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Five Men Drowned – Two Recovered

geneageek — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:56:19 +0000

Continued from previous post Five Men Drowned Two of the bodies were also picked up by the boat, but both were quite dead. Dundee Courier, 12 February 1872, p2, c6…

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A Scarff Tragedy

geneageek — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:25:15 +0000

Under the shade of trees in a rural Suffolk churchyard of Combs, there stands a gravestone with an intriguing epitaph. In Loving Memory Of SAMUEL The dearly beloved husband of…

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Bigamy Blues – Part 3

geneageek — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:00:21 +0000

Featured Image: Long Bridge over the River Derwent in the 1930s via Derbyshire Live (Continued from previous posts Bigamy Blues and Bigamy Blues Part 2) Records show that Reuben and…

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Four Big Fat Gypsy Weddings and a Funeral

geneageek — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:12:15 +0000

While researching gypsy ancestors, I discovered some interesting reports on local ‘gipsy’ happenings. The weddings must have been as much of a spectacle then as they are now (thanks to television programmes like ‘My Big Fat…

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