Never believe anything … !
I received a couple of marriage certificates yesterday – George CASTLE m. Sarah Elizabeth GOLDSACK, and Richard HATTON m. Margaret GARLINGE. The latter couple appear at the edge of online records, in...
View ArticleVery belated thanks – and great sources
A very belated thankyou must go to Wendy from New Zealand (apologies, Wendy!). Thanks to Wendy, who provided me with photos of some HATTON ancestors and comprehensive WANSTALL and HATTON trees, I have...
View ArticleMixed cemetery results …
I visited St.Dunstan’s church at Canterbury today, seeking CASTLE ancestry of my mother. Although I was unable to locate the relevant graves, I am confident of their existence from my sources. I...
View ArticleOverwhelmed and underachieved ….
One has to visit a cemetery such as that at Canterbury to appreciate its scale …. I had gone along Sunday with the hope and expectation of finding missing CASTLE ancestors which I was unable to locate...
View ArticleMore progress at Canterbury
Last week I paid another visit to Canterbury Cathedral Archives, and had more success. I finally found the baptism (and parentage) of my unusually-named Bean HATTON (at Whitfield, near Dover), found...
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