an oft neglected genealogy & history blog
I have to admit, I am more than a little ambivalent about Ancestry.com public trees. *Puts on Curmudgeon Hat* They are, I am afraid, possibly the most significant source of the proliferation of lazy research…
Yesterday was Remembrance day or Armistice day, commemorating the end of the First World War. I have a quite a few soldiers in my tree one of whom is Reginald Faithful Muffett, the youngest brother…
The search for the elusive John Green continues. Following from Anne Young‘s guidance and advice, I’ve been chasing convict John Green’s. There are a just a few listed in the State Records Convict index. [Do I…
I’m sure you’ve all heard the axiom “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Setting aside the utter ridiculousness of that statement in general, in…