Humphrey Ezekiel Hancock was born on November 26 1856 in Woolwich, Kent, England. His father, James was 34 and his mother, Sarah (nee Hancock) was 28. James was from Ettington, Warwickshire, and Sarah was from Smethwick in Staffordshire. They married in 1845 and lived in Staffordshire, then somewhere between 1852 […]
donna_rutherford
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There is nothing more exciting than getting an email to say “results are in”. I tested with Living DNA back in early November and it’s been a long wait for results. On first look I have to say their results were well worth waiting for. Living DNA is another DNA […]
Basics of GEDmatch: 1. Run a one-to-many report for your “kit”. Everyone who uploads their raw DNA files to gedmatch gets allocated a kit number (starts with A if it was from Ancestry T if from ftDNA, and M if from 23andMe) 2. When you run the report the system […]
I’ve recently started a journey of using DNA to further my family tree research. I have an extensive paper trail family tree from many years of research, but I was really interested in what science could offer in terms of using a DNA test to find cousins and confirm who […]
I was reminded a few weeks ago that it has been 136 years since the sinking of the Princess Alice at Gallions Reach, a stretch of the Thames between Woolwich and Barking Creek, on 03 September 1878 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Princess_Alice_(1865) The SS Princess Alice was a passenger paddle steamer. She was sunk in a collision on the River Thames with the collier Bywell Castle off Tripcock Point in […]
Robert William LACY is my 3rd Great Grandfather. He is related on my Mum’s paternal side of the family and, well, he just looks like a big character with a lot of stories to tell! From previous research I know that Robert William Lacy was born 1824 in Devon, UK. I […]
I started researching my family tree many years ago – helped out considerably by two uncles, one on either side of the family. Over the years I have dipped in and out of research, but the family tree has never been far from my mind. My tree is split between Scotland, England […]