More help with getting around brick walls
When you start researching your ancestors you are bound to come to a brick wall or two, an ancestor where you cannot find out enough information to confirm your relationship,…
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…
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,…
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…