The Essex Wills Beneficiaries Index – what it is and how to use it
I first heard about the Essex Wills Beneficiaries Index (EWBI) in a newsletter from the Essex Society for Family History. It’s a remarkable index compiled...
I first heard about the Essex Wills Beneficiaries Index (EWBI) in a newsletter from the Essex Society for Family History. It’s a remarkable index compiled...
Do you have Mannock ancestors in your tree? The line of Mannocks who lived at Gifford’s Hall in Stoke-by-Nayland, the descendants of George Mannock’...
I’m transcribing records for Frinton at the moment. It once had a tiny population and an equally tiny church. In trying to find out more about life in a t...
I decided on a whim to make use of the Buckinghamshire records on Findmypast and research my Griffin ancestors who come from that county. I wasn’t sure I&...
No, this has nothing whatsoever to do with family history, other than the fact that my grandparents grew sweet peas and I wanted to grow some too. My reason for...
I’ve recorded a Facebook Live about finding wills for people who lived in Suffolk. There’s several handy links I mention, so here goes… Prerog...
Elmstead’s earliest burials register contains the cause of death for a few of the residents, and they give an insight into how life was lived – and ...
Back in July last year, I was transcribing Dedham’s second oldest surviving parish register and found some interesting goings on among the baptisms. You c...
Jean Jeggo, transcribing Gosfield’s baptism register for FreeREG, found the following entry: Thomas an Aethiopian of Ginny in Africa beeing about twelve y...
You may or may not be aware that there’s a lot of Suffolk parish register transcriptions available at commercial genealogy site Findmypast. They have a gr...