Geoff's Genealogy Blog
Wednesday September 3rd, 2008 | Geoff
I’m a lucky chap. Since my last blog entry I have had a pretty good time. Firstly, at the start of August I went off to Portugal for a week of sunshine, good food, and super company on the Algarve. I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed this holiday,…
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Tuesday July 29th, 2008 | Geoff
As I write this entry the rain is beating down outside my house with extreme force, accompanied by the repeated cracks of thunder and lightning. A really spectacular storm is signalling the end of the five days spell of gorgeous, summery weather that we have enjoyed in the UK. The…
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Thursday July 10th, 2008 | Geoff
As I write this blog entry you find me working on the next edition of the Shropshire FHS Journal – due out in September. I have to prepare each edition a couple of months before the publication date, and it usually takes me up to four weeks to put the…
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Thursday June 12th, 2008 | Geoff
Hello again. Once again I have to report on a busy few weeks. Treeing has had to take second place to decorating over the past few weeks, as our home has been spruced up! Of course, there is a knock-on effect associated with decorating, insofar as the other regular jobs…
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Friday May 16th, 2008 | Geoff
These blog entries seem to be getting less frequent. This is not evidence of a declining interest in the blog, or in Geoff’s Genealogy. Rather, it is evidence of how busy I’ve been lately. Anyway, here goes with the latest update. A number of noteworthy developments have occurred in my…
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Monday April 28th, 2008 | Geoff
Since my last blog entry I’ve been as busy as ever. Lots of new information has come to light, partly through new contacts made via Geoffs Genealogy and partly through contacts made via the Genes Reunited website. My Culshaw research has been sadly neglected for a few years now, which…
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Saturday April 5th, 2008 | Geoff
I’m a bit late writing this entry on my blog, so apologies for that. Since my last entry the time has passed so quickly! We have had the earliest Easter holiday of my lifetime, which we spent decorating – a necessary evil. Just before Easter Jan & I went to…
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Friday March 7th, 2008 | Geoff
When I signed off last time I said that in this entry I’ll tell you about how Helen and I spent our afternoon in London on 12 February, so here goes …. I have been visiting London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) at Islington for more than 15 years. and the venue…
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Sunday February 17th, 2008 | Geoff
Hello again. I visited London last Tuesday, with my daughter Helen. Helen was on a business trip, and I was treeing, so we travelled down from Wolverhampton early in the morning then went our separate ways, meeting up again in the afternoon. I had never before visited the offices of…
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Wednesday January 30th, 2008 | Geoff
Hello again. Since I last made an entry on this blog the focus of my activity has been preparing the March edition of the Shropshire Family History Society Journal. It is now just about completed. I wonder how many of the people who read this blog are members of a…