2011 September – Progress towards one “Peapell” family Tree After last month, when we had the kitchen renewed and then a holiday, I now have had a chance to continue building the extended Peapell Family. I have completed a first check through all the England and Wales GRO Index (Births Marriages and Deaths) for “Peapell”…
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August 2011 – Alice Cross wife of John Crook Peapell
August 2011 – Alice Cross wife of John Crook Peapell My mother, Beryl Richards Hurley (Maiden name Webb), always called her grandfather’s second wife Lizzie, but her real name was apparently Alice. Although on her marriage she gave her name as “Alice Sly” and her fathers name as “William Cross” and his occupation as “Butler”…
August 2011 – Midlands Family History Day
August 2011 – Midlands Family History Day The first Saturday in August was spent on the Wiltshire Family History Society (WFHS) stall with my father John Hurley at the Midlands Family History day. This was held at the Warriors Rugby Club, Worcester with views across the pitch and on towards Worcester. My father had packed…
July 2011 – A Busy Month
July 2011 – A Busy Month Canoeing, having our Kitchen done and Holiday has meant that progress is limited this month and next. However I did spend some time looking round Bristol with my Father at places where the family lived and worked. I also called into Wiltshire Family History Centre at Chippenham. Apart from…
June – Looking back at the first six months
June 2011 – looking back at the first six months My first six months looking after the Peapell one name study. Time to take a step back and see what I now have achieved. I have now sorted out all my mother’s files and moved some things around to make it easier for me to…
May 2011 Small steps
Small steps I have to get my Peapell in order. I mean the one name study. This means mainly documents, photographs, videos and notes. But I also have a few modern artefacts – my grandfathers school sewing when he was seven –that is from just in the nineteenth century – and a few other bits…
April 2011 – Finding Fanny Richards
Finding Fanny Richards I gave a talk one Tuesday this month at the Wiltshire Family History Society, Devizes Branch “Finding Beryl’s Grandmother” or rather more accurately not finding her. So who is Fanny Richards and why have I spent most of this month preparing for the talk and then following up the feedback. Fanny Richards…
March 2011
March 2011 Guild Profile The “Three Counties Members Meeting” at Ullenwood had inspired me to create a guild profile and a Peapell One Name Study website and include a blog. The session by Paul Millington had convinced me both of the benefit of having a Guild profile and also not slavishly following his example. I…
One Name Guild Meeting February
On Saturday 19th February I went to my first Guild meeting. This was the “Three Counties” members meeting (Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire) at the National Star Centre, Ullenwood near Cheltenham. There were two key session which I shall make use of. The first was a session by Paul Millington on Guild Profiles and Guild Archives….
February 2011
February 2011 I am overwhelmed. There is so much to do and so many things I feel I should do sooner rather than later. I have so many things to do at the same time that I may end up doing none of them properly. I am not helped by time taken up with work…