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Without Hat or Cap
Leave a commentApril 18, 2016 by auntkatefirmin
While hats are coming back in style, where I live most folks don’t wear hats much. Still, it wasn’t that …
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Sarum bonds
Leave a commentApril 12, 2016 by auntkatefirmin
I have mentioned before that couples could marry by banns or by license. The license is often called a bond, …
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Two books about the home
Leave a commentApril 11, 2016 by auntkatefirmin
I’ve recently finished two very entertaining books: Lucy Worsley’s If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home Bill …
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Who Was Jane Weight?
Leave a commentApril 10, 2016 by auntkatefirmin
From the first, there was a tantalizing theory based largely on name and location – the wife of Robert Blackford, …
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Where were the Wayts?
Leave a commentApril 7, 2016 by auntkatefirmin
Returning to the Blackford family at the time of the death of Robert in 1802 I am proceeding on …
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Back to the Blackfords
8April 3, 2016 by auntkatefirmin
Now that some theories have been set out about the Skull and Horsell families, I thought I’d turn back to …
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The Will of Bartholomew Horsell proved 1783
Leave a commentMarch 24, 2016 by auntkatefirmin
I will post the transcription here and comments in a second post. I have indicated words that were abbreviated with …
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Aunt Kate
Finding the English Relatives
