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- Mary Finkenagel – a Titanic Survivor (1878-1939)
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- Richard Elliott (1767-1813)
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Category Archives: Genealogy
Connections
Sometimes a family historian will come across something, not directly linked to their family, but so fascinating it begs a bit of research. So, when I was looking at Census records for Campbeltown, Argyle the mention of ‘West Indies’ as … Continue reading
Ireland’s Memorial Records
Ireland has been generous in making historic records freely available on the internet. In Northern Ireland the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has a range of records , including Belfast Street Directories up to 1900 and the signatories … Continue reading
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An Irish Woman Doctor
I have just put up an extensive page on Isobel Addey Tate, a relatively early woman doctor who died in the First World War. Doctors are as likely, even more likely, to be women as men in the modern world, … Continue reading
Wills of Irish Soldiers
Ireland is very generous in making genealogical material in the National Archives free – an example that other parts of the British Isles have not generally chosen to follow. The 1901 and 1911 Census for Ireland (including counties that are … Continue reading
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Perrings and Elliotts
I am getting very close to working out exactly what relation Admiral Kincombe was to my great grandmother. It is likely that the common link is the Perring family – and that somehow William Elliott my greatgrandmother’s grandfather was the … Continue reading
Fred Paginton
I have just added the draft of Fred Paginton, my mother’s grandfather. Fred is one of the real survivors. From a background of rural poverty in Malmesbury, Fred got to Derby and found work, a wife and a life. He … Continue reading
Convict
There is now a page on George Brassington. I initially discovered him as a minor note in my grandfather’s main notebook – I had never heard of the Pentrich revolt nor of any family connection to it. It led me … Continue reading
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