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Came across this old Cadbury advert in the papers while researching an ancestor (1885) 🍫
12/07/2025

Came across this old Cadbury advert in the papers while researching an ancestor (1885) 🍫

This was challenging and depressing to untangle...my 5th great grandparents, Thomas & Maria Barriff had 10 children. 5 o...
11/26/2025

This was challenging and depressing to untangle...my 5th great grandparents, Thomas & Maria Barriff had 10 children. 5 of them lived past the age of 4. Likely the living conditions in London in the 1800s 😞

History would say they were "good friends"...I'm sure this is just an error on this census from 1871. Still interesting ...
11/23/2025

History would say they were "good friends"...

I'm sure this is just an error on this census from 1871. Still interesting Mary & Ann Kiernan appear to be a couple in this household 🤪 🌈

A fascinating discovery, in 1876 one of my ancestors died of "General paralysis of the insane". This was characterized b...
11/19/2025

A fascinating discovery, in 1876 one of my ancestors died of "General paralysis of the insane". This was characterized by abnormal behaviour, cognitive decline, dementia, psychosis, paralysis, and ultimately death by convulsions.
We know now that GPI is caused by an untreated syphilis infection. Today it is highly treatable with penicillin.

Found on the 1861 Census of England. This family has "All living in sin & ignorance" recorded instead of their birth pla...
03/28/2025

Found on the 1861 Census of England. This family has "All living in sin & ignorance" recorded instead of their birth place 🤣 the "NK" means Not Known.

Margaret Harrington listed in the Ireland Prison register in 1906 - for throwing a bucket of dirty water at her husband ...
03/25/2025

Margaret Harrington listed in the Ireland Prison register in 1906 - for throwing a bucket of dirty water at her husband 😅💧

"Accidental death by carbonic acid"James Spence, d. 1914..I'm curious how one dies from that. I'm no scientist but isn't...
06/10/2024

"Accidental death by carbonic acid"
James Spence, d. 1914..I'm curious how one dies from that. I'm no scientist but isn't that just...baking soda?

Bridget O'Brien on the prison register for drunk & disorderly....I've seen some good physical descriptions but 'tender e...
05/24/2024

Bridget O'Brien on the prison register for drunk & disorderly....I've seen some good physical descriptions but 'tender eyes' is new 🤣 I think the officer may have had a crush 😍

Frank Harrington, age 2, "night watchman". I think the head of this household had a sense of humour 😄
05/17/2024

Frank Harrington, age 2, "night watchman". I think the head of this household had a sense of humour 😄

Here's one I haven't seen before..Ireland Prison Register, Cork, 1879.12 year old Mary is booked for obstructing the str...
05/09/2024

Here's one I haven't seen before..
Ireland Prison Register, Cork, 1879.
12 year old Mary is booked for obstructing the streets by "exposing fish for sale" 🐟

New feature on FamilySearch ...wild to see the average amount of children in my tree was 8 😨
04/27/2024

New feature on FamilySearch ...wild to see the average amount of children in my tree was 8 😨

Niagara Falls, April 1946 📸
04/02/2024

Niagara Falls, April 1946 📸

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