Fenland Family History Research

14/11/2025

13/11/2025

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You’ve got a family mystery. A gap in the tree. A hunch about a war record or a long-lost branch.

Let’s solve it – together.

With 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, I help you get the answers you’ve been searching for, whether it’s a single person or a complex web of “almosts.”

Perfect if:
• You’ve already started your research and hit a wall
• You have a specific question or mystery
• You need a pro to dig deeper and confirm what you’ve found

Let’s uncover what’s been hiding in plain sight.

11/11/2025

Every year on 11 November, I take a quiet moment to think about those who served, and those who never came home.

Their bravery built the freedom we often take for granted.

May we live lives worthy of their sacrifice.

10/11/2025

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬

Genealogy isn’t just about filling out a family tree.

It’s about piecing together the woman who walked miles to work every morning, the man who came home from war and never spoke of it, the child whose name is only in one census before disappearing into history.

This week, following Remembrance Sunday, I want to honour the unsung stories.

Because knowing your ancestry is not just about learning names – it’s about learning who you are.

09/11/2025

Five Minutes to Honour Your Ancestors

Let’s keep it simple.

Today, take five minutes.

Light a candle. Open an old photo album.

Tell someone one story about an ancestor they’ve never heard.

That’s how remembrance lives on – through us.

06/11/2025

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The Platinum Package is for those ready to go deep.

Multiple family lines. Multiple surprises. A full legacy.

It’s my most comprehensive service and includes:

• Full genealogical research across chosen lines
• Visual family trees
• Narrative storytelling

Perfect for milestone birthdays or family gifts.
Let’s build something unforgettable.

05/11/2025

When we think of family history, many of us start with one line - perhaps our mother’s maiden name or our grandfather’s side. But the truth is, every family is made up of multiple threads.

That’s why I created the Platinum Package. It allows you to explore more than one family line, connecting stories and uncovering links you didn’t even know were there.

Families often tell me that this research feels like filling in missing chapters of a book they’ve been reading all their lives. If you’re curious about your wider ancestry - not just one branch - this is the perfect way to get a complete picture.

04/11/2025

JOHN THOMAS ELLIOTT 1890 – 1918

John Thomas Elliott was born in 1890 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire; the sixth child of Thomas Watkins and Hannah (nee Wootton) Elliott. John’s older siblings were Maud, Fred, Nellie, Kate, and Emma.

In 1891, the family were living in Green End, St Neots with Thomas working as an agricultural labourer. Thomas and Hannah had one more son, William, born in 1892.
Sadly, John’s mother died when he was only 7 years old. Less than six months after her death, his father married for a second time, on 8 September 1897, to Sarah O’Connor who was also a widow.

His father was drawn to the Peterborough brickyards in search of work and in 1901, John was living at 141 Belsize Avenue, Peterborough with his siblings Fred, Nellie and William, and his stepsister, Agnes O’Connor. Both his father and eldest brother were working as brickyard labourers.

By 1911 the family had moved out of Peterborough and back to Huntingdonshire. John was living with his father, stepmother and youngest brother, William, at Park Farm, Buckworth Lodge, near Ellington, where all the men were working as farm labourers.

In 1914, John had a daughter, Florence, with Florence Ayres whom he went on to marry in 1915. They had one more child together, Sidney George Elliott, who was born in 1916.

John enlisted during the First World War and served as a Driver with the Royal Field Artillery, D Battery, 315th Brigade. Sadly, John did not live to see the Armistice. He died on 4 November 1918 of Lobar Pneumonia and was buried in Etaples Military Cemetery in Plot XLIX, Row B, Grave 1.

03/11/2025

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐦 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬

Life doesn’t often leave space for long afternoons in dusty archives or hours spent scrolling through census records online. If you’re balancing work, children, and caring for elderly parents, researching your family tree can quickly drop to the bottom of the list. And yet, the desire to know more about your roots never goes away. That’s exactly where the Platinum Package comes in.

The Platinum Package is designed for families who want a comprehensive view of their heritage. Unlike smaller, single-line research projects, this package explores multiple family lines - giving you a richer, fuller picture of your ancestry. Instead of focusing on just your father’s side or your mother’s side, we weave together the different branches of your family tree, uncovering hidden stories across generations.

One of the most powerful outcomes of this work is connection. When clients see their family history laid out - perhaps discovering that their maternal great-grandmother worked as a domestic servant while their paternal great-grandfather served in the Royal Navy - it suddenly brings together two very different strands of history in one meaningful narrative.

It’s not just about records, though. It’s about storytelling. I use documents, photographs, maps, and historical context to breathe life into names on a page. Families often tell me that the research feels like a documentary about their own lives, only filmed decades before they were born.

For families spread across the UK (or even the world), the Platinum Package becomes a way of reconnecting. I’ve worked with siblings who each received a copy of their family book, and even though they live hundreds of miles apart, it gave them a shared sense of identity and pride.

The truth is that family history research can feel overwhelming - but you don’t need to do it yourself. By choosing the Platinum Package, you’re investing in a service that takes away the guesswork, confusion, and endless online searches. Instead, you get a carefully researched, beautifully presented story of your family.

And with Christmas on the horizon, it’s a perfect time to think about gifting. A Platinum Package doesn’t just tell one person’s story - it captures a family’s collective heritage. Imagine presenting this as a gift at a family gathering: a book of your history, filled with details that no one expected, connecting everyone in the room.

If you’ve ever wanted to know not just one part of your ancestry, but the bigger picture, the Platinum Package is your solution. It’s history, discovery, and legacy all in one.