Travelling Through Time to Trace Your Ancestors
Don't let your Ancestors be forgotten, Time Detectives brings their stories back to life for you
“Oh Paul McNeil! Thank you so much for this! I’ve always wondered about this sort of thing and now I can see that there is not one drop of Royal … Continue reading Looking forward to Danny Baker’s Tour “From Cradle to stage” Danny Baker’s Family History, the Riddle of Windsor Riches to Poplar Rags
In Part 1 Part 1: Finding the “Lost Temple” for an old mate and Part 2 Part 2: “What’s all the Waller about then?” we traced the maternal and paternal … Continue reading Part 3: “The Lost Temple” a Family lost and found in South East London
So having found out about Les’s Dad Cyril and Grandmother Emma’s origins Part 1: Finding the “Lost Temple” for an old mate, it was time to try to unravel who Les’s paternal Grandfather was. … Continue reading Part 2: “What’s all the Waller about then?”
Tall Stories I have known Les since we started our first job together at the Greater London Council’s Electronic Maintenance Section, he was sixteen and I was eighteen. Electronics sounded like … Continue reading Part 1: Finding the “Lost Temple” for an Old Mate
(To Build you a nice Orangery) I’m a professional Genealogist and writer, and I make a point of “collecting” interesting names, whether it’s on a commission to draw up a Family … Continue reading The Russians are Coming!
“…I do know the evil that you do…” The East India Company, or Honourable East India Company (HEIC) as it was known, plays a major part in the Tom Hardy … Continue reading Taboo and The Honourable East India Company
Given all the interest in Danny Dyer’s Royal heritage, it’s surprising that there doesn’t seem to be an actual tree online, so, I’ve independently researched it, and you can see … Continue reading Danny Dyer, King of Canning Town
“When I shoot someone they stay shot. He’s alive ain’t he?”
Eventually the Doctors after scratching their heads and listening to his diverse description of his ailments, decided that despite his protests of illness, there was nothing actually wrong with him other than a likely case of malingering by an experienced old lag of a Private.
“If I had my way, I’d treat some of these Continental fellers like we used to treat Chinese dope smugglers – hang ’em.” The Amazing Baker Girls It’s always interesting … Continue reading Running off with Sailors
David Bowie The Family History of David Robert Jones Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) Aladdin Sane was the title of an Album and single released by David Bowie at the height of … Continue reading David Bowie
…he was described as a “Peddler 4th Class” which considerably underestimates his business dealings in the art market.
Travelling Through Time to Trace Your Ancestors 