Family Tree Frog

Picture by Enrique Mesequer from Pixabay I don't know about you, but sometimes I forget to take my own advice.  I am now looking after my family history society's Facebook page and lots of interesting information gets passed on to me to share with our members.  I'm so busy posting, I forget to follow up some of the leads myself! This week Find My Past released more records, one of which leapt out at me; namely Devon Burials .  My husband's ancestors come from Devon: the Daws, the Ansteys, the Ellises and the Chambers. That's the surnames.  What about the Christian names and places? ANSTEY Elizabeth - Bradninch, mother of Mary Anstey (1796-?) - nothing leaping out in terms of results Mary - Bradninch  (1822-1868) married Thomas DAW Snr (113 results for Mary DAW none in Bradninch) - can't find any results that look like her. Thomas - Hockworthy (1787-?)  CHAMBERS Mary - mother of Mary Bray Ellis - here is where I went off the track.....I find a Mary Ellis wh...

Goodrington Sands, Devon by Julian Walker on Flickr Good Intentions How has your day been? I've been doing a bit of tidying up. It was not my intention to do any research today.  It was my intention to work on my Family History software program and a bit of filing.  Surname and Chapman Code Lists But I ended up trying to clean my overflowing email inbox.  And that led to me realising that while I had submitted my surname interests to my family history society years and years ago, I hadn't re-submitted them to put on the Society's website.  So I started to fill out the forms which led me to realise that there was one particular ancestor on my husband's family tree for whom we lacked biographical info; namely where she was born. Namely Mary Bary Daw nee Ellis. Search Again! Now I am sure that I have tried to research her before but you know the old adage, go back and check those pesky databases again because new information may have been added.  So that is exactl...

Today's Sepia Saturday photo prompt gives us an opportunity to identify what catches our eye in this photo and what photos we may have in our collection that reflect the same objects or sentiments. What gives us joy?  A great hat?  A puppy?  New togs?   Are we looking for a sailor suit?  A dog?  A matron with a magnificent hat?  A verandah? I've brought out a couple of photos for inspection.  I've chosen to focus on dogs. I am hard pressed to find sailor suits or matrons with such magnificent millinery. My sister-in-law brought over some tiny photos a couple of years ago...more treasures I think from her mother Fay's room.  We loved this one of my husband.  It's almost a trio but not quite. 2.5. Although if you count the budgies I guess we're looking at 4.5. Robert Dexter Daw We're not sure where it's taken...maybe Gran and Father's place (Robert and Pat's grandparents' place).... Robert William Daw (my husban...

Week 9 – Cemeteries: Genealogists understand the full value of cemeteries and appreciate them in ways most others can’t see. Share a cemetery or cemetery experience for which you are most thankful. What makes this place special? What does it mean to you and your family history? Tingalpa Cemetery 2009 Now this was a difficult challenge this week because there are so many cemeteries that I like and have found over the years. Tingalpa Christ Church (Anglican) Cemetery though will always hold a special spot in our heart because it was the location of my first real break-through in family history at a young age. Thanks to my family history society's Cemetery Room index, I found that my husband's great-grandfather and his wife and their children were buried here.  I remember traipsing all over the cemetery looking for their grave, only to discover that it was the biggest monument in the whole cemetery just about!! The cemetery looks absolutely beautiful these days...