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Improving Sarah Elizabeth Cox’s WikiTree Profile…
As well as cleaning up Sarah’s Family Historian profile, I’ve been updating her information on WikiTree (click image to enlarge): I love the way WikiTree displays her details and family, especially for sharing information with relatives. The links facilitate tree navigation, though not all the profiles have much info at this point. Below her personal… Continue reading Improving Sarah Elizabeth Cox’s WikiTree Profile…
Monday morning genealogy fun…Fan chart…
This past Saturday, Randy at Geneamusings challenged us to complete the following mission: 1) Have you made a pedigree fan chart recently? Show us yours! How did you do it? Which program did you use? I love fan charts – here’s mine, created with Family Historian 7 (click image to enlarge): While it looks relatively… Continue reading Monday morning genealogy fun…Fan chart…
From Berkshire to Bethnal Green…
My second great-grandmother, Sarah spent the majority of her life in the East end of London, however her life started in the town of Abingdon1 on the border of Berkshire and Oxfordshire. For at least the first seven years of her life she resided on Stert Street with her parents, Thomas and Sarah, sisters, Frances… Continue reading From Berkshire to Bethnal Green…
How reports can help our research…
It’s taken me longer than expected to complete my go-over of Sarah’s profile and I’m not quite there yet, given that I don’t have the birth information for her daughter, Ruth (which should say where they were living), nor the death information of her son Joseph, in 1889. I also want to create a map… Continue reading How reports can help our research…
Two tragic years…
We all know that infant mortality was much higher in the past, that it was unusual for all children born to a couple to survive to adult hood. My 2nd great-grandmother, Sarah, experienced a harrowing two year period in which she and her husband, John, lost three children, and this week I will honour those… Continue reading Two tragic years…
Testifying at the Old Bailey…
While working through the sources in my 2nd great grandmother Sarah’s profile, I was reminded of her appearance at the Central Criminal Court, aka the Old Bailey, testifying in support of her husband, John, who had brought a case of fraud against a business acquaintance1, the initial hearing for which appeared at the Worship Street… Continue reading Testifying at the Old Bailey…
Project Family Historian Profile Clean-up – Week 1
A few weeks ago I wrote about my plan to clean up my database, ensuring the profiles for my main line ancestors are consistent and well-sourced. My first decision was which ancestor’s profile to clean up first and after some thought, I chose that of my 2nd great-grandmother, Sarah Elizabeth Laxton Cox. Sarah’s life was… Continue reading Project Family Historian Profile Clean-up – Week 1
Information overload…and a new project…
While it may seem unusual for a genealogist to complain about too much information, over the last few weeks I’ve felt overloaded and, indeed, overwhelmed by the amount of information I’ve amassed. The breaking point was the 1931 Canada census. At first I was thrilled with this new record set and dived into it, identifying… Continue reading Information overload…and a new project…
The bad (and the good) of the 1931 Canada census release…
As I’m sure many of you have heard by now, Library and Archives Canada’s release of the 1931 Canada census was, well, somewhat underwhelming. While I’m sure they thought they were prepared for the onslaught of eager genealogists, clearly they were not, as the 1931 census page was slow at first and then finally gave… Continue reading The bad (and the good) of the 1931 Canada census release…
Prep work for the 1931 Canada census
The last two years have seen a bumper crop of census records for those of us with English, Welsh, Scottish, and American ancestors, with the release of population schedules for 1921 (English, Welsh, Scottish) and 1950 (USA). This week sees the last big census release for at least five years, when at long last Canadians… Continue reading Prep work for the 1931 Canada census
writing my past 