Sometimes you think you’ve hit a brickwall because you can’t find an ancestor’s baptism. But that’s not necessarily the case. My 3 x gt-grandfather, Daniel Harris, was one such person, and with careful research and teamwork, we now know far more about him and his family than we knew before – we know his parents, we know three of his siblings, and we know his background. Thanks to DNA, we even know about a cousin. So never give up on the brickwalls in your family tree.
- Daniel Harris: a cheesemonger in Shoreditch
- Reuben and Jemima: finding siblings
- Thomas Harris and Mary Collett: another generation further back
- The Harris family in Hook Norton: Henry Harris, ?-1754
To follow:
- The Harris family in Hook Norton: John Harris and Joanna Minchin
- Henry: the brother who didn’t move away
- The Collett family in Hook Norton, Warwickshire and London
- The Walfords of Hook Norton