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Paying the Sexton
Leave a commentFebruary 20, 2015 by auntkatefirmin
I happened to be reviewing the records related to Harriet Blackford Hall. For the moment, I will continue to assume …
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A bit about Dorothy
Leave a commentFebruary 19, 2015 by auntkatefirmin
Dorothy’s days The name Dorothy appears to go back several generations in the Blackford/Seymour families. I have written about Dorothy …
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Leaving Swindon Revisited
Leave a commentFebruary 5, 2015 by auntkatefirmin
With help again from “cousin” Liz, I return to the story of Harriet Blackford and why she might have left …
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Paul’s Alley
Leave a commentSeptember 14, 2014 by auntkatefirmin
In the course of looking at where Richard Wayt (1787-1868) the tallow chandler might have lived, I solved a problem …
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Alfred Fouracre – who was he?
Leave a commentSeptember 14, 2014 by auntkatefirmin
Kate’s brother was named Alfred Fouracre Firmin. If not for the correspondence with the English cousins, this might have remained …
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Alfred Firmin Wordless Wednesday
2September 10, 2014 by auntkatefirmin
Alfred Fouracre Firmin, surveyor for Weyerhaeuser, date unknown.
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Sepia Saturday 243 – The Beach
12August 29, 2014 by auntkatefirmin
The American Kate was fortunate to have a little place in Carmel, California, where she could retire after her library …
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Aunt Kate
Finding the English Relatives
