Oracle Genealogy

03/08/2025

Before you all start wondering why she posting a pic of what looks like a random rock after all this time hear me out! When I was in my third year of school - heck I feel old thinking about it - the topic happened to be the Spanish Armada. At the time my dad went to my grandpa Tom asking if I could take a cannonball from the girona, which had been sitting on his fireplace for years, into school. Turns the cannonball had got swapped for something else.

So it was assumed that the cannonball wasn’t going to be seen again…

At the weekend dad was seeing Nelson about a painting when during the conversation Tim mentioned how he’d this cannonball that had come from Tom’s house in his studio. I just want to say thank you to Tim for kindly allowing me to have the cannonball.

If only this piece of history could talk!!

05/01/2025

Here’s a rabbit hole for you, I suggest you read this slowly!

In all this woman had 10 children. Now for the first six (born between 1867–1877) their father’s name turned out to have been made up on the marriage certificates.

In 1881 there’s a 2 year old daughter who just happens to have the same surname as the lodger. Woman marries the lodger, has two more daughters in 1883 and 1885. Lodger dies in 1885.

Now in 1901 there’s an 11 year old son registered with the same surname as the lodger yet he was born four years after the lodger died!

Yes 10 children, at least three different fathers… My head hurts!!

31/12/2024

So the sun is setting on another year. Think it fair to say 2024 didn’t start terribly great but it sure ended a lot better! I think I definitely have a better appreciation for how genealogy really is my therapy!

So may the new year be kind and why don’t we see what adventure 2025 brings. I think it’ll be good! 😊

Here’s to more genealogical adventures and discoveries! 🕵️

02/11/2024

And this why you should tread carefully when it comes to DNA kits!

It was only a home DNA test but its unexpected results rocked two families to their core.

15/09/2024

My grandfather was a very special figure in my life and I’d actually planned to blog about him last year when he would have been 90. For some reason the words just weren’t coming together. Well I think it long overdue that I wrote something about the man, the myth, the legend!

I’d originally planned this blog post last year when Granda would have been 90 but the words just weren’t coming together. To be fair there really couldn’t be any words that would befit such as gentleman.

14/09/2024

Hi Everyone!

I appreciate September is only upon us but if you want something done in time for December just
email info@oraclegenealogy.com and we’ll see what we can do! It’ll probably be about second week of November when the order book will close!

01/09/2024

This summers Olympics had me reminiscing about a case in which I found evidence that the 1912 Olympic Gold Medalist Kennedy Kane McArthur was actually called a different name! You read more about it here!

I was presented with the task of confirming the place of birth for Kennedy Kane McArthur, a postman from Dervock, County Antrim who represented South Africa at the 1912 Olympics and won gold in the marathon. I had a date of birth – 10th February 1881 – along with birth dates for five siblings ca...

28/08/2024

Good days work today, traced a branch back further to 1747! 🤩

28/08/2024

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25/08/2024

I want to know what fountain of youth this woman has been partaking of because she’s managed to age just three years in the space of ten according to the census records! 😆 🤔

09/08/2024

So Oracle Genealogy is five years old!? Time really does fly! I never thought I would get this far and it’s certainly been quite a ride with many genealogical discoveries along the way! The people I need to thank know who they are and it’s definitely true that the people around you keep you grounded 😊

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03/08/2024

So three siblings from this family marry three siblings from another family… my head hurts 🤯