Lilian's Tree

  In my two previous posts, Sorting out Henrys and Ann(e)s and My Interesting Nicolls/Nicholls Line , I’ve talked about Henry and his first wife Elizabeth. This post will expand them some more. In the original post I mention that on Henry’s death certificate, (4257/1866) it states 6 males and 2 females living. Having added Henry George to the tree, I now have 5 males and 1 female, living. One male and one female from his second marriage, the others from the first marriage. Searching has given me a possible male, born 1840 and a female, born 1854 but I’m still looking for the full details and will leave them alone. Adding Henry George to the tree, gave me a new line to follow, to expand what I already knew. I had found seven children, this now expanded to 12, with 11 being alive when he died in 1912, a son pre-deceased him. So, Henry and Anne, having married in 1863 (1900/1863), have Sarah Ann b1864, William Joseph b 1866, Henry George b 1868, d 1880, Elizabeth Jane b 1871,...

 Back in January 2021, as we were settling into another year of Covid 19, I did a post on the confusion between two sets of Henry and Ann Nicolls/Nicholls. You can read about that here, as it will help with what is to come,  Soring out Henrys and Ann(e)s Fast forward to February 2024 and RootsTech, or more specifically Relatives at RootsTech.This is a fun thing that FamilySearch does, using your family tree and others, to find connections. You do have to have a FamilySearch account and have some form of a tree as well. Over the years that Relatives at RootsTech has been going I've always   had all   of my matches on my maternal side. Imagine my delight when I discovered that of my 96 ancestors, 95 were maternal and one was paternal.   Now I will say that my top matches on  maternal side are known to me, so they don't  have me rushing to do more research. The suggested match was a 2nd cousin twice removed, okay close but not  real cl...

 As I mentioned in my  Previous Post  I've been pruning ancestors. This month is it the Cameron branch. On my tree I have Ann Cameron, baptised 21 October 1827, to Alexander Cameron (1799-1879) and Ann Lamond (c1799-1885), or so I thought.  Alexander did marry Ann Lamond but AFTER, Anne b 1827 was born.  Now there is nothing wrong with that except Ann L ISN'T Ann C's mother.  READ ALL THE INFORMATION ON OUR DOCUMENTS. I'll get back to the marriage, after this. On Anne C's death certificate* NO parents are listed, likewise on her marriage certificate*. I do have her baptismal  certificate* and it states that Alexander Cameron had is daughter Ann baptised on 21 October 1827, in the Parish of Lochbroom. (No mothers were listed on Old Parochial Registers. The indexes on Scotland's People are being updated to include the mother's name.) Searching Scotland's People I find four other children for Alexander from 1822 to 1830, all in Lochbroom BUT the mother is...

 Back in 2021, I wrote a post about a challenge Fiona Brooker set us, you can read about it here.  Challenge Well this year I'm selecting a family a month to research in depth and correct any mistakes. WELL... I've been pruning some people who weren't who I thought they were and it's only just March! It pays to really look at the information on certificates, document etc. and the verify what they say.  More later.