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Hello
I am new.
About fifty years ago, I started to collect post cards. I was working for my Girl Guides collector's badge. Grandma, Bessie HARROLD, gave me some of hers. She was a bit vague about some of them, but there was a strong theme of emigration. Some of them were sent to her mother, Martha PARSONS of Holt Farm, Cakemore Langley Whiteheath.
When the new Hive library in Worcester opened, I decided to find out a bit more about the postcards and the family history. I used Ancestry to get started and quickly found Black Country Connections had no end of really helpful information. However, sometimes the person I needed to know more about seemed to be missing.
I have been confused and bewildered by names that keep repeating in huge families, especially when the surnames are common, such as ADAMS, WESTWOOD, and STOKES. I have been helped no end by the tendency for families to stay put. As a child, I lived in Blackheath and Halesowen and went to infants and junior school in Old Hill, so I have some knowledge of the streets and towns. Wrong information in other people's Ancestry trees is a real problem, but it can be tempting to accept hints and take short cuts.
I have come across some problems. Hopefully, your excellent forum can help.
Best wishes
About fifty years ago, I started to collect post cards. I was working for my Girl Guides collector's badge. Grandma, Bessie HARROLD, gave me some of hers. She was a bit vague about some of them, but there was a strong theme of emigration. Some of them were sent to her mother, Martha PARSONS of Holt Farm, Cakemore Langley Whiteheath.
When the new Hive library in Worcester opened, I decided to find out a bit more about the postcards and the family history. I used Ancestry to get started and quickly found Black Country Connections had no end of really helpful information. However, sometimes the person I needed to know more about seemed to be missing.
I have been confused and bewildered by names that keep repeating in huge families, especially when the surnames are common, such as ADAMS, WESTWOOD, and STOKES. I have been helped no end by the tendency for families to stay put. As a child, I lived in Blackheath and Halesowen and went to infants and junior school in Old Hill, so I have some knowledge of the streets and towns. Wrong information in other people's Ancestry trees is a real problem, but it can be tempting to accept hints and take short cuts.
I have come across some problems. Hopefully, your excellent forum can help.
Best wishes
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Re: Hello
Hello and welcome!
I think everyone here is in favour of getting things right, so if you have information and/or questions then you will be greeted with welcoming arms
I think everyone here is in favour of getting things right, so if you have information and/or questions then you will be greeted with welcoming arms
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Re: Hello
Welcome
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Re: Hello
Hi cakemore, welcome to the forum
A person should have an opinion on everything, It becomes tact whether you reveal that opinion or not.
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Re: Hello
Hiya Cakemore and Welcome
If you would like to have your ancestors photo's included in our Gallery, please send me a pm.
Researching: Evans, Rollason, Henley/Hendley, Brookes, Taylor (Wilson - Birmingham)
Researching: Evans, Rollason, Henley/Hendley, Brookes, Taylor (Wilson - Birmingham)
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Re: Hello
Welcome to the forum hope we can be of help your rels are in BCC http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... ver=361289 http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... ver=361289
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- Northern Lass
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Re: Hello
CAkemore post in the Black Country Genealogy anything you are looking for and we can try and help you.
- grangers14
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Re: Hello
Hi cakemore,
I hope you enjoy the forum and our company.
Jo
I hope you enjoy the forum and our company.
Jo
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Re: Hello
Many thanks for your kind greetings.
I was bowled over by the long list of Parsons relatives. Amazing.
I have just discovered "kin" view in BCC.
There is so much to explore.
kind regards
Cakemore
I was bowled over by the long list of Parsons relatives. Amazing.
I have just discovered "kin" view in BCC.
There is so much to explore.
kind regards
Cakemore