City and County of Swansea – Leisure and Tourism Just came across this great site, an index of entries for The Cambrian newspaper from 1804 to 1960. Five minutes later and I found four entries for Thomas Mansel. The full information will be posted for Thomas Mansel soon.
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Multimedia message, originally uploaded by Jennifer Young. I feel I have to try this new blog photo thing with flickr as my boyfriend loves it.
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Dear landlord of flat downstairs, I can’t take much more. You have let your beautifully refurbished flat to a couple of chavs. 1) they slam every door possible 2) they never double lock the front door (despite the polite notice on the back of it) 3) they play shite music 4) they play this music whenever they feel like it, for example, Monday 19th September 2005 6.45 am, loud enough to wake me up; Monday 19th September 2005 11.30pm, loud enough to stop me from nodding off; Tuesday 20th September 2005 7.15am, before I wanted to be awake; Tuesday 20th…
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There are a lot of things I hate in this world: my chav downstairs neighbours who don’t care if they play their crap music at 7 in the morning or midnight; my grumpy, stomping, neighbour upstairs who seems to get louder whenever he hears me turn a light switch on; the kids who went back to school this week and make my journey to work even longer; my job; and my boyfriend when he goes out and I discover a big, hairy spider in the bedroom. More importantly, the things I love are my mum, sister, nieces, boyfriend; Orla Kiely…
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Whilst we were out for a drink I persuaded my husband to try and find the address of a relative who once living in London: 13 Alfred Place, London, the place where George Duncan was on Census night 1871, is the back of Paperchase on Tottenham Court Road…
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No-one told me family history could be so exhausting. I am currently corresponding with McGill College in Montreal, Canada about Duncan George; the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, also about George Duncan; the Isle of Wight Record Office about Caswell’s on the Isle of Wight; Guildford Crematorium about the grave of Selina Cleopatra Ann Caswell; and the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television about an unidentifed carte de visite (it has Armidale written on the reverse which doesn’t seem to exisit). And I’m waiting for Friday so I can go and pick up a marriage certificate from the…
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Over my long weekend I managed to visit the Probate Registry and search for Wills. This was my first visit and it was the most unfriendly place I’ve ever been to. I was totally unprepared for how easy it was to search (take a look at their website and you’ll see why) and so only looked up a few relatives. The room was dark and empty, apart from rows and rows of bound volumes. However I found a few relevant entries and even ordered a copy for £5. I wish I hadn’t bothered as I didn’t find out anything new!
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:: Home :: You may think I’ve been quiet but I’ve actually been really busy corresponding with record offices to see how much information I could get for free! I found out where Selina Caswell is buried and that Alfred Young’s name appears on the First World War memorial in Bridgend, Wales. Attention to detail is everything 🙂 I’ve also just finished reading Home by Julie Myerson, which was brilliant.
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It only took 5 minutes after walking through the flat door to realise I didn’t want to be back in London. London stinks, literally, and the roads are paved with rubbish. On the plus side, we did visit may dots on my family history map: Clyffe Pypard, Broad Hinton, Ogbourne St George, Uffcott, Marlborough, Draycot Foliat and Chiseldon. We also popped into Steam, the Museum of the Great Western Railway in Swindon. Wiltshire is great, London is crap.