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
Hello
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Re: Hello
by gardener » Wed Feb 10, 2016 8:57 pm
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
"The present is the key to the past" - Charles Lyell
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Re: Hello
by peterd » Thu Feb 11, 2016 4:47 pm
Hi cakemore, welcome to the forum
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Re: Hello
by mallosa » Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:31 am
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
by rockyfowler » Fri Feb 12, 2016 5:57 am
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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Re: Hello
by Northern Lass » Fri Feb 12, 2016 7:53 am
CAkemore post in the Black Country Genealogy anything you are looking for and we can try and help you.
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Re: Hello
by grangers14 » Mon Feb 15, 2016 5:57 pm
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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