Week 34 update: I’ve jumped to a whopping 584 people on my Ancestry tree which is a huge jump for me. It’s been a while since I sat and wrote an update so I can’t remember where all these people came from.
The best discovery I found was being related to Benjamin Bond Hopkins who married three times and owned Painshill in Surrey at some point. Painshill Park is open to the public and is one of the best examples of the English Landscape Movement.
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Jill Ball alias Geniaus has issued a challenge to other bloggers so we can share the positive results of our genealogical activities in 2012. I thought I would give it a go:
1. An elusive ancestor I found was Catherine Young (nee Carroll). She’s always been really difficult to trace in records but I finally found her death record. Now to find her birth and marriage records!
2. A precious family photo I found is one my mum sent me of my maternal Grandmother (Kathleen Hacker) which I’d never seen before.
3. An ancestor’s grave I found…not a grave so much but information about the death of a great great uncle Charles Hunt (see below).
4. An important vital record I found was the newspaper report into the death of Charles Hunt on the 7th December 1899 who was “accidentally shot by a pistol”.
5. A newly found family member who shared her knowledge with me was Jane Bate, we are distantly related through my great-grandfathers’ sister, Ada Selina Harriet Young.
6. A geneasurprise I received was winning a place on a 10 week creative writing course for family history which was brilliant!
7. My 2012 blog post that I was particularly proud of was this one, written about my maternal grandfather’s diary and his relationship with my grandmother.
8. My 2012 blog post that received a large number of hits or comments is the one about the Landport Drapery Bazaar in Portsmouth.
9. A new piece of software I mastered was nothing I’m afraid!
10. A social media tool I enjoyed using for genealogy was Google +
11. A genealogy conference/seminar/webinar from which I learnt something new was the Creative Writing course I attended (virtually!).
12. I am proud of the presentations – not me
13. A journal/magazine article I had published was – not me
14. I taught a friend how to use – not me
15. A genealogy book that taught me something new was the ones I read for my Creative Writing course.
16. A great repository/archive/library I visited was … it’s been a long time since I’ve visited anything but I found the Local Studies Library at the Wiltshire Record Office incredibly helpful via email.
17. A new genealogy/history book I enjoyed was … see 15.
18. It was exciting to finally meet so many … not me.
19. A geneadventure I enjoyed was my online course, it really re-ignited my passion for family history.
20. Another positive I would like to share is I received an annual worldwide membership of Ancestry for Christmas so I’m hoping to make some big discoveries this year!
