Accentuate the Positive 2013 Geneameme
The fabulous Jill from Geniaus encourages us to reflect on our efforts in the past year with the following questions: 1. An elusive ancestor I found was The article below is about my paternal 2nd-great-grandfather Edward Connor (yes the spelling of Conner/or is up for debate). My gran always told us he shot himself but we were sceptical, shall we say. Well, Gran was right. Portsmouth Evening News 24 April 1897 Where on earth did Edward get the gun???? He didn't die until 1903 as per this notice. Portsmouth Evening News 6 October 1903 I suspect it was something to do with this.... Portsmouth Evening News 7 June 1893 I ordered the death certificate and received it in May but English death certificates are not as fulsome as Australian ones. I have just realised that I was so excited to get the certificate that I gave it to my father without making a copy first (silly me). I don't think it even tells us where he i...