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The Welsh Connection (Revisited Socially)

May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 CoachCarole

Welsh Ancestors revisited. Continue reading The Welsh Connection (Revisited Socially)

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#52Weeks52Ancestors: Check It Out!

April 18, 2022 CoachCarole

Ancestral Heritage Trail April Monthly Theme: Check It OutWeek 14 (Apr. 5-11): Check It OutWeek 15 (Apr. 12-18): How Do You Spell That?Week 16 (Apr. 19-25): NegativesWeek 17 (Apr. 26-May 2): Document This month’s theme resonated with me as I … Continue reading #52Weeks52Ancestors: Check It Out!

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#52Ancestors52Weeks: Week 12: Joined Together

March 31, 2022 CoachCarole

#52Ancestors52Weeks Joined Together My two clans, English and Welsh, were joined together forever when my Welsh Great Grandmother Mary Ann Evans married English Great Grandfather George Robinson.  It is still a mystery to me how these two met; but I … Continue reading #52Ancestors52Weeks: Week 12: Joined Together

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#52Ancestors52Weeks: Week 11: Flowers

March 25, 2022 CoachCarole

Kind hearts are the gardens,
Kind thoughts are the roots,
Kind words are the flowers.
Kind deeds are the fruits.
Take care of your garden
And keep out the weeds,
Fill it with sunshine,
Kind words and Kind deeds.
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Continue reading #52Ancestors52Weeks: Week 11: Flowers

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#52Ancestors: Week 10: Worship

March 12, 2022 CoachCarole

Worshipping at the Standing Stones? This week’s prompt was challenging! I struggled with my choices of ancestors to write about in this post. I have modified an older story of my Welsh roots and the importance of the standing stones, … Continue reading #52Ancestors: Week 10: Worship

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#52Ancestors: Week 9: Females

March 5, 2022 CoachCarole

Females in my Family Tree: Introduction This month’s theme is all about Females. That fits in well with March being #WomensHistoryMonth. I was intrigued with the number of Genealogy quotes from Women and found a great blog post from the … Continue reading #52Ancestors: Week 9: Females

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#52Ancestors: Week 8: The Mary Letters continued

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 CoachCarole

Moments of Mourning: A bond between sisters Continue reading #52Ancestors: Week 8: The Mary Letters continued

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#52Ancestors52Weeks: Week 7: Landed

February 21, 2022 CoachCarole

The Allery Brothers Great Grandfather, Samuel John Allery was never part of the landed gentry, but he certainly moved around a great deal in his lifetime. I have counted twenty different Residences from 1847 to 1922, let alone the various … Continue reading #52Ancestors52Weeks: Week 7: Landed

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#52Ancestors: Week 6: Maps

February 12, 2022 CoachCarole

Maps and mapping are only loosely associated with this story of my Great Aunt Edie; you might say that I have been ‘mapping’ the relationship between sisters from my family tree. The map displayed in the featured image is that … Continue reading #52Ancestors: Week 6: Maps

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#52 Ancestors Week 5: Branching Out

February 3, 2022 CoachCarole

The Children of my Great Grandparents: Emma and Harry Cutting This week I have been branching out to locate all the children born to my great grandparents, Emma and Harry Cutting. At first, my research using the Census records from … Continue reading #52 Ancestors Week 5: Branching Out

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#52Ancestors: Week 4: Curious

January 28, 2022February 3, 2022 CoachCarole

Curious Cuttings Harry Cutting: Carpenter and Ironmonger Curious about Harry Cutting (great grandfather) and his son Charles Harry Newland Cutting (grandfather) I wanted to find out a little more by exploring the Cutting line of my family tree. I returned … Continue reading #52Ancestors: Week 4: Curious

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#52Ancestors: Week 3: Favourite Photo

January 21, 2022February 3, 2022 CoachCarole

The Wedding When I saw this week’s prompt I immediately thought of this wonderful photo of the wedding party at my Grandma’s garden circa 1938. My mother Winnie is on the extreme right and her sister Doris, the bride, is … Continue reading #52Ancestors: Week 3: Favourite Photo

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#52Ancestors: Week 2: Favourite Finds

January 14, 2022February 3, 2022 CoachCarole

John Cutting: Publican of New Inn My choice of the family group to research in 2022 is my maternal Cutting Line. In my family tree for the Cuttings, I have been focussing on my great, great, grandparents who lived in … Continue reading #52Ancestors: Week 2: Favourite Finds

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#52 Ancestors: Week 1: Foundations

January 7, 2022February 3, 2022 CoachCarole

Foundations of my Cutting Line This is a great topic to begin my series of stories of my ancestors this year. Many other genealogists are writing about ‘foundations’ in their blogs. I will link to a couple of my favourites … Continue reading #52 Ancestors: Week 1: Foundations

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Planning for 2022 Ancestors

December 6, 2021January 19, 2022 CoachCarole

Which ancestor(s) are at the top of your research list, and why? I saw this question recently in several places and thought that it would be a good post to finish up with this year. Things have been neglected here … Continue reading Planning for 2022 Ancestors

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Convict to Entrepreneur: Maria Lord

October 16, 2021 CoachCarole

The story of Maria Lord is one of courage in the face of betrayal. Her ability to survive and thrive, despite her transportation to Van Diemen’s Land and what Edward Lord did to her, is a story that should be told. Continue reading Convict to Entrepreneur: Maria Lord

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Dear Cecil

September 5, 2021 CoachCarole

#52 Ancestors Suddenly, more than 30 years ago Our Dad left this plane for another Memories of him flooding in today From his last two children, me and my brother! Known for his eccentric behaviour He was a character, much … Continue reading Dear Cecil

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Dear Grandpa Sam

September 2, 2021September 3, 2021 CoachCarole

#52Ancestors #I’ve lost count Hello Samuel, I am your great granddaughter (x 5) and we have something in common; we are both the last born in our large families. You had 8 siblings and I had 5. I am writing … Continue reading Dear Grandpa Sam

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Census through the Ages

August 12, 2021August 12, 2021 CoachCarole

#52 Ancestors Week 27: Free Census I am way behind in my project for #52 ancestors in 52 weeks, however, I figure that I can spread them out and pick and choose which topics fit my theme for when I … Continue reading Census through the Ages

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Post Script: the marriage certificates revealed

June 19, 2021July 18, 2021 CoachCarole

#52 Ancestors: Week 23 – Bridge. It is delightful to have Genealogist friends and collaborators, who cannot resist the challenge of a search and discover mission; collaborative research works well as a bridge between the known and the unknown. Yesterday’s … Continue reading Post Script: the marriage certificates revealed

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