A letter from home The theme this time is letters and diaries. My family has a collection of letters that were written to my 3 x grand uncle Charles Stuart. And I thought I would share one of my favourites. A little bit about Charles. He was born in 1819 in Abernethy and Kincardine, Scotland. …
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The Surprise Relative I like many other people have done a DNA test with Ancestry. I am fully aware that some people only do the test to see what the ethnicity result is. But even with that in mind, it didn’t stop me messaging my closest matches. Some replied, and quite a few did not. …
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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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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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Hello! I’m Sarah, and I’m thrilled to invite you on this journey with me as I uncover the stories of my ancestors. This blog is my little corner of the internet dedicated to genealogy, a passion that has grown into a full-fledged adventure to understand where I come from and how my family’s stories fit …
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