Wright Roots Family Research

Wright Roots Family Research Have you ever researched your family history? Always wanted to, but didn't know where to start?

Wright Roots family research services.Over 15 years of experience. Researching ancestors, building family trees, acquiring certificates.No job too small.

This week I’ve visited Blackburn, Liverpool (several times) The Eden Valley, County Louth & Staffordshire.All virtually ...
09/04/2021

This week I’ve visited Blackburn, Liverpool (several times) The Eden Valley, County Louth & Staffordshire.
All virtually of course, but a most fascinating week of research, did you know In 1801 12% of Liverpool’s population lived in cellars?
I also researched Fred Duxbury, my Great Grandfather’s cousin, who I discovered was killed in action at Gallipoli.

Don’t forget to fill in your census today. In 150 years time family researchers will be looking you up, so try and be ac...
21/03/2021

Don’t forget to fill in your census today. In 150 years time family researchers will be looking you up, so try and be accurate and not too clever with your answers unlike one Catherine Cudney 140 years ago, whose occupation is described as ‘Does as she pleases!’

Asking for opinions.. My Great Great Grandfather William Hesmondhalgh was an iron foundry foreman for Blackburn firm Yat...
19/03/2021

Asking for opinions..
My Great Great Grandfather William Hesmondhalgh was an iron foundry foreman for Blackburn firm Yates & Thom.
Found a group photo, would you say that this is the same man as the family photos I have?

09/03/2021

Mitchell and Kenyon were based in Blackburn and shot the most amazing films. You can’t stop watching. Many of these young men were to go to war in 1914-18.

26/02/2021

New technology is allowing us now to transform those old photos of our ancestors into something we never imagined before. This is my Gran. What do you think? Should we leave the photos as they are, or bring them to life?

My 3rd Great Grandfather Henry Valentine Wright was born this day 207 years ago in Norwich. He was a harness maker and s...
14/02/2021

My 3rd Great Grandfather Henry Valentine Wright was born this day 207 years ago in Norwich. He was a harness maker and saddler, living in Northumberland St in the City. Using census returns, directories and old maps, I can now picture where he lived and what sort of life he had with his wife Sarah and 9 children.

I started researching the Warcop War Memorial 6 years ago. I’ve returned to it again to finish off some finer details. I...
15/11/2020

I started researching the Warcop War Memorial 6 years ago. I’ve returned to it again to finish off some finer details. It’s amazing how these men are connected in some way and the the residents of this Village are still connected to the names on this memorial.

1901 in the village of Murton, Appleby, two boys aged 4 living next door to each other. On the 1st July 1916, both boys...
08/11/2020

1901 in the village of Murton, Appleby, two boys aged 4 living next door to each other. On the 1st July 1916, both boys, now young men, are killed in action on the first day of the Somme.
William Foster Atkinson & Joseph Stanley Scrivens being friends, joined the 11th Border Regiment, the Lonsdale Pals Battalion. The Battalion was devastated in the first few days of the Battle, with many men losing their lives from the Eden Valley.
William is buried in the Lonsdale Cemetery in Authuille. Stanley has his name on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing of the Somme.
This is just one story of many.
We will remember them.

Not only Friendship Farm, but Cuddling Hole. What a friendly place the Eden Valley is 😁
14/10/2020

Not only Friendship Farm, but Cuddling Hole. What a friendly place the Eden Valley is 😁

Haven’t seen this before.Sarah Richardson, Mary & Frances Kendall living on Battleborough (Battlebarrow) Bongate in 1871...
06/09/2020

Haven’t seen this before.
Sarah Richardson, Mary & Frances Kendall living on Battleborough (Battlebarrow) Bongate in 1871. Occupation...Lady.

‘Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me, be still they say, watch and listen, you are the result of the love of thousan...
06/09/2020

‘Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me, be still they say, watch and listen, you are the result of the love of thousands.’
Linda Hogan

While researching the 1939 register in Appleby I came across artist Rueben Ward Binks who lived in Bongate.Binks was rec...
12/08/2020

While researching the 1939 register in Appleby I came across artist Rueben Ward Binks who lived in Bongate.
Binks was recognised as the leading artist of his day in canine portraiture. He painted dogs for three generations of the British Royal family, and among his patrons were four successive monarchs.
You better check your attics Appleby folks, just in case one of his paintings was given to your relatives, because they’re fetching quite a good price at auction!
Binks died in 1950.

Address

32 Boroughgate
Appleby
CA166XG

Telephone

+447921489611

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Wright Roots Family Research posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Practice

Send a message to Wright Roots Family Research:

Shortcuts

Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn
Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share via Email
Share on WhatsApp Share on Instagram Share on Telegram

Category