Welcome to the family history centre, I have been researching my family history for over 20 years and have found no better resource than the internet. I am going to share my experience, set backs and discoveries with you.
I started researching my family history about 20 years ago following a discovery in a church depicting our family name on some very grand memorials. I started by finding out who the memorials were to and where that family came from. This research was all carried out in libraries using very dusty old books as the memorials I discovered were from the 1600-1800’s.
After discussions with older members of my family I found a family history myth of a fall out between families after the man of the house died, returning from war. It went something like this:
He returned from the Boar war wounded and died from his wounds, he was the hier of a wealthy land owner, who then wanted to take his grandson and bring him up as the heir. The mother of the grandson didn’t want to lose her son so got married to a local man and took her son with her, having nothing to do with her previous husbands family.
This provided fuel for my interest to find out more and started a 20 year passion to find out my family history. I hope you enjoy my story and find some useful links here.
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