What need to tell...
This post was originally posted for Remembrance Day 2009. I thought it a good time to type out this poem & share it with folks.
Interesting names
I do find some interesting names as I look down lists for relatives:
While we are name dropping, here's a site which is the Genealogist's equivalent of 'Hello' magazine!
- Born in London, in 1897 (Year of Victoria's Diamond Jubilee) Henry JUBILEE Treherne. Sweet!
- Born in Ontario 1874, Annie Temperance Smith. Died of cholera as an infant.
- These next ones were pointed out to me on The National Archives pages - curious names from the 1881 Census include: a man called Donald Duck; a GP called Dr Robert De'ath; William Neal, who had no occupation because he was "too idle", and the Munslow twins called "Bank" and "Holiday".
- When I saw these pages on The Genealogue, I realised I'm a mere amateur.
While we are name dropping, here's a site which is the Genealogist's equivalent of 'Hello' magazine!
1911 Census Returns
News of the release of the 1911 Census data has spawned a wide variety of interest in the media, mainly showing us who's who:
The Guardian found Virginia Woolf and the ancestors of Kate Moss.
The Yorkshire Post looked up Parky, Alan Bennett & Rowntree.
The NME looked up The Arctic Monkeys.
See also a link here - I enjoyed the 'finds' at the bottom of the page.
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