Overcoming Adversity: Hubert Karol Susek The theme this time is Challenge. I decided to write about my paternal grandfather Hubert Karol SUSEK (1926-2003). He overcame a few challenges early in his life. For example, he lived in Nazi-occupied Germany. He also faced the death of his father and forced labour. He left Poland behind and …
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The Overlooked Polish Side of my Family Tree This weeks theme is overlooked, which person have I overlooked? Well it's not so much of a person than a side of my tree. My grandfather Hubert Karol SUSEK (1926-2003) was born in Poland. I do not know much about this branch of my family. I have …
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Moria Elizabeth Stuart – Madam/The Witch This weeks theme is “Nickname”. There aren’t very many nicknames in our family. There are plenty of variations of names, i.e. Bert, Rob or Robbie for Robert, Alex or Sandy for Alexander, Nell or Nellie for Helen etc. The one nickname I came across was for my maternal Granny …
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This week is favourite photograph. This was a hard decision to make, there are a few photographs I could say were my favourite. However, I had to pick one, so here it is (kindly copied from my late great Aunt Nell’s photograph collection): The Garden Family This is a photograph of my 3 x great …
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This is my first time attempting 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks. I wasn’t sure how I was going to tackle the first one. I decided to start with how I got started with my family history journey. I was first bitten by the genealogy bug in high school. We were given a project where we …
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After an extended Christmas break its time to get back into family history. I have a few goals for this year. Resetting my Family Tree : New Year Goals I want to continue with my family tree reset. I hope to tidy it up by the end of the year. At some point, we have …
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