My choice of Foundations was quite simple as I had recently had a death certificate, for a Christmas present no less!!! It was for my 2x great grandmother Alice Tilbee who had married Samuel White in 1842 in Kent. This is on my father's maternal side.
My father's side of the family has always taken a bit of a back seat in terms of research. One side is hampered by illegitimacy in the family direct line and the other by the lack of many images and resources for the family in Kent but that is now changing courtesy of Find My Past. It also got put to one side as my father died and I wanted to concentrate on my mother's side all the whilst she was alive.
The topics for Foundations include Favourite find, favourite photo and curious.
My favourite find has to be the time, admittedly a few year ago now, that I found I had a name error for my paternal great grandmother and her surname wasn't Simpkins at all, but Linkins. I was then able to visit the correct registry office and get a copy of the certificate and have an enjoyable time going round some of the villages the family lived in.
Going back to Alice Tilbee it was great to find that there was a One Named Study for Alice's mother, Dorcas Vant. The ONS have been so helpful in sharing information with me.
Favourite photo has to be one of my grandmother and two similar looking ladies....who are they? She only had one sister. Photos of my grandmother on the top row and I believe she is on the right in the bottom photo.
Curious has to be, and always will be, how my female ancestor met and had a relationship with the father of her illegitimate child. Had he moved down from Scotland before or after the child was born. It will be something that will never get an answer.
This is my monthly posting for the #52 ancestors project by Amy Johnson Crow. It sets the scene for the family line I will be exploring in the months to come.
Next month will see me finding new information for "Branching Out"
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