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Dabbling with Genealogy

4th May 2026 Going Postal 0

Genealogy noun: a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor. My interest in genealogy began with an old family photograph of my maternal great-grandparents and their family at the time. My maternal grandfather was [more…]

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So, Where Are You From?

8th February 2023 Going Postal 0

People research their family trees for all sorts of reasons. Where did I come from? (perfectly respectable to ask one’s self!).What sort of people were my forebears? what jobs did they do? Are there any [more…]

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The Silver Pit

29th April 2020 Going Postal 0

Some of you may remember that some time ago I wrote an article about my family tree research and how I’d discovered many interesting things about my family history. One thing I learned was that [more…]

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