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#52Ancestorsin52Weeks Wk34/52 Emily Hollingham 1852-1893

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Ahnentafel Number  29 Context for discovery: Emily Mercy Hollingham was my 2 nd great-grandmother on my mother’s side.  She married George Forfar and they owned a bakery in Hove, Sussex in the late 1880s. This biography was written as part of the 52 ancestors in 52 weeks exercise devised by Amy Johnson Crow.  You can join in too here. This blog post is a compilation of several blog posts I previously wrote about Emily and George. Every time I write I find out more snippets of information. Week 34's theme is "Timeline." Amy Johnson Crow says. Timelines are a great research tool. What discovery have you made after putting together an ancestor's timeline? Have you thought about how everyday life changed for an ancestor during his or her life? I always find Ancestry’s timeline really useful for seeing where the holes are in my ancestor’s life. I have often created a timeline in an Excel spreadsheet though so I can create several columns to track several family m