Managed to spend some time today tracking down more details about my notorious Great Grand Uncle William Rickard. I thought I’d focus on London Prison & Asylum records first. Having been given some direction from the very helpful and fellow researcher Nick Hiley I thought I’d try and gain some greater insight into his history. This…
I was in London last weekend for a few business meetings and to visit some family. I managed to find some time to investigate my Great, Great Grandmother Caroline Ann Simpson. She’s a bit of a mystery at the moment as Marion (her daughter and my Great Grandmother) was sent away at a young…
When researching further into my Great Grandmother Marion Rickard we discovered she had worked at a school in Madron called Daniel’s Boys School. This school is still there and now called St Maddern’s. Earlier in the year a family trip to the area allowed us to visit the school due to the kind gesture of the…
In the ongoing efforts to get my genealogy blog up and running I’ve created a Vimeo channel that should allow me to share both public and private videos with the rest of the family. Click the link below to check out the new channel and my first video upload. Vimeo Channel – https://vimeo.com/mrstevedavies You can also…
In the efforts to get my genealogy blog up and running I’m testing out a few different genealogy websites in search of a way to get my existing ancestry.co.uk tree online. I want to have the basic skeletal structure of our ancestry on the net so I can reference interested parties toward it with simple links.…
Just created a Soundcloud account to help distribute audio records for all my Ancestry research. You can view my profile via the following link: http://soundcloud.com/mrstevedavies If you’d like to listen to some of the private audio tracks please subscribe to a free SoundCloud account and make the request online. As soon as I have your…
Hi All! I’ve been meaning to start this blog for quite some time. I finally gave myself a kick in the bum and got around to it. I’ve wanted to create this blog for a few reasons… To share with Family One of the real pleasures in doing your own genealogy is sharing your findings…
