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Ancestry Abroad

Professional genealogy research service specialising in helping people find Dutch/British ancestors

15/09/2025

A few weeks ago, I asked you all what the most common names in your family tree were. You answered, and so I thought I should probably find out what mine are too!
None of the names are unexpected, but the fact on the last slide did surprise me!

12/09/2025

This week's name of the week award goes to...Patient Rainbow! What a name! 🌈

11/09/2025

Am I the only one who thinks that Esther and William should have double-barreled their surnames? Mr and Mrs Rainbow-Brown has a really intruiging ring to it...
Instead Esther swapped 7 colours for just 1!

10/09/2025

"Sarah, Daughter of George Kemble a Comedian." Now there's a job you don't expect to find in a C18th birth record!
George was a stage actor famous for playing comedic roles. His daughter Sarah went on to be a famous actress in her own right, under her married name, Sarah Siddons. However, she didn't fully follow in her father's footsteps. She chose to specialise in tragedy rather than comedy 😃

09/09/2025

Every other census just described Alfred William Bevan as a carpenter. But the 1911 census clarifies that he was a stage carpenter in the theatre. Well that sounds a lot more exciting! And possibly helps explain why the family moved around so much 🧐

08/09/2025

Doing some family tree research by hand. I sent this photo to my friend with the caption "spot the Frenchman." She replied with "I can definitely spot the Catholics!" 😂🤣

Did anything on this tree jump out to you?

05/09/2025

While all the other men on this army registration were born in Amsterdam or Haarlem (19km away), Hendricus van Hensden was already far from home. He was born in 1890 in Batavia, present day Jakarta, a whopping 11,356km away!

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04/09/2025

How to confuse future genealogists 101
Step 1: name your first daughter Elizabeth and your second daughter Eliza.
Step 2: have four different men called William all living in the same house.
Step 3: raise the genealogist's spirits again by living in a pub called "Jolly Sailor." This will stop the genealogist from getting too frustrated and giving up 😝

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03/09/2025

Gospel Reader...what an unusual occupation! According to Google, this is a person who reads the Bible during a church service, but that doesn't seem like a full time occupation to me. Does anyone have any other ideas about what it could mean?

02/09/2025

Trying to explain to my husband how the man I found on the 1642 census is related to him...As much as I love my family tree software, sometimes pen and paper is the way to go!
What's the furthest back you've managed to get on your family tree?

01/09/2025

Hello from the Stained Glass Museum in Ely, where I found this beautiful depiction of the town over time 🥰

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