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.
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The Quality Chop House – London I have to write a quick post about this place. We went there for dinner after I forced my boyfriend to help me with some research at The Family Records Centre (which he didn’t really enjoy!). The food was brilliant, as was the service and the wine. Go there!
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I made the mistake of channel hopping to see if anything was happening and it is. This is what I like to see, the police doing their job. I spent the first day of my holiday cleaning the flat. Not very exciting you may think (and you would be right). However, my boyfriend lent the hoover to a friend and it wasn’t returned for three months! So there was plenty of dirt to hoover up. I was thinking of going out today (honest) but now there’s no need, I can watch ‘Breaking News’ from the comfort of the sofa.
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Yippee, my holiday from work has officially started, I now have 11 days until I have to get back on public transport. My holiday has grown to epic proportions in my mind for some reason. Not that my job is stressful or hard but I am looking forward to having a break. I have to complain about my boyfriend. I know I’ve said he’s lovely, but he reads my blog and quotes it back to me! That’s the problem with him being the technical side of the relationship, he knows all my passwords and nothing is sacred anymore, not even…
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I have had such a lovely weekend, I almost managed to get away without leaving the flat today. I spent most of the day scanning: photographs, certificates and bits of ephemera. My lovely boyfriend photographed all my medals, buttons and other bits and pieces. I also put a few more people into my family tree, the total now is 242 ! He has been working on getting flikr to talk directly to my website so every time the gedcom file is uploaded it won’t mess up the file path for the images. Hopefully I will see all his efforts working…