Family Tree Frog

  Ahnentafel Number 20 Context for discovery: 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. The theme for this week is "Fun Fact" Amy says: Not everything in family history has to be serious. This week, think of something fun you've found during your research. George was my 2 nd great-grandfather on my father’s side.  Those of you who read my blog regularly will know that George Henry is a name that keeps getting used in our family tree. It leads to all sorts of complications and mix-ups or mistakes particularly when other branches of the family tree insist on naming their first-born sons George Henry as well.  And just to add insult to injury, the name CARRETT also gets mis-read by the OCR as GARRETT. Other spelling variations include CARNET, CARRET, CARRITT, CARRATT, CARROTT. Sigh.  This blog post is a compilation of several blog posts I previously wrote about...

  Ethel Eileen CONNER (nee CARRETT) 1904-1996 Ahnentafel Number 5 Context for discovery: 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. The theme for this month is women and the theme for this week is Sisters.   Ethel was my paternal grandmother. This will be a bit of a meandering story I’m afraid.   I have written about my grandmother on several occasions and knew her very well.   But did I really? Don’t get excited.   I’m not going to reveal anything scandalous.   What I am just amazed at during this process of writing biographies, is going back over documents and reading them again, how new knowledge emerges.   I’m afraid this really only happens over a long period of time and with the benefit of hindsight.   What do I mean?   Well, for one thing, our memory is unreliable.   And for another, people tell you their stories or memories ...