Learn About Genealogy

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Learn About Genealogy Have you always thought genealogy and family trees were boring, with all those straight lines, and boxes containing a name and date, but not really meaning anything? Well think again, genealogy has leapt forward into the 21st. century!

The way of working now, is to try to find out as much as possible about each person. To get to know them, to bring them and their way of life, “alive”.

There is so much information coming on line just now, it really is a fantastic time to be doing genealogy research. More and more old newspapers, parish records, commercial indexes, lovely old maps, etc. are arriving on our screens, to help us on our way!

So why don't we now take off on our journey of genealogical discovery!

Auntie Annie's Story

As a child, when visiting our relatives in Scotland, I was always taken to see Auntie Annie. I accepted her as a relative and never thought any more about it. It wasn't until I was older, that I...

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Cause of Death

Many years ago I remember my mother telling me about her favourite uncle who was killed in a terrible accident. When I asked what kind of accident, she wouldn't tell me, just said it was really...

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Family Stories

I wonder how many families have been brought up with various stories that have been passed down through the generations. On my father's side, the only story there, was of a sister who was supposed to...

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An Amazing Bridge Through Time

Edgar Jeffery was born in 1838 in Oxford, his parents were Stephen and Ann (nee Brooks) Jeffery. His father Stephen ran a Market Garden in St. Giles Fields, St. Giles, Oxford. In 1845 when Edgar was 7...

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