Monthly Archives: March 2013

Dunwich in Suffolk is famous for being the town that disapperared under the sea – my Great Grandmother Ellen Dix’s family originated from Dunwich and recently in an old book about Dunwich that I bought I found mention of Joseph … Continue reading →

I had an amazing breakthrough on my maternal Grandmothers family recently after a contact through the Ancestry website from a descendent of Thomas Humphreys my Great Grandfather’s brother who was able to send me this fascinating photograph, the first we … Continue reading →

I started researching my Great Grandmother Ellen DIX’s Suffolk family and roots and never thought for one minute that she had any links to Southend where I now live, until I discovered that my ancestor Alban Dix was once the … Continue reading →

Just a reminder for anyone interested in the LAST surname and the research of it that I have a Profile page on the Guild of One Name Studies website at http://www.one-name.org/profiles/last.html and there is now a new link to copies … Continue reading →

I have recently purchased this photograph of a group of Elderly People ouside the Vicarage in Parham Suffolk, but have no idea of the date. Could this photograph have been taken to celebrate the 1902 Coronation of King Edward VII? … Continue reading →

While at the recent ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ Exhibition in London my friend Mandy signed up as a member of the Guild of One Name Studies and registered the surname STRIBLING. She has started researching and has found … Continue reading →

As part of my own LAST family research who originated from Parham in Suffolk I am in the process of collecting any old postcards or photographs that I can find of the village through the years to add to my … Continue reading →

This photograph shows my relative Smith ‘Sam’ Gilroy (seated right) and I have been told that the badge that he is wearing is almost certainly the Highland Light Infantry (HLI) Badge, which explains the Scottish connection. However it does not … Continue reading →

A recently obtained postcard mystery so if the name RUMFORD means anything to you let me know and I will pass the postcard on to you – many thanks!

Nella Last (née Lord) born 4th October 1889 and died 22nd June 1968 was a housewife who lived in Barrow-in-Furness, England. She wrote a diary for the Mass-Observation Archive from 1939 until 1965 making it one of the most substantial … Continue reading →