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Genealogy Photo Challenge – The Past is Present

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Julie Goucher

The following is submitted to the Genealogy Photo Challenge for World Photograph Day on 19th August 2011. The theme is The Past is Present. My contribution to this challenge is the graves of my Great Grandparents, John Matthews (1875 – … Continue reading →

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NaBloPoMo – August – Fiction

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Julie Goucher

The NaBloPoMo word for August if Fiction and whilst, I don’t always take part my thoughts turned to the fiction of my family history. We have all inherited stories of our ancestry and very often by the time we research … Continue reading →

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Fearless Females – Day 9

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Julie Goucher

March 9 — Take a family document (baptismal certificate, passenger list, naturalization petition, etc.) and write a brief narrative using the information. The document I have chosen has formed part of an earlier posting for my Ancestor of the Week … Continue reading →

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Family History Writing Challenge – Day 8

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Julie Goucher

My Grandmother’s family has always been tricky to research. This has been due to a number of factors, but mainly down to the fact that she knew fairly little about her relatives, and geography; as her father’s family originated from … Continue reading →

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Ancestor of the week – Lilian Edith Butcher nee Matthews

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Julie Goucher

This week I am featuring my late Grandmother, whose family I have focused on thus far in the Family History Writing Challenge. Born Lilian Edith Matthews in Guildford Surrey on 18th December 1912, the daughter of John Matthews and Mary … Continue reading →

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Family History Writing Challenge – Day 6

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Julie Goucher

I said on Day 3 of this challenge that my Great Grandfather had a sister called Mary Anne. Mary Anne was born in 1872 in Long Lawford, Warwickshire. I knew from the Census returns that she existed and set about, … Continue reading →

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Waitangi Day Blog Challenge

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Waitangi Day Blog Challenge : Your earliest known ancestor From the Facebook page of Auckland Research Centre Recently our Australian cousins have all been encouraged to blog about their earliest piece of research about an Australian ancestor in celebration of … Continue reading →

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Family History Writing Challenge – Day 5

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Julie Goucher

At various points my Grandfather would often say to my Grandmother, “its the gypsy in you”. As a child I never really gave any thought to just what he meant. Later on as I gathered an interest in my family … Continue reading →

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Family History Writing Challenge – Day 4

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Julie Goucher

A few weeks ago, as part of a Graveyard Rabbits post I commented about the grave of my Great Grandparents who were buried in a joint grave at The Mount Cemetery Guildford. John Matthews who died in 1931 and Mary … Continue reading →

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Family History Writing Challenge – Day 3

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Julie Goucher

As I said in an earlier post, my Grandmother’s parents died in 1931 and 1937 respectively. This is a photograph of them; John Matthews and Mary Elizabeth Elstone. John Matthews was born in Rugby Warwickshire in 1875 the only son … Continue reading →

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