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The Chapmans: Hawnby, Nova Scotia and Methodism
Many genealogists search for a “Gateway Ancestor”. This is an ancestor who has a well- known and documented link to other ancestors further back in time. This link is normally back to a royal line, a famous person or, for … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadia, Acadians, Chapman, Chignecto, Fort Cumberland, Genealogy, Hawnby, hawnby dreamers, methodism, Nova Scotia
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Finding Sarah Ann Stewart – a DNA success story
I’ve written in the past that my Stewart ancestors (my Mother’s Mother’s family) are a bit of an enigma. Their Stewart line are sons of Kings, as confirmed by my Stewart cousin who has tested his yDNA, but by the … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestry.com, DNA, DNA testing, Genealogy, Stewart
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The Lamberts and the Great War
Last week marked 100 years since the start of the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles in the history of mankind, with over one million men wounded or killed. It’s a reminder to us all of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayton, Genealogy, Great Ayton, Great War, Gt. Ayton, Lambert, Whinstone, World War One, WW1
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Finding Home, the Ulster roots of John & Jane Stewart
John and Jane Stewart are my Great-Great-Grandparents, they are some of my closest and most enigmatic GG-grandparents. Close, in as much as my Grandma was a Stewart, and I carry the name Stewart as one of my middle names. Enigmatic, … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestry.com, Genealogy, Genetic Genealogy, King Richard III of Scotland, Lissan, Royal Stewart, Stewart
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I wasn’t expecting that – Eliza Bowers (1832-1915)
Genealogy is a hobby of surprises, and one such surprise came this morning when I received the Marriage Certificate from Eliza Bowers (d.1915) and her husband, Horace William Basham (1833-1931). Eliza and Horace are my GG-Grandparents. I know this as … Continue reading
The Tucks of the Grimshoe Hundred
No, this is not a blog post about Hobbits, although you can be forgiven for thinking you might have stumbled upon a lost chapter of the Silmarillion. Indeed JRR Tolkein would have felt at home here, As a Professor of … Continue reading
