ShellyAncestry

21/12/2023

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27/02/2023

My 3x great grandparents Samuel Patchett and Mary West married 202 years ago today.
Mary already had a two year old daughter Frances who appears to have spent much of her childhood with her grandmother who she was named after.
Samuel and Mary went on to have twelve children together. The family moved to Waltham in Lincolnshire in about 1828. Samuel and Mary remained there caring for their children and eventually for three illegitimate granddaughters.
In 1851 and 1861 Samuel worked as an Agricultural Labourer, but by 1871 he was receiving Parish Relief.
Samuel died of ‘Old Age’ soon after the Census was taken, in July1871, when he was 74. Mary survived him by seven years and died in early December 1878.

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25/02/2023

A touch of blue sky and fantastic views. I love Busot

07/02/2023

My Embroidered Ancestors signatures table cloth is almost complete. I'm still searching for two elusive marriage records, possibly hidden in Lincolnshire's local archives.
Embroidering along the pen strokes of my ancestors has brought me closer to them in some ways.
Joseph Dabb and his daughter Mary formed the letters of their surname in exactly the same way.
Mary Handley pronounced her surname as Hanla, Michael Green added the 'e' to his first name, above the line - after all the spelling Michal makes much more sense!
Each signature reveals something of its creator

05/02/2023

These free genealogy websites will help you start your family history research without costing a penny

04/02/2023

04/02/2023

AGRA Conference 2023. Talk:
Joe Saunders- Migration and Early Modern England. This talk will highlight movement that we might find in our family history in this period such as emigration, travel for trade and the seeking of religious refuge. FamilySearch
Booking: https://buff.ly/3GDGnrI

01/02/2023

This door, at Old Forge Cottage in Suffolk has been dated to the late 15th century. It is now the door to the upstairs bedroom shown on the right.

01/02/2023

Today is the 123rd wedding anniversary of my great grandparents Ernest William Goddard and Betsy Steele. Betsy was born in Alford Lincolnshire in 1878, but moved with her family to Grimsby where she met and married Ernest.
Ernest described himself as a Master Builder and was credited with building the Nunsthorpe Maternity Home in Grimsby.
Betsy and Ernest raised a family of four daughters and one son before Ernest's death in 1948.

29/01/2023

In my research project this week I discovered a family where an uncle and nephew changed their surnames to two completely unrelated names after WW2, and another couple used two different surnames for their eight children - but helpfully left records with their children's dates of birth which made it possible to confirm I had found the right family.
Great detective work- if I do say so myself! 😆

13/01/2023

Over Christmas I had a little break between Family History projects so I took up a new hobby. Of course it is family history related! I am embroidering my ancestors signatures onto a table cloth! Embroidery is completely new to me so I think I am doing OK! Now it's time to get back to the real work - researching a family tree of five generations and investigating how a stately home passed from one family to another. 😁

29/12/2022

The run up to Christmas is exciting for lots of reasons. For me this includes researching families and creating unique gifts that will surprise and delight people.
Its a delight for me too - when I recieve feedback like this!

Family Trees and Family Histories make wonderful personalised gifts at other times too, for birthdays, weddings and anniversaries - or just to say I Love You!

13/12/2022

Join us on Wednesday 11th January at 7pm, where Else Churchill from the Society of Genealogists will explore the ways in which and intersect.

Find out more, and book your place, here: http://ow.ly/Ltpl50KObSL

13/12/2022

We would like to extend our thanks to everyone who was able to attend our guest lecture given by Dr Sophia Adams followed by our AGM.

For those who were unable to attend the recording of the guest lecture is now on our YouTube Channel where you can also find talks from our Autumn Lecture Series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BstLosVQH0o

You can also find out more about what the CBA South East does and how to get involved on our website

http://www.cbasouth-east.org/

06/12/2022

AGRA’s third conference, which is open to the general public as well as the AGRA membership, will be held at Downing College, Cambridge, 8-9 September 2023 and is proudly sponsored by FamilySearch. https://www.agra.org.uk/conference/

16/11/2022

AGRA are seeking speakers of excellence at our next conference 'Navigating Your Family History'.

This marvellous event will be held at Downing College, Cambridge on 9 September 2023. Further information here: https://www.agra.org.uk/attachments/1662990887.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Agra&utm_campaign=newsletter-4752

05/11/2022

My ancestor Susanna Cartwright nee Thornalley died 108 years ago today, at the age of 80, just at the start of WW1. She was the youngest of her mother's 13 children, and became a mother of ten children. Her husband was a successful cattle dealer in Boston Lincs.

26/10/2022

My Ancestors John Hodgson and Mary West married 214 years ago today. John was the only son of Valantine Hodgson and grandson of Valantine Hodgson senior, both of whom signed Lincolnshire parish registers while acting as Church Warden.
John and Mary had ten children and moved from Fulstow to Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire.
Later records give John and his children's surnames as Hodson and Hotchin.
John died during the cholera epidemic in Cleethorpes in 1854
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26/10/2022

AGRA are excited to launch our new logo today!

22/10/2022

This week saw the 204th anniversary of my 3x great gransparents Samuel Thornalley & Susanna Coates. Susanna was a 28 yr old widow with 5 daughters. She and Samuel had 8 more children before Susanna died aged 55. Samuel remarried & had another son, but still supported his stepdaughters and their families until his death.
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22/10/2022

This is the second email I received in September, with praise for my genealogy and family history research.
I feel as if I get to know each family that I research so well. It is wonderful to hear that their descendants are excited to read about the discoveries I have made and are pleased with the professional service I provided.

22/10/2022

'Navigating Your Family History': Save the date for AGRA's conference at Downing College, Cambridge on 9 September 2023. Further information here: https://www.agra.org.uk/attachments/1662990887.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Agra&utm_campaign=newsletter-4752

22/10/2022

AGRA are excited to announce that our new logo will be launched next week. It is a striking design reflecting who we are and the modern outlook of the Association.

14/10/2022

My great great grandfather William Forman died 95 years ago today, the day after his daughter Harriet Alice's 22nd wedding anniversary.
The Probate entry for William, and his father Thomas Forman appear on the same page of the National Probate Calendar.
Thomas had died 23 years earlier.

13/10/2022

Today is the 120th anniversary of the marriage of my great grandparents Frank Hotson & Harriet Alice Forman.
Frank was the youngest of 10 children, his father died when he was 5 months old and Frank's mother worked as a charwoman to support her children. In 1939 Frank was a fish dock labourer in Grimsby, while Alice ran a shop from the family home.

03/10/2022

In September I received two amazing emails from clients who were pleased with my work.
This is the first, from John, who asked me to build upon the information he had already gathered about the family of one of his ancestors.
Its always so absorbing and fascinating learning about the lives of people from the past - and 'thinking out of the box' to solve brick walls - so it feels really special when someone takes the time to tell me how pleased they were with my work.

29/09/2022

I love this chart showing my grandmother's ancestry. The house is Gardener's Cottage in Alford, where her 2x great grandparents lived in the mid 1850s.
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16/09/2022

This week I have been looking at examples of the signatures of my ancestors. Mainly from church marriage registers but also from 17th century parish registers, Wills and Census records. I have found 95 signatures which means I can trace literacy as it is continued thru generations- father to son, but also mother to daughter.
I'm learning a lot about my family too.
Here are the signatures of my ancestors Thomas and Stephen Willarton.
Stephen was sadly widowed 3 times but his bereavements mean I have 3 examples of his handwriting.
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