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Hibbitt Family Tree Updates
I’ve recently carried out another upload to my Hibbitt family tree and have added 52 more people in the process. WORGAN Amongst the new additions are my 7 x great-grandparents, John Worgan and Anne Worgan – Anne appears to have … Continue reading
On This Day… 1st April
1ST APRIL The 1st April was no fool’s day for Harvey’s grandad as it popped up several times during the course of his career. Here I list a few examples. Cyril Norman Ellen joined the Royal Naval Air Service in … Continue reading
In Search Of Harvey’s Huguenot Origins
Following on from my previous post about Harvey’s 5 x great-grandfather, Josias Harley, I travelled back in time and discovered his parents were John Harley and Magdalen Lenoir. Actually, when Josias was baptized in the Huguenot Church they were named … Continue reading
Harvey’s French Connection
It’s been quite a while since I looked at Harvey’s family tree but recently a new DNA match popped up in his results and it inspired me to do some further investigation on one of their common family lines. William … Continue reading
A 1921 Census Search Proves Tricky In Locating Hibbitt Relatives
Don’t want to read? Click PLAY to hear an AI-generated audio discussion on this blog post’s key topics. (The audio was produced by NotebookLM Deep Dive Conversation.) Continuing on from my previous post with my searches in the 1921 census, … Continue reading
Where Were My Smale Ancestors A Century Ago?
Having recently subscribed to the 1921 Census with FindMyPast, I’ve been looking up various branches of my family to see what they were up to back then. Today I’m concentrating on my Smale family who branch off my maternal line. … Continue reading
Why Might James Geake Have Been Brought Up In A Family Which Was Not His Own?
In a previous post I demonstrated how DNA revealed that my great-grandfather, James Geake, wasn’t the son of George Geake and Maria, née Dearing, as was previously believed to have been the case. Today I’m going to explore what might … Continue reading
Geake Family: DNA Goes Some Way Towards Uncovering The Truth
Don’t want to read? Click PLAY to hear an AI-generated audio discussion on this blog post’s key topics. (The audio was produced by NotebookLM Deep Dive Conversation.) For some time I’ve been working on a family history mystery. The records … Continue reading
A Dando Family Puzzle – Mystery Solved
Some time ago, whilst I was trying to investigate my 3 x great-grandmother, Harriet Catherine Dando, née Williams, I came across this notice in the North American and Daily Advertiser, (Philadelphia, PA) dated Monday 26th August 1844. Harriet was the … Continue reading
AncestryDNA’s Ethnicity Inheritance Tool
Not long ago, Ancestry introduced a new DNA tool called Ethnicity Inheritance where they apparently show you which ethnicities you have inherited from each parent – even if your parents haven’t taken DNA tests. As it happens, both of my … Continue reading
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