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Annie, are you okay?

geneageek — Sat, 26 May 2018 12:06:16 +0000

Thanks to the free Fold3 access for this weekend, I’ve been able to pad out a bit of the extended EBBANS tree. A blanket search for ‘Ebbans’ threw up the…

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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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Looking for Lovell

geneageek — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 18:05:33 +0000

Carnation LOVELL was born into her gypsy family in Willenhall, 1889. Finding her family has led me on a bit of a run around over the years and I have…

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A Cautionary Tale

geneageek — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:33:00 +0000

After a long (unintentional) break from genealogy, I returned to ancestry to find some ‘wiggling leaves’ attached to Charles RICHARDS (b1851). There was a death and probate suggestion which seemed…

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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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