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  • Family History Tech!

    The Cambrian

    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…

  • Family History Tech!

    New technology

    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.…

  • Family History Relationships

    Memo

    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…

  • Family History Orla Kiely

    Love/Hate

    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;…

  • Family History

    Disappointment

    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…

  • Family History

    Exhaustion

    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…

  • Family History

    New depths of geekiness

    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.…

  • Family History

    :: Home ::

    :: 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…

  • Family History

    Holiday blues

    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.…