I have just checked on the census petition that I mentioned a couple of weeks ago [link] and it is now up to nearly 13000 signatures. It is currently the 4 largest petition on the site. The deadline for signatures … Continue reading
I was sent a link today to an online petition to reduce the classified period for census data from 100 years to 70 years. http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/CensusInfoFreed/ This is actually on the E-Petitions section of the 10 Downing Street website. Petitions can … Continue reading
I had an email this morning that, if I have got my research right, is from my mum’s 4th cousin. This is only 3 days after the email from Glenn Cakebread, that got me thinking I must do some more … Continue reading
I had an email this evening that made me think about my family tree research again. It is surprising how quick time passes on other things and good intentions remain only that. About 9 months ago, I had an email … Continue reading
Britsh Telecom have teamed up with Ancestry.co.uk to host historical phone books. Initially they are mainly from London and the surrounding area. Still, I have been able to find some of my ancesters in the 1960’s and 1970’s. This confirms … Continue reading
I spent some time about a week ago entering the information that my mum had found out for the Cakebread line of my family. Today, I have got around to updating my online databases with the new information.
A few month’s ago I wrote to the funeral directors for my great great grandparents [link]. I had hoped that they would be able to help me with burial records and cleaning and repairing the memorial. They did write back … Continue reading
When Lyall was over last month, we located his great grandparents’ (my great great grandparents’) grave. Tonight, I finally got round to writing to the funeral directors whose name was carved on the memorial stone. Hopefully they will still have … Continue reading
I added my blog to the Technorati blog finder today. It may get me a couple of visitors, who knows if I’m really lucky, I may get a breakthrough on one of my family tree brickwalls. Technorati Profile
I realised today that I hadn’t had any emails to my family tree email account for several days. Unfortunately this was due to a rule I put in place to deal with some spam that I was receiving. The result … Continue reading
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