Innovative approaches to understanding more about your family history
Florence Georgiana Spooner Carr (later Gray) formal portrait in Egret-feathered Hat ca 1878. Photographers C&R Lavis, Eastbourne, Via Wikimedia Commons. In a series of visits to Britain between 1862 and 1870, outspoken Frenchman Hippolyte Taine wrote lengthily about his impressions, and his comments-at-a-distance give us a clear and fascinating view of our ancestors in a... Continue Reading →
My latest article 'Baptismal Blunders' on strange things that happened at christenings in the past is out today in January 2026's edition of Discover Your Ancestors online magazine. http://www.discoveryourancestors.comBy subscription.
Englishwoman Sarah Baird, on her hundredth birthday April 7th, 1880. Via Wikimedia Commons. In the public domain. Older people often gave the wrong age on census forms. It was common, for example, for people over 85 to overestimate their age. Failing memories obviously played a part and few would have bothered to check civil registration... Continue Reading →
