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Author Archives: Lifelines Research
Birth or baptism?
A couple of weeks ago, I was searching for some baptisms on Ancestry’s London Parish Register Database, when I noticed something odd. I’d just done a basic search for anyone with the surname ROGERS and the parents’ names William and … Continue reading
Walls Come Tumbling Down
Brickwalls are an inescapable component of every family historian’s world. If you think about it, every line you’ve ever researched starts (or ends, depending on which way you look at it) with an individual whose parentage is unknown. So, for … Continue reading
The Annals of the Annals
An investigation into the early history of the Annal/Annand family in South Ronaldsay, Orkney The Annal surname appears to have originated separately in two parts of Scotland; in Orkney (specifically the island parish of South Ronaldsay) and in Fife (St … Continue reading
Posted in Document Sources, Local History, research, Surnames
Tagged Annal, One-Name Study, orkney, South Ronaldsay
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Where have all the women gone?
To mark International Women’s Day I wanted to have a look at the key records that we use to research our English & Welsh family history, and to consider how those records routinely under-represent the roles played by our female … Continue reading
Posted in research, Soapbox
Tagged family history, Florence Nightingale, genealogy, International Women’s Day, research, Women's History
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52 Ancestors – 52 Documents
Throughout 2020 I’ve been tweeting my own take on Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – 52 different types of document relating to 52 different ancestors over 52 weeks. Now I’ve put all 52 tweets together in one … Continue reading
Posted in Document Sources, research
Tagged Ancestors, ANcestry, documents, family history, genealogy
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