Family History Researcher from Kent now living in Shropshire via Gloucestershire.
Lorna
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Don't normally like to adopt <in phrases> but currently 'rage cleaning' and it is both therapeutic and keeping me awake after the only 5h sleep last night.
#52Ancestors - Week 24 is Possibilities
The biggest thing I struggle with in genealogy is trying to explain to friends and clients that research is filled with possibilities.
Most projects have a fixed structure but in the majority of genealogy cases you have no real idea where the investigation
Seen this @allthosebefore.bsky.social ??
Something I learnt at the office summer quiz last night is that many people do not know what colour a plane's black box is ..... clearly I've paid attention to AAIB reports unlike others.
Made me wonder if this comes from my family dynamic that included plane spotting when I was growing up? 🤔
will or could take you.
Also, that quite often the evidence comes from a source that you would likely not have considered in the first 20 possible ideas of where to look.
For example, I found out more about a 2x Great Grandfather from a newspaper article about his death. Where had I been looking?
The area he was living when he died or the area he lived for years and where much of his family stayed.
No it turns out he was well respected as the newspaper was from where he'd lived for a period but had left about 20 years before taking all his children with him after his wife had died.
"Det Supt Sam Painter from BTP said Stroud's case was "just the start".
He detailed the force had made 26 arrests - all men - for the offence since it was introduced two months ago."
That's appalling to read.
The new owner of a Victorian seafort, Fort Darnet near Hoo, Kent wants to turn it into an events space with everything from ghost hunts to wellbeing events. 👇
BBC News - Sea fort set to host ghost hunts and other events
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Dover Society (est. 1988) promotes high planning and architectural standards, celebrates local history, archaeology and nature, and protects historic features across Dover and neighbouring parishes. Members get 3 newsletters/year and ~10 events. [email protected] thedoversociety.co.uk
Very sad news from the brewing world. Rob was a legend in many ways and alongside Martin Kemp when they founded the Pitfield Brewery back in the 1980s and won Champion Beer of Britain with Dark Star. RIP.
www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2026...
