Chasing Birds
While I have been chatting to my maternal grandfather’s cousins about that side of the tree, my dad has been chasing birds. Not the feathered variety, but those of his maternal ancestry. See our line…
Bird
The Nancy Bird Question.
Nana’s 100th birthday was on the 7th of October and at a party of 130 odd people, the question most often directed at me was “Are we related to Nancy Bird?” My answer – “Well…
Hello 2015 and a visit to the State Records Office
Yes, yes, I am aware that it is now 16 days into 2015 but the truth is between finishing my Masters, getting the results – I passed of course – Christmas, New Year and the…
Family Anecdotes and Gossip
I often joke that I am related in someway to half the people in the town that I grew up in, and with my maternal grandmother’s family having been in the region since the 1840s…