Shake the tree and nuts fall out!

  Week 26 (June 28-July 4): Conflict As per the above description conflict is a serious disagreement. I wasn’t sure where to go with this theme of “ conflict ” but after receiving yet another message from a person on the net about “ conflicting ” information that I have, I have decided that is the route I’m taking. Over the past few months I have received numerous messages telling me that my information is wrong and “ conflicts ” what they have/have been told etc. In every case I have been able to prove that my information is correct and that they are wrong. Messages of “ conflict ” are listed below: 1.       “Your sons name is incorrect, it should have a capital K in the middle – it should be spelt MacKenzie not Mackenzie, you need to change it”. – ANSWER - Excuse me??? No it shouldn’t, I carried my son my 9months, gave birth to him and named him, therefore I know that his name is spelt correctly – would you like to see his birth certificate? My son’s nam...

  Week 25 (June 21-27): Groups – Haylock-Baulch family I don’t have many photos of “groups” of people except for wedding photos which are mainly of living people and as I don’t have their permission to put them all over the internet I cant use, and I used my parents wedding photo for a similar week last year., but I do have 2 lovely family “group” photos belonging to distant ancestors. The “group” photos are of family members who lived out in Australia. They were the Baulch family, linked to me via the wife who was a Haylock. Hannah Amelia Haylock is my 3 rd cousin 3x removed via my Mums side of the family. Hannah was born on 7 JAN 1868 in Oamaru, New Zealand, she was the 3 rd child of her parents (Daniel Haylock and Elizabeth Tanner) but the eldest daughter. She married George Fredrick Baulch, who was born 27th September 1866 in Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia  to parents James Baulch and Ann Hulme (I have no idea of how many siblings he had as not looked into him and hi...

  Week 24 (June 14-20): Father’s Day For “father’s day” it would seem best to use my Dad, but I have written about him on his own and in a couple of posts, so I don’t want to repeat myself.  Therefore, I am doing a general bit on “father’s Day” like I did for mothers day. Many of the men in my tree were “fathers” so it’s only fair that this goes out to all of them. Because without them going back I would not be here today.  Many of the men (" father's " or otherwise) were hard working men, who spent their lives doing various occupations - shoemaking, coal mining, military, drapers, grocers etc, so that they could support their wives and children in the best way that they could do. Some took on their ladies children from previous marriages/relationships, and some had to bring them up as single " father's " due to mothers dying in or after childbirth. Happy “fathers day” to all of the dads in my tree, especially my Dad Peter Lackey.

  Week 23 (June 7-13): Bridge This weeks theme of “ Bridge ” would have been great for where we scattered my parents ashes at Ashness “ Bridge ” in the Lake District but I used it for a favourite place. An uncle lives in “ Bridgewater ” but not much I can write about him, I had thought I may end up using a lady called “ Bridget ” but when I started to type in her name, a distant ancestor came up with the surname “ Bridge ” so I started to look into him. Edward " Bridge " was the husband of my 3rd great-grand aunt on my mothers side. Edward “Bridge” was the eldest child and 1 st son of James “Bridge” and Susannah Starling, and brother to 9 known siblings. Edward was born on 15 th July 1834 in Westerly Waterless, Cambridgeshire, UK, he was baptised 29 th March 1835 at Westerly Waterless, Cambridgeshire. On the 1851 census Edward was 16 and listed as a farm labourer, in 1861 and 1871 census he is listed as an ag labourer. In 1881 he is listed as a Hawker (I had to look ...

  Week 22 (May 31-June 6): Military Many of my ancestors served in the military over the years. And there could be lots that I could write about. However, the 3 main that I know about I have previously used. Therefore, I am going to use my step-grandfather, but was 1 the only grandfather I actually met. Stanley Archibald Powell was born 27 th July 1915 in Littleport near Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK. He was the 1 st son, and eldest child of 7 that Lilly May Powell and unknown father had. He died the 27 th September 2010 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Stanley married twice in his life, he apparently had 3 sons with his first wife Mary Agnes ? (but nothing is known on them including names or date’s of birth, meaning this has been hard to locate them) and then he had a daughter with his second wife Doreen, and took on her other two children including my Mum. Stanley’s military dates are unknown, but he was a full time soldier before the start of WWII, of which he was involved with, he...

  Week 21 (May 24-30): At the Cemetery I have to say that of all the grave photos I have linked to my tree there is only a couple that I have taken myself   “at the  cemetery”.  The rest have all been via a request online or are already online.   Robert & Mary Lackey (my 2x great grandparents) gravestone is one that I took myself as is that of Albert E Liddle (1 st cousin 2x removed) and his wife Catherine. Although I haven’t taken many of my own ancestors gravestones “at the cemetery” I have taken loads of other people’s over the years if there has been a request in my area. More recently I have been taking them in “the cemetery” at the bottom of my road. It is a huge place and is spread over 2 pieces of land with a main road in the middle. I’ve done quite  lot but there is much more to do when it’s a nice day. Some people really don’t like being “at the cemetery” due to what they are, however, I have no issues with being there or taking p...

Week 20 (May 17-23): Cousin Bait – Ancestry   I had never heard of the term “cousin bait” before so I had to look it up. From an online search I concluded that “cousin bait” is “to attract research cousins, people that have information on your genealogy and are willing to share it with you.” So from this my initial thought was Ancestry! There are many people who share the same ancestors as me, most of us probably don’t even realise we are related in someway! Ancestry has helped me in the past via the message boards and I have connected with a few cousins, some of whom I am still in contact with. A lovely lady in USA, who is related to me via my 2nd great grandmother Mary Jane Jackson. Mary is her 2 nd great aunt. Mary’s brother is the main link of this lady. I didn’t even know about the said brother (I knew of others but not him). We have swapped information and certificates and helped each other with the trees not on this line. Around the same time as the above a lady had...