Nextdoor.com is an app where people go for local news, trade recommendations, etc. I joined the one for Emsworth in Hampshire when I moved here just over 18 months ago. It’s been a great way to find out what’s going on nearby, but one particularly unusual post caught my eye, it read “This is a
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
Where your most recent ancestors lived isn’t necessarily where they started. This is the story of a family whose ancestry was firmly in Portsmouth back to the early 1800s but whose roots were in Surrey. Our family is the Blandford family; a family with a long military history. From James Moorsom Ernest Blandford who served
It was sad to read in ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ that Archives wouldn’t reopen until ‘September at the earliest’ – I miss my trips to the archives and the people I meet, and cannot wait for them to open again – safely of course. I have loved libraries, bookshops, and museums for more
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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