Using BMD indices for England and Wales
I’ve been doing some research over the past few months that makes extensive use of the new indices recently published by the GRO of their birth and death registers for England and Wales.
Wrights across the Pond
One of the pleasures of revisiting my family history research is taking the time to fill in details I previously skipped over, from inexperience or lack of accessible records.
The Lady Vanishes
Anyone who has been researching their family history for any length of time will recognise the problem: you find a woman in a census with her parents but after that she falls completely out of sight.
Why online trees are useful; or Which Margaret Ellen Roberts?
I’m a firm believer in putting the complete results of my research online, and hope that others will do the same. This is one reason why.
Back to the drawing board
Reviewing and redocumenting my family history efforts to date has thrown up a few extra tidbits of information but no major errors… until today.
Finding a needle in a haystack
I’ve been blessed with very common surnames in my recent family — Wright, Brookes and Roberts. But the most challenging is my maternal grandfather: he was Tom Jones son of Thomas Jones son of Thomas Jones.
Take any will with a pinch of salt
I’ve just been reviewing my mother’s will and have been given a salutary reminder that any historical will that I find may be a very misleading document!