How one of my childhood sweets lead to a gene discovery
Genealogy Photo a Day via Instagram – Day 3 Sweets. When I was a kid one of my favourite childhood sweets was a thing called a chocolate fish. So you knew what they looked like Read More …
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The Ancestral Places Geneameme
Alona Tester gave us The Ancestral Places Geneameme challenge for this years Family History Month so I thought I should squeeze into my busy life having a go at this. The bulk of my ancestors Read More …
#AtoZChallenge T is for Family History Trinkets & Treasures
Family History Trinkets & Treasures For the #GenealogyPhotoADay prompt trinkets & treasure I shared on Instagram my polished stainless steel jewellery box with royal blue velvet interior, now faded and falling off. Dad made it Read More …
#AtoZChallenge O for Occupation Research
O for Occupation Research Yesterday I covered how the obituary for Francis Kitto, my Great Grandfather, from the Hutt News confirmed details that I knew about him. Newspapers can provide clues to many family history Read More …
#AtoZChallenge N for Newspapers – Kitto Obituary
N for Newspaper – Kitto Obituary. Paperspast, a website from the National Library of New Zealand, is a wonderful treasure of information for family history. For the Newspaper GenealogyPhotoADAy prompt I featured part of the Read More …
#AtoZChallenge L for Landscape – Near Falmouth in Cornwall.
L for Landscape. This landscape scene is about 200 metres from my great grand fathers home in Falmouth, Cornwall. I wrote about this trip to Falmouth in Cornwall in a post called Visiting Your Ancestral Read More …
Herbert Cleveland Eric Kitto DOD 8 March 1939
Herbert Cleveland Eric Kitto #GenealogyPhotoADay Day 8 Headstone. Herbert Cleveland Eric KITTO (DOB 1894) and was a son of my great grandfather Francis KITTO’s (DOB 1853) second marriage to Esther ROE (DOB 1867). Herbert died Read More …