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Crest: Redshaws Family Butchers, Repton. The Redshaw family has been a thorn in my side for many years, ever since I acquired a GEDCOM file for the family from various parts of Leeds. It soon became apparent that there were many inconsistencies in the data. I have loads of paperwork that I have kept over […]
Our 2x great grandparents Second cousin once removed, Meriel, and her husband Ian gathered a great deal of information on the Williams family by viewing original Towyn Parish register Baptism Records in Dolgellau a while ago. Whilst they were looking for the baptism records for the children of (2x Hen Taid) John Williams and Mary
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Computers A long winter and a hot summer. Whether this has anything to do with the computer problems I’ve been having lately I don’t know. Suffice to say that an upgrade on my main server failed and so I decided to utilise my old laptop as my new ownCloud and local website server. Hopefully, everything
Of the Clock Tower in Machynlleth Cara Grant got in touch with me recently regarding her great grandmother, Mary Ellenor Rust (nee Edwards). Mary Ellenor was the daughter of Edward Edwards and Elizabeth Jones. The question being whether this Edward Edwards was the builder of the Machynlleth Clock Tower. The investigation began. Edward Edwards, my
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Photo and Postcard Albums I feel privileged to have been loaned two family albums by my cousin Mike. They belonged to his late mother, my aunt Rene. The first album contains many photos of family and friends but we are not sure of exactly who some of them are. However, CSI Fleckney, and a few
I really must get down to writing more stuff in this blog! The trouble is, so much has been happening with the moving in, re-decorating, exploring the new area, meeting new people, etc., that The Williams Family Tree has taken a bit of a back seat. Not that the database has been neglected. There have
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I have recently moved house and, unfortunately, the hard drive containing all my emails and email contacts got damaged in transit. As yet I have not been able to find my most recent backup. If you have made contact at any time over the last ten years or so could you please email me and
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A Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all. Much has happened since the last post on this blog – including my retirement from work. Yes, my shift is over and I can concentrate more on The Williams Family Tree. Or so I thought! Isn’t retirement fun? You can go anywhere, do anything,
The 1939 Register on FindMyPast is now included if you have, or take out, a 12 month subscription. There have been many comments about the previously outrageous cost of looking at the register but it seems that FindMyPast have relented and now I have full access at no extra cost. Wonderful! January 2016 started off
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