The Life and Times of Charles Thomas Orme and Harriett Harrison. Introduction I can trace my family’s ‘ Orme’ descendents without doubt to 1818, with some certainty to the early 1700s, and with some probability to the 1600s. Harriett Harrison can be traced […]
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A short life
Lionel Clegg: a short life I am publishing this a hundred years to the day that my Grandmother’s brother Lionel Clegg was killed while serving in the Tank Corps in the First World War. There are some repetitions to stories […]
Putting the meat on the bones. Part 1
Putting the meat on the bones. Part 1 I was born. I was married. I have had three children. I’m not dead yet (obviously) but if I was, those few details of my history don’t actually tell you a great […]
Discoveries wanting to be found
So, here is the notoriously difficult second blog. I thought I’d write about those times when I felt a chill up my neck whilst doing genealogy. I’ve often wondered about why I started this hobby that, in all honesty, became […]
My first blog – and a First World War photograph
My first blog-and a First World War photograph I have read one or two blogs, and followed them regularly; they become rather like the modern magazine or in some cases the comic. I enjoy writing and seem to be able to communicate better […]