Timothy Spall’s Christmas Family Tree
Thomas, Sarah and their children were forced into the workhouse, and indeed two sons, Joseph and William were born there.
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Danny Baker’s Family History, the Riddle of Windsor Riches to Poplar Rags
“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 Blood anywhere in my tree!” Danny Baker, on his radio show.
Halloween Family Tree
One for Halloween
The Redknapp Family History Part 3: The Dockers’ Tribe of London
The White Death, and the beginning of the end of the Watermen and Lightermen’s Tribe. Joseph Reuben was the couple’s only son to survive into adulthood. With his Father gone, … Continue reading The Redknapp Family History Part 3: The Dockers’ Tribe of London
2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,600 … Continue reading 2013 in review
The Redknapp Family History Part 2; Blackwall Taverns, Smugglers, and Jewish Ancestry?
Joseph Edward Redknap 1816 – 1850? – Sarah Pressman 1813 to 1882 Given That Harry Redknapp has been a very popular Manager of London football team Tottenham Hotspur, who have a … Continue reading The Redknapp Family History Part 2; Blackwall Taverns, Smugglers, and Jewish Ancestry?
The Redknapp Family History Part 1; Origins, Redheaded Merchants on the Thames
…one Waterman saying to a Redknap “I hear you are saying that you are going to give me a good hiding?” before punching him in the face.
Time Detectives uncover Weatherman Simon Parkin’s Grandfather; The Underage War Hero
Simon Parkin Having had some success with Fred Dinenage’s Family Tree, I was asked to see what I could find out for Simon Parkin, the Meridian Weatherman. There didn’t seem … Continue reading Time Detectives uncover Weatherman Simon Parkin’s Grandfather; The Underage War Hero
Vanessa Cuddeford from ITV’s “The West Country Tonight” gets the Time Detectives treatment
…..the Cuddeford name, like many in England, therefore, in a very real way, owes its origins to a Mongol Khan’s attack on a Genoese trading outpost in the South of Russia.
The Forgotten Twins of the Somme
A mystery? How could Time Detectives refuse?
The Family History of The Kray Twins Part 7: Mad Jimmy Kray
Discharged with his scars and medals, Jimmy Kray came back injured from the horror of the tranches, to a single room filled with children….
Travelling Through Time to Trace Your Ancestors 