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This is a place where I keep bits of information that I’ve found whilst researching my family, along with some basic family stories and some social history. I hope people might find something useful here. If you think we might be related, then drop me a line and we can compare notes.
My family comes from England, Wales and Ireland. Mainly Lancashire, Essex, Huntingdonshire & Cambridgeshire, Anglesey, Sligo, Antrim, Down and Louth, along with a few other places.
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Julian To Gregorian Calendars
It’s likely you will have come across dates where the transcribed year appears a little…
Ministry of Labour Instructions Centres
In 1934 my grandfather worked at Bourne Transfer Instructional Centre in Lincolnshire. This was one…
Llanberis Castle Hotel
Built in the mid 19th century, the Castle Hotel is located on High Street in…
Mason Street, Bolton
In the late 19th century, my 3 x great grandfather William Higginson owned four houses…
Bolton St Peter & St Paul RC Church
Just a brief history of the church and school that many of my relatives used….
Transcription Errors
We all make mistakes, transcribers and the original form writers (whether they be parish clerks…
The names in my tree going back 3 or 4 generations are Williams (Angelsey), McAndrew (Sligo), Martin (Antrim), Marshall (Essex), Higginson (Lancashire), Dunn (Louth), Lewis (Anglesey), Jarrett (also spelt, Garrard, Jarrerd & Garrerd) (Anglesey), Settle (Lancashire) & Watts (Huntingdonshire & Cambridgeshire).
I have a few brickwalls, the most frustrating of which is my 2 x great grandfather, John Marshall who appears to have not existed before his marriage in 1883.
Welcome to my genealogy journey, I hope you find something of interest here.