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This is rather nifty, and appeals to the genealogist in me. HowManyOfMe.com There are:3people with my namein the U.S.A. <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #0066b3; LINE-HEIGHT: 180%; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="How many have your name? This is the results in my married … Continue reading →

TexasWren has just posted to the BookCrossing LJ about the Christmas Ornament Exchange. What a fabulous idea this is.I sent my parcel off last year to someone in the US and received a fascinating parcel back from someone in Canada. … Continue reading →

I saw a link to this fascinating web site on someone’s LJ. Basically, you insert the eye colour of yourself, your spouse/partner and both sets of parents. The calculator then predicts what the most likely eye colour any off spring … Continue reading →

The will of John Goucher, one of Stuart’s great,great,great grandfather’s arrived today. There was something rather sad about it, he was obviously aware that he wasn’t leaving anything to most of his Children and only three out of 8 were … Continue reading →

Although a work of fiction, the storyline is based on one of the ancestors of the author. The storyline is about William Thornhill, a Londoner who worked on the Thames. He marries his childhood sweetheart and following being caught and … Continue reading →

Yesterday, one of the genealogical lists I am on received a posting from someone who has been involved in cataloguing a personal book collection. The owner of the collection had died last year and each book title was added to … Continue reading →

For me this was a page turner. I had thought that this would last me about a week of bedtime reads, well it lasted two days, or should I say nights! – I finished it in the wee hours of … Continue reading →

A really delightful and gentle read. The story a couple and their daughter Jenna,and an important friendship, showing that meaningful friendships can develop quickly from complete strangers. This story in this book will remain with me long after I have … Continue reading →

I have been in cotact, via Genes Reunited, with someone who descends from the same 5 x great grandfather as Stuart. I was rather lucky to receive four scans of the copy of the will of Thomas Heath 1726 – … Continue reading →

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