Pumpie the Elephant
The Cattleys of Ealing and Russia It all started with one of my blog posts about Oswald in June 2019... My great, great grandfather Oswald Cattley led a very interesting…
5 Family History things to do whilst on lockdown
Did you know that family history is the 8th most popular thing that people are doing / or would like to do during lockdown? I hope you find some of…
What is a one name study?
A one name study is research into all occurrences of a single surname and its variants. It could be focused on a geographical area (country/county/area) or the descendants of a…
Progressing past brick walls when compiling family history
Most of my family history research has gone straight back through my direct ancestors, in some cases to 6 generations without any problems. I have encountered brick walls for some…
Distant cousins
My personal family history journey has taken me, and continues to take me, in lots of different directions. I have found and connected with several distant cousins recently and have…
St Petersburg – The Sussex Connection
Looking into some of my family history I recently discovered some 19th century records were held by my local records office. My family only have lived in Sussex for a…
My family tree in 1000 words – John Samuel Martin de Grenier Fonblanque
My next family story post is another one of my 3x great grandfathers: John Samuel Martin de Grenier Fonblanque John was born in Brook Street, Mayfair, London in March 1787,…
Duplicate people and different generations in your family tree
When I started my family history investigations many years ago I did not realise my grandparents were distant cousins. This is my father's parents who both died some years ago.…
My family tree in 1000 words – Edward William Cox
Following on from my first family story post I’d like to introduce you to my 3x great grandfather: Edward William Cox (aka Serjeant Cox) Edward was born in Taunton, Somerset…
My family tree in 1000 words – Oswald Cattley
I subscribe to Family Tree Magazine (FTM) and in the July 2019 issue they set a challenge “my family tree in 1000 words”. FTM said “Distill their lives into a…