Tag Archives: Genealogy

Graveyard Rabbits

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Julie Goucher

When I first saw this I had a wonderful vision of a cute bunny foraging through the grasses in a cemetery! It is though a great site prompt for getting all those photos of gravestones up and on line. Earlier … Continue reading →

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Ancestor of the week – Henry Rhodes Hindle

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Julie Goucher

The following posting started life as a posting and article made back in 2007 to the now defunct Yahoo group “Preserving our Heritage” (POH). There were also four post scripts to the article through the course of 2007 – 2008. … Continue reading →

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Ancestor of the Week – Edith Jelley nee Matthews

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Julie Goucher

My grandmother, Lillian Edith MATTHEWS inherited her middle name from her Aunt, the sister of her father, Edith Annie Matthews born 1877 in Rugby Warwickshire. Despite this my Grandmother knew very little about Edith other than she was a nurse. … Continue reading →

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Dorothy Lilian May nee Butcher 1915 – 2010

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Julie Goucher

Today has not been a good day. The last link with my Grandfather’s family passed away this morning and has left a void that will be quite impossible to fill. Born Lilian Dorothy Butcher in February 1915, the second youngest … Continue reading →

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Advent Calendar 2010 – Grab Bag!

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Julie Goucher

Today’s posting is a free for all. Tomorrow, 18th December 2010 would have been my beloved Grandmother’s birthday. Born in 18th December 1912 Lilian Edith Matthews to John Matthews and Elizabeth Mary nee Elstone at Guildford Surrey England. Gran was … Continue reading →

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Advent Calendar 2010 – Christmas Cards

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Julie Goucher

I remember both my Mum and Grandmother sending cards, but not how many or what happened to them. I have a few old cards, perhaps the last one received from a particular relative, or those with a photograph or letter. … Continue reading →

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Who was Rani Maharaj Singh?

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Julie Goucher

As I said in an earlier post I managed to photograph some images that were originally camcordered back in 1993. This is two of those images. These photo shows my later Father in Law, Derek Goucher’s first cousin Florence Ramage … Continue reading →

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Graves, Tombs & Memorials by Trevor Yorke

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Julie Goucher

Graves, Tombs & Memorials by Trevor Yorke and published by Countryside Books, 2010, £5.99. ISBN – 978 1 84674 202 6 Published as part of the Britain’s Living History Series, this slim volume, for the book contains just 64 pages, … Continue reading →

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Christmas Cake

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Julie Goucher

It is that time again, when we plan to make the Christmas Cake & Puddings. Each year Mum asks what size I am planning to make etc. We usually make then together and have a girly chat. Mum has used … Continue reading →

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The Blood Detective by Dan Waddell

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Julie Goucher

I saw a review of this book several months ago in a genealogical magazine, it appealed to my genealogical mind and once it had arrived from Amazon, did not sit on mount TBR for long. Written by the man who … Continue reading →

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