Category Archives: Brick Walls

Family research brick walls. View some unanswered genealogy questions encountered by Annie Barnes whilst researching her family history.

Marriage Record Finally Opens Doors To A Brick Wall

Posted on 2 June 2018 by
The marriage record between Samuel Hellier & Elizabeth Gale showing Elizabeth was a widow

What a difference one little word can make on a historical document! Today’s tip is to always view as many versions of an original record that you can possibly find. For a long time I’d been unable to move beyond … Continue reading →

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George York’s Will Breaks Down My Genealogical Brick Wall

Posted on 23 June 2017 by
Will belonging to George York of Kidderminster proved in 1768

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.) Today’s genealogy tip: when you come up against a brick wall sometimes collaboration … Continue reading →

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GRO Provides Mother’s Maiden Names During Free Search

Posted on 9 November 2016 by
Mary Ann Hellyer, nee Congdon

I’ve mentioned before about the discrepancy I have regarding the maiden name of my 2 x great-grandmother (see my blog posts here and here). In 1871 she married my 2 x great-grandfather, John Gale Hellyer, in the parish church at … Continue reading →

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Burgoyne Or Congdon! What Was My Gr-Gr-Grandmother’s Maiden Name?

Posted on 20 January 2014 by
Marriage Certificate of John G Hellier and Mary Ann Burgoyne

Having recently sent away for some details about the children of John Gale Hellier and his wife, Mary Ann, I acquired by default a copy of the couple’s marriage certificate amongst some documents which had been submitted to a Bristol … Continue reading →

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Who Was This Man? Might He Be A Geake, Hellyer, Weaver or Smale?

Posted on 20 June 2011 by
Who Was This Man?

This photograph was amongst a few old pictures previouly in the possession of my maternal grandmother, Phyllis Grace Geake (nee Weaver). I don’t know who this gentleman was and I’m wondering if anyone has seen a copy of this photo … Continue reading →

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Henry Ridley From Birmingham. How Do I Tell I Have The Correct Man?

Posted on 29 December 2010 by
Blacksmith

Investigating my Ridley family history. My great-grandmother, Alice Ridley’s, birth certificate states that her father was Henry Ridley, a blacksmith, and her mother, Ann Ridley formerly Cotterill. Henry was ‘Harry’ on Alice’s marriage certificate. I see her family in Birmingham … Continue reading →

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Will Of John Worgan Of Alvington – 1673. Where Does He Fit In?

Posted on 16 November 2010 by
Will Logo (AI Generated)

Here is a transcript of a will for John Worgan of Alvington dated 1673 [modern day date = 1674]. Might he be an ancestor? My proven line of Worgans stops at John Worgan & Anne Worgan who married in nearby … Continue reading →

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