Geoff's Genealogy Blog
Monday May 14th, 2007 | Geoff
Once again I have spent most of my available time this week adding information to my family history database. I’ve been concentrating on adding the recently discovered Guyatt material, and have made good progress. As a consequence of our recent visit to Buckinghamshire Records Office at Aylesbury I have obtained…
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Tuesday May 8th, 2007 | Geoff
Once again I’m a bit late in making this post. A number of events have conspired to bring this about. Firstly there was a vital football match to go to on Saturday (5 May) – my team won, and gained promotion for the second time in three years! Brilliant. Non…
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Monday April 30th, 2007 | Geoff
Well, I’m pleased to say I was right! Last week I told you that I believed I had cracked the problem of pushing the Guyatt family history a bit further back in time. If you recall, I had sent for a birth certificate that I believed would prove that Rosa…
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Monday April 23rd, 2007 | Geoff
Well, here we are again. Another week gone in no time at all, and time again to update this blog. I have a few things to mention this week, so without more ado I’ll plunge in. Firstly, many congrats to my son in law – Paul – who ran the…
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Monday April 16th, 2007 | Geoff
Hello there! The last week has been a quiet one, as far as my research into the Bankes Pedigree is concerned. I have really been quite preoccupied with work on the June 2007 edition of the Shropshire Family History Society, so have not had time for much else. On top…
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Monday April 9th, 2007 | Geoff
A happy Easter to all of you! Here in the UK we are in the last few hours of the bank holiday weekend. It really has been a great weekend, with beautiful weather and these lovely light evenings. The week has been a quiet one, as far as treeing is…
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Monday April 2nd, 2007 | Geoff
So a new month begins. Here in the UK Spring has well and truly sprung. My grass has been attacked twice by my lawnmower so far this season, and the Spring bulbs have been magnificent. I have had some problems with my email over the past few days. I won’t…
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Monday March 26th, 2007 | Geoff
I’m a bit late writing this week’s entry on my blog. Maybe that’s because we lost an hour in the weekend just passed! I have never liked the practice of adjusting the clocks by one hour in Spring & Autumn, but there we are – I just have to put…
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Sunday March 18th, 2007 | Geoff
Here we are again, another Sunday evening – the end of the weekend. Another working week beckons, but first I need to spend a few minutes updating this blog. I have one or two items to mention re this week’s developments. Firstly. I was delighted to hear from my distant…
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Sunday March 11th, 2007 | Geoff
If there is anybody out there who can help me with an aspect of my research that has puzzled me for twenty years I would be so pleased to hear from you. On my website you can read about John Bankes, Citizen and Haberdasher of London, who died in 1719…