Author Archives: Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Happy Birthday, DNI!

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

One of the least-used resources of family research in Spain, and yet perhaps one of the most valuable, is the DNI, the acronym of the Documento Nacional de Identidad (National Identity Document). This small piece of plastic, which nowadays features … Continue reading →

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Discovering a new Italian family mystery… down under!

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Lately my family research has mainly focused on my Italian ancestors, and I’ve been extremely busy adding every single birth, marriage and death recorded in my great-grandmother’s village under the civil registry collection on FamilySearch, which covers the period 1866 … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Emigration, Genealogy, Marriage, San Marzano Oliveto, World War II | 1 Comment

William Samuel Morris (1925-1941)

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Some of the stories in my family history are so graphic, so poignant, that they will always remain a fixture of my mind and my imagination. Such is the case of my grandmother’s cousin, William Samuel Morris, who died in … Continue reading →

Posted in 1911 Census, 1939 UK Register, Death, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Ships, World War II | Leave a comment

The San Marzano Oliveto war memorial

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

When my 17 year-old great-grandmother emigrated from Italy to America in late 1912, she could hardly have imagined that in less than three years her homeland would take part in the First World War – a conflict which was to … Continue reading →

Posted in Death, Genealogy, Italy, Killed In Action, War, World War I | 1 Comment

Victorian mourning

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

We are all familiar with the quintessential image of Queen Victoria in her widow’s weeds, dressed from head to foot in deep mourning for her beloved Albert, the Prince Consort. “Why may the earth not swallow me up?”, wrote an … Continue reading →

Posted in Death, England, Genealogy, Marriage, Royalty, Women, World War I | 1 Comment

Finding missing children on your family tree

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Next to tracing our ancestors, finding our ancestors’ children must be the hardest thing a genealogy researcher can be faced with. There is no shortage of records that will often point us in the right direction as to who our … Continue reading →

Posted in Birth, Genealogy, Marriage, Spain | 1 Comment

The mysterious origins of Auntie Ivy

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

When I first began researching the English side of my family tree, I would occasionally ask my relatives to name my great-grandmother’s siblings as I’d try to figure out who was who among the mound of aunts and uncles that … Continue reading →

Posted in 1881 Census, 1891 Census, 1901 Census, 1911 Census, Adoption, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Shropshire | 5 Comments

THE Genealogy Show 2019

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Well folks, it’s over. Sort of. Well, not quite. There is just so much to catch up on, emails to read, admin to follow-up on, and so, SO many ideas rushing through my head for the future… THE Genealogy Show … Continue reading →

Posted in Birmingham, Genealogy, LivingDNA, THEGenShow2019, Who Do You Think You Are? | 1 Comment

Divorced, beheaded, died…

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Today we’re taking a slight detour from my own family tree to delve into the genealogy of a man who needs no introduction: King Henry VIII of England (1491-1547). The image of the gout-ridden, middle-aged Tudor monarch sporting a ginger … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy, Royalty | 1 Comment

Another Eureka moment!

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

I always feel uneasy when researching ancestors with common name and surname combinations – it is so easy to be misled by the wrong record, and to end up barking up the wrong (family) tree! This is a lesson I … Continue reading →

Posted in 1841 Census, 1851 Census, 1861 Census, Colwall, Death, Genealogy, Illegitimacy, Marriage, Worcestershire | Leave a comment