More on the Drapers
Further to my Second Lieutenant Mark Denman Draper, R.F.C. and Joining the dots on The Peerage: Drapers and Wrights posts. Robert Armstrong …
Category Archives: Research Encounters
Second Lieutenant Mark Denman Draper, R.F.C.
One of the Drapers not mentioned on the Wright family tree my brother has been putting together (see Joining the dots …
Joining the dots on The Peerage: Drapers and Wrights
Robert Armstrong, the former secretary to the cabinet, has been in touch and mentioned that his grandmother Emily/Emilie Augusta Wright …
Geni versus Ancestry
I was really excited about Geni because it was recommended by a friend, made trees publicly available and appeared to …
Walkers and subscribing to thegenealogist.co.uk?
Just tried a free trial of the thegenealogist.co.uk. Thought I was actually getting somewhere and that it might be worth …
Descendants of Peter Ramsay, Stabler in Edindburgh Part 1
Hamish Bain has been in touch to say he has a mezzotint of Sir Alexander Charles Gibson Maitland, 2nd Bt, …
Rev. Robert Dorrien Kirby Update
I’ve been in touch with Father Michael Blain about how the Rev. Robert Dorrien Kirby was killed by cannibals. Father …
George Ramsay and Agnes Thom
Just received copies from Jana Ramsay Best of Old Parish Registers records for Births & Baptisms of Peter Ramsay (b. …
Lieutenant Norman Birtwistle M.C.
Found this article on about my great uncle Norman Birtwistle from Blackburn Weekly Telegraph (19th October, 1918) on the Cotton …
Ancestors of Alice Hornby
Dave Birley very kindly sent me a document outlining Ancestors of Alice Hornby. There’s a lot of information that I’m …
