The Embezzler and the Bigamist
This is post 1 of 1 in the series “Davidson” The one thing every genealogist will tell you is that no family story is ever complete. If someone tells you they have researched their family...
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The Cornish Connection
As a child, I regularly regaled my Mum with affirmations of visiting Cornwall. Even then I felt an affinity to the most Southern county of the UK. Each time, she rebuked these claims, maintaining that...
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The Will of John Spooner Pagett, Gentleman of Rothley
A few years back, I came across a will for my children’s ancestor, John Spooner Pagett. I unintentionally stumbled across the will when looking for a different family. Still, I found myself heading down the...
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A hobby or a life-long passion
I started researching my family history in March 2007. At the time, I was a single, stay-at-home Mum and I bought into the illusion of the Ancestry adverts. You know the ones, they claim that...
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The Relief of Christmas
The last few weeks have been filled with anxiety and disbelief for me. Watching the apparent number of cases rising exponentially and listening to the easing of restrictions for five days over Christmas.
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