would start Ancestral Anecdotes with one of my least known ancestors. I chose her because of her beautiful name – Sophia Dance – her name conjures up a vision of dark flowing silky hair, smiling eyes, and the poise of a ballerina. This is purely my imagination as there are no
Always read every bit of information in a Parish Register. You never know what you will find. Here I take you through a brief history of Parish Registers before showing you how a little side-note demolished my brick wall. Parish Registers Before civil registration started in 1837, life events of our ancestors were recorded in
Most people have a box or two of old photographs lying in a cupboard or gathering dust in the attic; some you’ll know as grandma, grandpa or great auntie Doris, some will bring back happy memories and make you smile, but there are always a few faces that no-one knows. When my grandmother died she
I was born on 4th May, usually a spring like day, sometimes wintery and associated with lambs and other baby animals. But since George Lucas launched the Star Wars movies in the 1970s it is now more affectionately known as ‘Star Wars day’; with ‘May the Fourth be with you’ being a common birthday greeting.
Ancestors – What are Ancestors? Who are they and why do we want to find them? The definition of the word “Ancestor” is a person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended. This makes sense as a lot of people would know or have known their own grandparents but perhaps
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