Growing up, one of things that sticks out in my mind around Christmas time was watching Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” which over the years I have watched many adaptations and versions of. It’s a story we all are very familiar with. Dickens brought to life the well-known frugal Ebenezer Continue Reading
A letter signed Bransby Williams
Family history can take you on the strangest of paths sometimes. Amongst some old brown torn paperwork I came across a letter which stood out to me which was signed Bransby Williams. One of my most recent genealogy projects has taken me on a slightly different journey to this great Continue Reading
School Records
The School Records – many of these children went to fight in the great war. School became compulsory from 1880 when the Elementary Education Act came in for children aged 5 – 10 to attend school. The Act was an extension of the 1870 Act which is otherwise known as Continue Reading
DNA – Do I? Don’t I?
DNA is such a personal journey for many and it is up to the individual if they want to take that leap into the world of DNA. Many decide it’s not for them and to be honest a few years ago that was me. However, I realised that my DNA Continue Reading