Category: QUISSUM a Genealogical Blog
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Ancestral Neighbours Episode 2
Welcome to Episode 2 of Ancestral Neighbours. If you missed Episode 1, you can catch up here. Have you explored the neighbours in your ancestors’ streets? What have you discovered? Any connections to your family – maybe through marriage or employment? Over the next few weeks I will be focusing on census returns that my…
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Ancestral Neighbours Episode 1
I couldn’t believe it when I heard that my favourite Aussie soap first aired 39 years ago next month. How can that be??? It seems like only yesterday I was sat in my school uniform (wishing it was the cool check print, collared dress rather than my boring drab livery), glued to the screen watching…
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Holywell Priory
As you may have seen in one of my previous blogs, I have registered a One-Place Study for King John’s Court, Holywell Lane, Shoreditch. My Monksfield ancestors resided at the address in the early 1800s, and the local area was home to my family for many generations. Holywell Lane has a fascinating history, some of…
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Expect the Unexpected
Through my time as a Professional Genealogist, I have come across many clients who were adopted, seeking the truth to who they are. There are numerous laws and regulations concerning the adoption process, and also the practice of finding birth family, but I shan’t delve into those now. I’d like to ponder for a moment…
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Historic Holywell Lane, Shoreditch
For a very long time, I have been slightly obsessed with a particular ancestor of mine – Rebecca Monksfield. She was convicted of Larceny in 1829 and subsequently transported to Tasmania. I’ve been slowly writing her life story, and at some point hope to publish it. Recently, I started a course with the brilliant Joe…
