Family Research - English, Scottish and Irish Genealogy

The Internet can be an invaluable resource for genealogy research, but you need to exercise caution if you come across the “Genealogy Scammer!” They are notorious for offering FREE information and before you realize it, you end up paying dearly for what you can obtain minimally on your own. for more click here

THE BATTLE of Culloden – described in countless of books – still has an unfinished chapter in its 260-year-old story.for more click here

Seeking information related to Gertrude Alice Dugard of Birmingham and Shropshire. Project relates to diary of Edwardian English lady who travelled to USA on White Star Line in 1914. for more click here

Personal family history, mainly in Sussex but also in the adjoining counties of Kent, Surrey and Hampshire. for more click here

The Boer War was a watershed event for the British Army, the Boers employed hit-and-run tactics that not only caused losses the British could not afford, they did not conform to the usual “gentlemanly” rules of war. for more click here

The year is 1899. Queen Victoria has recently celebrated her Diamond Jubilee. The British Empire was at its zenith in power and prestige. But the High Commissioner of Cape Colony in South Africa, Alfred Milner, wanted more. He wanted to gain for the Empire the economic power of the gold mines in the Dutch Boer republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. He also wanted to create a Cape-to-Cairo confederation of British colonies to dominate the African continent. And he wanted to rule over it. for more click here

On this website, I have detailed the history of the four families of my four grand parents as follows:

Father’s father’s family - Brigden

Father’s mother’s family - Chapman

Mother’s father’s family - Crowhurst

Mother’s mother’s family - Plowman

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A one name study researched for over ten years,includes family trees for Northamptonshire and London and a lot of other interesting information. for more click here