Grandmother's Footsteps

04/02/2025

Have you hit a wall in your research? Not sure if you have found the correct person as your ancestor? Need advice on where to begin? I can try to help you with all of these and there is no cost to you. Family history is so addictive but it is much better if it is right so if you have any doubts do please get in touch and we can take a look together.

21/10/2024

Are you taking part in the family detective work for Remembrance Day on Findmypast? It's fun and
one lucky person will win the cost of their subscription!
https://www.facebook.com/findmypast/posts/962978882529534

The final chapter? Can you finish telling the Griffiths family story 🎖️

Read on to find out more about our Challenge and win a Findmypast subscription ⬇️

Thanks to your hard work and research, no story will be left behind this Remembrance Day. Over the last few weeks, you've helped us tell the story of one family—the Griffiths of Barry. Now, let's conclude their story with the final part of our No Story Left Behind Challenge.

Here's how to take part and enter our giveaway ⬇️
👉 Head to the link below to find out more about the Griffiths family
👉 Explore free newspapers to answer the three questions below
👉 Head back to this post to add your findings to the comments

Your challenge this week ⬇️

1. We learned last week that Edna was separated from her husband, Reginald Leonard Hook, by 1939. Use the newspapers to discover why they separated.
2. Using the 1921 Census, search for Ernest Evan Quinton (known as Quinton) to find out what he did after returning from the war.
3. We saw two weeks ago that Reginald was awarded the Military Cross during WW1. Search the London Gazette in Directories and Social History to discover the story behind this.
4. Use what you’ve learned to start your own family tree – what can you find?

Start your journey here 👉 https://bit.ly/4eNBQmM

It’s been an incredible journey into the Griffiths’ story over the last four weeks. We hope you’ll continue to research your own forgotten soldiers, wartime women, and discover your own family’s wartime experiences. This way, no story will be left behind ❤️

Every discovery added on this post as a comment is an entry to win a 12-month Everything subscription to Findmypast (worth £199.99). One randomly selected winner will be awarded this prize after the Challenge ends at 23:59 UK time on 12 November 2024. This giveaway is not sponsored or endorsed by Meta. Terms and Conditions apply.

22/05/2021

This week I am working on a tree with its roots in Sussex. There are some wonderful online resources for this County which is very helpful. If you are researching family history in Sussex you may like to look at:
http://www.sussex-opc.org and http://www.dustydocs.com/county-page/b/1/england/37/sussex.html

And if you do look at these sites I hope that you will find them as useful as I have.

DustyDocs - English Parish Registers Online

10/12/2020

I've just prepared a 5 generation family tree for my daughter in law for Christmas. I think she will find it very interesting - maybe she will even like to look further back amongst her ancestors, in which case I can take her there. Researching a family tree is such an absorbing hobby - I really recommend it!

28/08/2020

I apologise for repeating myself on here but its been another disappointing week of looking at public member trees on Ancestry with incorrect information in them probably picked up from the auto-generated hints. These hints are just that - hints. Please do not accept them at face value unless you have checked their validity yourself first. Too many people are adding incorrect ancestors just because other people have them in their trees - this doesn't necessarily make them right! And why would you want to spend hours researching your great great grandparents if the great grandparents you have added are not really yours? Please always check carefully. Meanwhile if the Bank Holiday weekend is wet where you live I wish you lots of fun researching!

22/01/2020

I am having a massive clear out of old photographs - I just dont have enough drawer space to keep them all. Luckily I can photograph the best of them and enhance them then add them to my family tree. Nothing brings a tree to life like a photograph - it makes a name into a person and a tree into a family. Don't forget to add photos to your trees too.

06/12/2019

Victoria Goss will have a table here on Monday 16th - do drop by and say hello and maybe take a train ride!

Today’s the day! Our Twelve Days of Christmas event begins!
Steam train rides! Studio-Line Designs will be open! Mini Christmas craft market! Mince pies! Mulled wine! Roasted chestnuts! Second hand bookshop! Hot refreshments on sale in our Signal Box Cafe!

A warm welcome awaits!

Merry Christmas everyone!

09/05/2019

I am so enjoying doing a little research for a friend, helping to build her tree. She has some very interesting people in there - do you ever wonder who you might find in yours?