Trace Your Ancestry - Family Research

18/02/2026

Looking through some paperwork I inherited, I came across these two note books. Both belonged to my aunt who unfortunately I never got to meet. One has recipes, the other is a diary of a holiday in the summer of 1937 in a camp in Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire. A sad read as she died the following Christmas aged 13!!

17/02/2026

16/02/2026

Tom Evans Scrivens my husband’s grand uncle born and baptised before his parents married. He’s not recorded on a census with his parents but with grandparents and then an aunt. As an adult he dropped Scrivens as his surname using his mothers maiden name of Evans. He made a living as a market gardener, a very different occupation to his male siblings who were coal miners. My hubby had never heard of him, guess I’ll never know if he spoke with his family!

13/02/2026

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12/02/2026

Recently I came across an occupation I had never heard of before, “Clicker”. After further investigation the 1911 census showed he worked as a clicker in the boot trade... Did your ancestors have occupations that no longer exist?

11/02/2026

I was so sad to read this newspaper report that told of the death of my 4th great-grandaunt Sarah Eldred! Do you have sad stories from your families past?

10/02/2026

75 years ago my parents were married at St Joseph’s Church, Cwmaman.
This photograph is of my parents and grandparents.
Greatly missed, forever in my heart ❤️

09/02/2026

This wedding photo is from 1914, of my 1st cousin x 2 removed Sidney Fry and his wife Annie Louisa Humber. I need to contact the kind person who shared this lovely photo to see if they can identify any of the wedding guests…

08/02/2026

The conductor William Stuart Major is my 2x great grandfather. After leaving the military (where he used to play the cornet) he continued his love of music as a conductor. Old newspapers in the National Library of Wales state that they won many competitions. I wish I had his musical talent!!

05/02/2026

Part of the hand written service record of William Stuart Major my 2x great grandfather who fought in the Crimean war. So grateful to a cousin who shared with a cousin who shared with me. Family research definitely brings family together... do you agree?