August Research.

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 This month I set my research tasks on my husband's side, looking at the Bird, Kidney and Ironside branches on his maternal side. I had found a blue hanging folder in the filing cabinet and started my research there. I was very surprised as I found that in both 2021 and 2023 I had already done research on these lines.  So glad I had dated the work or I wouldn't have know how old it was.

Sorting that folder and recording what certificates I had gave me very good picture of what I had and what I needed to do. Paul's aunt had obtained several certificates and I spent time trying to figure out where the people fitted into the tree. The result was, they didn't, so I removed the certificates from the family folder and they are now in the research folder, with notes about them.

Paul's 3x great-grandfather was James Ironside, father of the artist, Adelaide Ironside, through his first wife, Martha Redman. This tangent had been sorted, so I was able to concentrate on the children from his second 'wife', Ellen Oaks. It was very pleasing to check and verify six children they had.

 I then concentrated on Frederick James Ironside, Paul's direct ancestor, again checking and verifying his children. Having made contact with some cousins, via DNA, I was able to expand the branches to present time.

Really pleased with how well this month's research flowed and how I was able to check and verify my findings.

Eight months down and four to go. September I'm going to be researching my father's World War One service, having found where he served and locating the War Diaries for that time.


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