Above. My immediate family. Apart from myself all the living people details are redacted
I will only publish limited info about living people here on this blog as it is public.
There is a lot of information already in the public domain so I may share some of that.
This Blog is dedicated to the following people :-
My Children & Grandchildren. My research is hopefully something they will enjoy and maybe add to in the future?
My Living Relatives. They’ve often enquired on what I’ve found. I’ve never been organised enough to do this. Perhaps a few will find this blog 🙂
All My Ancestors. Without them this wouldn’t have been possible !
Background….
My original research
commenced after my mother’s death. It’s one of those things I’d thought
about doing for many years. I had to register the death, making me think
about all the records that are kept. At the same time I came into
possession of some artefacts and paperwork that had been passed onto my
mother by my grandma. These have been invaluable
In those early days it was a matter of visiting the local records office and libraries, usually transcribing them there and then. Quite hard slow work.
I had worked
opposite the Lancashire record office back then, which had made it quite easy to
spend lunch breaks there!
More recently there is a lot more info online via the genealogy sites but also newspaper archives, digitised books and archive catalogues 👍
What Next ?
I run a private group on facebook for family members which has been quite useful for sharing info but difficult due to the amount of info I'm accumulating.
Not sure how far I will progress with this blog but I'll see how it goes.
Say Hello / Help !!
The purpose of this blog is
to summarise my research, and will maybe l help me keep a log of my
research and note some areas to research later. I’m hoping I’ll get a few
visitors (possibly family ?) There’s quite a lot to organise so I can
share some info, so please bear with me. I’ll maybe set up an email address
specifically for this subject. PLEASE NOTE – I can get very disorganised
and I’m sometimes busy with other hobbies or boring things! If you
message me and I haven’t been active here for a while there may be a
delay in replying !
I aim to add to this blog in a variety of ways..
POSTS – A diary of my research as I progress. May include links, extracts and some images
PAGES – Specific information in a more structured format. I hope to include a page of links to other info I’m collecting
NAMES BEING RESEARCHED (more will be added – I am interested in all areas of my family !)
I will update this list with links as I create the pages.
WHITTAKER
WIXTED
FITZJOHN
FOSTER
FINNEY
GEILL
MCGRATH
CRABTREE