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Adventures in Genealogy
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Crisis of Faith
Read more: Crisis of FaithA fanciful account She genuflected, crossed herself, then followed the line to the priest. In a trance, her body seemed a second or two behind her, unattached and out of reach. Her mind, on the other hand was razor sharp. “Hell, hell,” she thought, “what would a bloody priest ken aboot hell? The hardest thing…
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Granny’s Wedding Ring
Read more: Granny’s Wedding RingAn Object Biography Sarah Morgan, my paternal grandmother, married Archibald Rowley in Glasgow, Scotland in 1922, 1 she died in 1945. In 1981, after the death of her only surviving daughter, Sarah, I was given her wedding ring by my father. Wedding rings have been worn by women for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. In…
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Finished Map
Read more: Finished MapThis was an assignment as part of the Diploma of Family History I am studying at the University of Tasmania. I chose my paternal great-grandparents, Archie and Jane Rowley, as the subjects for this map. Glasgow is the place of my childhood, and so I chose to draw with children’s crayons. Archie worked in the…
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Gone too soon
Read more: Gone too soonMargaret Morrison had seven illegitimate children to three (or possibly only two) different fathers. Her story begins in Aberdeen in northern Scotland in 1864 1. Her mother, Annie Hatt, died of Tuberculosis in 1874, at the age of 37 2. At this time her seven children were aged between two and fifteen years of age…
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Annotated Map
Read more: Annotated MapI am constructing an annotated map for part of my Family History studies. The unit, Place, Image, and Object requires that I create a representation of a place of significance to myself or my family. All my ancestors are either Scots or Irish and the little I know about them all centres around Glasgow. That…
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A rare insight
Read more: A rare insightMy parents rarely ever spoke about the past. Once, I was showing my dad an enormous rectangular basket with a lid that had I bought to use as a blanket box. His eyes lit up when he saw it. “We had baskets just like that when I was a child,” he told me I held…
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Strangers in the Night
Read more: Strangers in the NightArchie ROWLEY (1897 – 1981) and Harry HARVEY (1893 – 1979) lived their lives twelve thousand miles apart, yet, before cars and planes were commonplace, their paths so very nearly crossed. Archie and Harry had the unfortunate luck to be born just in time to participate in a conflict we now call World War I. To them,…
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Finding a difficult ancestor
Read more: Finding a difficult ancestorI have been slowly tracking down a particularly difficult ancestor called Margaret MORRISON. Firstly her name is unbelievably common in Scotland at the time she lived. Secondly, she never married and so I had no documents that listed her parents. She was the mother of my grandfather Edward WILCOX 1 who was illegitimate. I was…
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Getting Somewhere
Read more: Getting SomewhereThis is week five of my family history course and I would be hard-pressed to tell you half of what I have learned. Pedigree charts and family charts are great for getting started as well as keeping up. This week it has been suggested to create a timeline for the person of interest. Wow and…