Wiltshire Family History Society – Devizes On Tuesday the third of April I gave a talk at the Devizes branch of the Wiltshire Family History Society. It was “Documenting Your Sources using family history software – Rootsmagic”. About 30 turned up which was very good. As I expected I was asked if I had…
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One Name Guild Gloucester Regional Meeting
One Name Guild Gloucester Regional Meeting Last Saturday was the last day of March and also the Gloucester shire one Name Guild meeting at the National Star College near Cheltenham. Gerald Cook had organised a very interesting agenda. He also made sure that the weather was not as hot as in the previous week so…
The Family of Henry and Sarah Peapell
Henry and Sarah Peapell I have to thank Sean Barrett for some extra information on this post. I also spent some time at Wiltshire History Centre in Chippenham looking up information on the Zion Chapel and was interested in all its strife. The book by R A Beck – Highworth United Reform Church was…
February 2012 – Sarah Crook wife of Henry Peapell
February 2012 – Sarah Crook wife of Henry Peapell I have spent some time looking for Sarah Crook. I have some information and will continue to look for more. Particularly as I have come across as much information about her siblings than I have about her. Sarah Crook Sarah Crook and her twin Elizabeth…
Peapell Family Photograph
January 2012 – Peapell Family Photograph The photograph used on the web page banner was taken on the occasion of the Marriage of Frank and Phene (2nd August 1897). It has Henry and Sarah at the centre and all their children and spouses. Some Grandchildren are also present but mostly cut off the bottom of…
Henry Peapell
January 2012 – Henry Peapell Henry and Sarah Peapell are the couple at the centre of the banner picture on the web pages. The earliest “Peapell” are recorded at Hannington in North Wiltshire just west of Highworth. They were born, married and died and the family gradually branched out from there into the…
December 2011 – New Zealand Peapell
December 2011 – New Zealand Peapell Christmas has gone and New Year swiftly follows. I need to get this out in the short gap between the two holidays as I am also working. I have had another contact through the “Peapell” website and again a distant relative. Another one I can follow up and find…
November 2011 – George Peapell
November – 2011 George Peapell Today the British Library has made four million pages of newspapers from the 18th and 19th centuries available online. This is a wonderful opportunity and potential resource for one name studies anywhere. And… I am coming to the end of capturing the main information on the “Peapell” name for…
October – 2011 Peapell Website new contact
October – 2011 Peapell Website new contact I had a second contact through the Website this month. This time it was from Highworth. After an exchange of e-mails I feel I really need to start making more of the information I have… but one thing at a time – first I need to finish off…
October 2011 – Guild of One name studies – Regional Meeting at Ullenwood
October – Guild of One name studies – Regional Meeting at Ullenwood This was a bright sunny Saturday day in mid October. I drove up from Wiltshire on my way back to north Worcestershire to the National Star College at Ullenwood just outside Cheltenham First of all I must start with my thanks to…