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Today is week 63 of what is going to be a 15 month project. Each Saturday, at around 12.30 am UK time I will release the prompt for that week’s Book of Me, Written by You.
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This week’s prompt is – Addresses and Locations
Today marks the 75th wedding anniversary of my late Grandparents.
They married at Guildford Registry Office and the witnesses were friends. The marriage certificate does not indicate that any family were present, but I know they were.
At the time of their marriage my Grandmother, Lilian Edith Matthews was 26 years old, both her parents were deceased and she was living with her sister and brother in law in Guildford. My Grandmother also had another sister and six brothers. At least one of the brothers was at the wedding because he was married to my Grandfather’s sister.
My Grandfather was 31 years old and both of his parents were alive and as were his eight siblings. I know that at least two sisters were at the wedding, Marge who was married to my Gran’s brother and Dorothy who was my Grandfather’s younger sister. I suspect others were there, because my Grandmother naturaly gravetated towards my Grandfather’s family.
The photograph shown here was taken at Shoeburyness in Essex when my Grandparents were visiting my Grandfather’s older sister Gladys. This dates to about 1949 and is one of the earliest photographs of my Grandparents with my Mum who was born in 1947. There were no photographs of the wedding. Not surprising as my Grandmother hated having her photo taken. Of course England had been at war two months by the time of their happy and special day.
My Grandfather died in July 1974 just four months before they were to celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary. How sad my Grandmother must have been, for them to not have reached their special milestone. I know she missed him for the rest of her life; she lived another 21 years passing away in April 1995.
Today is week 62 of what is going to be a 15 month project. Each Saturday, at around 12.30 am UK time I will release the prompt for that week’s Book of Me, Written by You.
If you are new here, welcome! The details, background flyer and Face Book link to the Book of Me can be found HERE.
This week’s prompt is – Is Blood thicker than Water?
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| NHS Give Blood Campaign |
For this week I am going to use this image from the NHS Be a Blood Donor poster here in the UK as a little play on the sentiment this prompt is perhaps portraying.
We all have them.
The first prompt
“Tell us and your readers/followers what you think of when you here Connect. Explore. Refresh in relation to a genealogy conference”
For this final part of prompt one, I am going to bring together the strands in preparation for a genealogical conference. My opening statement in part one was
“There has never been a better time to Connect with others, Explore genealogical material, both on and off line and Refresh our thoughts on our research, our families and the historical context in which they lived.”
Having made the decision to attend the conference you need to plan. Who do you want to connect with? Is that a fellow genealogist, a genealogical buddy, a speaker that you enjoy hearing present, someone who you want to hear present?
All of that can be achieved as long as you plan what your aims are. Do you plan on spending time at the Family History Centre? What records do you hope to connect with and explore? What do you plan to refresh? – research undertaken in the past, previous friendships and connections made or a wider historical context that might assist your understanding of the times your ancestors lived in?
There is so much to think about when you decide to attend a conference, and once you have made a plan it most certainly helps when you want to Connect. Explore. Refresh.
Here are the links to the earlier posts. Connect. Explore. Refresh
Twitter #FHS2015
The first prompt
“Tell us and your readers/followers what you think of when you here Connect. Explore. Refresh in relation to a genealogy conference”
Earlier I posted about Connect. Explore. Now we are going to look at Refresh
I am a firm believer in reflecting and taking stock. To revisit those earlier discoveries to see if anything “pops”. Perhaps data you missed or didn’t know you had until you did subsequent research.
Just before a genealogical conference, where technically you have access to the best in the field, revisit those earlier discoveries, shake down those missing and problematic ancestors. Set your attendance at the lectures on offer to enable discussion, discovery of those question marks that reside over your family tree.
Don’t forget to refresh your learning. What did you learn? What do you want to explore further? Use attending conferences such as FGS as a stepping stone to discovery. Not just of those missing ancestors, but also of what you can gain in terms of expanding your knowledge.
At the back of your mind ask the following – what do you need to know in terms of
What a wonderful way to Refresh. Stay tuned for the bonus posts Twitter #FGS2015
Here is the full archive of the Genealogy Fair Day Three (30th October 2014)
Virtual Genealogy Fair homepage: www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair
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