I am in the middle of researching Private Robert Carey of the 42nd Regiment of Foot. He was part of the military during the Napoleonic Wars and fought at Waterloo. He had to retire from the military due to his injuries and ended up settling with his wife, Marion, in Musselburgh, a town to the… Read More #52Ancestors52Weeks: Fun Fact
In my old job, one of the things we were told not to do was to use jargon words or terms. A lesson I probably should have taken onboard before starting to write a blog. I was asked what my “Alice Shoes” were, so I thought I would give a little explanation so I don’t… Read More Alice Shoes?
Over the next 12 weeks, I plan to research my ancestor, Robert Carey. He has long been a favourite ancestor of mine since we first found him mentioned on the baptism of his son, John. I had already set wheels in motion bringing some of the resources together before embarking on this new and more… Read More Following Robert’s Trail
Hello everyone, I have done a lot of thinking about this blog (especially after being nudged for payment for this coming year) and what I want to achieve with it. Originally, I had wanted to bring in a lot of different friends to do a collaboration, but things get more complicated when there are too… Read More New Beginnings: Shining Up My Alice Shoes
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