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A Grave Mistake

geneageek — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:18:43 +0000

One of my favourite things about genealogy is feeling like a detective, and today gave me another opportunity to don my deerstalker and grab my pipe. I noticed that Find…

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Book ’em Once More, Danno

geneageek — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 21:02:59 +0000

I wrote in a previous post about pinpointing Thomas PALMER’s premises using a newspaper report of his being robbed. Living by a police station didn’t seem to give the security…

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Book ’em Again, Danno

geneageek — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 14:54:14 +0000

In my last post, I was trying to find a more exact address for Thomas Palmer, bookseller of Gosport. I had narrowed him down to ‘Upper South Street’ but not…

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Book ’em, Danno

geneageek — Thu, 11 May 2017 20:19:43 +0000

Thomas PALMER was a book seller and book binder. I know this because of census entries, parish records and marriage certificates. The first indication of his profession was his son George Wright…

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The ALLEN Key

geneageek — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:51:12 +0000

William Henry ALLEN, son of Henry & Susanna ALLEN, was born around 1790 in Faversham, Kent. I can state this for sure because of Bishop’s Transcripts. Before this discovery, I only…

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RIP Easy IGI Searches Online

geneageek — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 14:53:00 +0000

I found this unfinished post just ‘laying around’ which reminded me just how much I miss the old IGI search on the Family Search website. Not quite sure about their…

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Murder in the Family II

geneageek — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:40:00 +0000

(See original post here.) Another message from my husband’s aunt seems to indicate the belief that Eliza Tharm is the ancestor in question: “this Eliza Tharm isn’t a direct ancestor but…

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Murder in the Family

geneageek — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:09:00 +0000

I’ve just returned from an impromptu family history journey to the midlands (which I’ll post about later) and found a message from my husband’s aunt: I was telling Dad about the mistress of…

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Workhouse Call

geneageek — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Read 1st part here and 2nd part here. It took some time (and a bit of money) for me to find the right George PALMER’s death certificate. I am now…

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Future House Call (Using Google Street View)

geneageek — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:36:00 +0000

Read 1st part here. After his second wife died, George seemed to move around, lodging at various places in London. His marriage to second wife Emily FELLA was so short…

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