![]() ** To contact me, please leave a comment. Though New South Wales might be a bit out of my reach! My plan is to expand upon some of the stories I’ve found – like the Great Famine that probably caused the emigration of our Irish ancestors, the Brickleys – and it’s my ambition to visit everywhere our family has lived. If you know something I don’t know, or if you find any broken links or technical difficulties, please contact me.* This is very definitely a work in progress and I would welcome any help you can give. I have many more than I can publish here, so please get in touch* if you would like digital copies. My mother was a great photographer and collector of photographs so in the more recent generations there are pictures as well as words. Put a name in quotation marks to find a particular person: e.g. Irish ancestors came from Cork and Tipperary, but I have noted only “Ireland”.įor each person there are dates, relationships and some of the stories we know about. If you are looking for someone or a surname in particular, you can use the Search function to find them. Many of our family lived on the Norfolk/Suffolk border so Suffolk is included in “Norfolk”. In rural areas I have used the county only. In a reversal of the usual practice, Leeds is included in Bradford. For example Unstone is included in Chesterfield and Baildon is included in Bradford. I have included suburbs or villages with the main town or city nearby. They are grouped in families, in generations and in the places they lived. The “Browse” menu gives you the chance to find posts of general interest as well as looking through the stories of our ancestors. I have a spreadsheet where I keep all the data I find, so please don’t hesitate to contact me* if you want to know more than appears on this website. Even though it is easy for you to navigate around the program well this version does suffer from a nagging screen. Navigating around the interface is pretty easy as the menus, buttons and general appearance is easy to understand. My daughters and grandchildren have their own stories to tell and their own family trees from fathers and grandparents. For the beginner, this is a great free genealogy software program to get you started. I made a decision to end (or begin – whichever way you look at it) with my parents. I’m indebted to John for the story of my great-grandfather John Leachman and his line and to Stephen for the Naylors of Luddington. I’ve also made contact with spencerjohn468 and Stephen Ward on the .uk website. I was delighted to find links with the Berry family in Australia through Mel Blake online and Mick Berry in real life! The story of their ancestor Benjamin is here … I know I’m not the only person researching our history – my cousin Stephen and my grandson Ben have both had a go. ![]() I assume you are a member of the family here by invitation or having googled a name, but if you have just stumbled across it you’re welcome to share our memories!
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