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.
Try again
Multimedia message, originally uploaded by Jennifer Young. Ok, I had rotated that last image but something went wrong 🙁 I’ll work on it! Ruislip Woods, where we went for a nice walk in the fading sunlight (and my boyfriend spent hours walking around in circles, even though he used to live nearby).
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.
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 double lock the front door (despite the polite notice on the back of it) 3) they play shite music 4) they play this music…
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; my grumpy, stomping, neighbour upstairs who seems to get louder whenever he hears me turn a light switch on; the kids who went back…
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 where George Duncan was on Census night 1871, is the back of Paperchase on Tottenham Court Road…
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 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…
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. 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…
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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…