Notes for people stuck at a great-grandparent.
Written by people who lost years to a wrong branch.
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The short version
Preservation
Storing paper and photographs so the next person inherits something readable.
Ask the living
The best records are usually people, and people are not permanent.
Sources shown
Every claim arrives with the record it rests on, so you can check it.
What lands in your inbox
Last time round
- Parish registers before 1837
- Migration and changed surnames
- Reading old handwriting
- Photographs with nobody named
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The usual subjects
- Parish registers before 1837
- Migration and changed surnames
- Reading old handwriting
- Photographs with nobody named
Slow, documented family research.
How often it lands
One issue, once a month.
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