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Jane Weight
Leave a commentSeptember 6, 2021 by auntkatefirmin
In this post I ponder what can be gleaned from direct and indirect evidence in my efforts to understand more …
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Following the Blackfords
Leave a commentAugust 8, 2021 by auntkatefirmin
This post contains my musings about the expectations that our ancestors always stay in one spot. Cousin Liz has done …
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Whitecross
Leave a commentJune 8, 2021 by auntkatefirmin
I’ve returned to my questions about life on Whitecross Street, with a focus on 1851 to 1861 and locating visuals …
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Kansas City, Canada
Leave a commentJune 1, 2021 by auntkatefirmin
The later letters from Aunt Kate’s cousins were often mundane: thank you for the parcel, it’s been rainy here, etc. …
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Return to Stock Orchard
2May 29, 2021 by auntkatefirmin
For a number of reasons, my attention was called back to Number 6 Stock Orchard Villas – thanks to all …
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Death on Turk’s Row
Leave a commentMarch 2, 2021 by auntkatefirmin
Thanks to family history research I have visited a number of burial grounds in London – some in person, some …
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Robert Blackford in 1823
3February 16, 2021 by auntkatefirmin
Recently I start to re-evaluate some conclusions about the children of Robert and Rebecca (Wayt) Blackford of Swindon. Since I’m …
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Falling like dominos?
Leave a commentFebruary 15, 2021 by auntkatefirmin
We put all the pieces together and then a new piece of evidence turned up and all our tidy conclusions …
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Blackford Family Ties
3February 9, 2021 by auntkatefirmin
This is another post that takes a look at distances – in 1710 how likely was it that a modestly …
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The Wayts arrive in London
Leave a commentFebruary 9, 2021 by auntkatefirmin
Some events in the life of a family are turning points. The death of Aunt Kate’s ancestor Robert Blackford, father …
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Aunt Kate
Finding the English Relatives
