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Tag Archives: Port family
Six Days, Six Stones – Part 3: Key Hill Cemetery, Birmingham
The third of my six blogs posted in consecutive days, focussing on particular family gravestones, is a bit of a cheat. The other five are stones that my wife and I saw for the first time on our recent 40th … Continue reading →
Posted in Document Sources, Local History, research, Stories, Surnames
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Tagged family history, genealogy, gravestones, Key Hill Cemetery, Port family, research, Thomas Port
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All and every my child and children
Our efforts to reconstruct the lives of our pre-Victorian ancestors are all-too-often thwarted by the lack of available source material. In an era before the decennial censuses and the (virtually) comprehensive civil registration system, our reference points can be severely … Continue reading →
Posted in Document Sources, research, Stories
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Tagged biography, chancery, documents, family history, genealogy, Port family, research, tna
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