Jan's Genealogy

07/02/2023

I have spent the morning wandering the streets of 19th century East London. Charles Booth's poverty maps certainly paint a picture of what life was like back then.

05/01/2023

Happy New year, everyone!
I am spending it in St Kitts & Nevis.
No, not really - that is just where my research is.
😉

19/11/2022

Sometimes, we imagine that our ancestors didn't travel that far - not much in the way of trains, roads not that brilliant... But sometimes you find them moving from Scotland to Cornwall. Mining was the attraction! ;)

04/08/2022

Having spent the past 6 months dipping in and out of the 18th and 19th centuries and travelling from Scotland to Bristol via Essex (in an abstract way 😉), I am now ready for a new challenge. 😁

25/03/2022

Isn't it wonderful when, on the census return, your ancestors write the actual address of where they were born instead of just the name of the town!

24/01/2022

Don't forget to check out your local library. The historical novels will help to set the scene of when your ancestors lived.

05/01/2022

Tomorrow sees the launch of the 1921 Census on Find My Past. Who will YOU be looking for?

29/12/2021

It is so sad when you discover that someone died in a Lunatic Asylum, especially if they were young. I wonder what the story is behind it...

13/12/2021

When you find someone's lineage goes back through the centuries to Edward I... Thank you !😁

13/12/2021

It is at times like this that I am glad that I do so.

People should now work from home if they can to help curb the spread of Omicron, the government says.

16/11/2021

The 1911 census just required women to state how long they had been married and how many live children they had given birth to and the numbers that were still alive. Not everyone understood this and so it is wonderful when you find a census return that has been completed incorrectly and lists the names of all the children who had died and their ages if they had still been alive!