Category Archives: Birth

The 1921 census uncovers a new family mystery…

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

On 6 January 2022 I was one of many happy genealogists who logged into FindMyPast to start digging into the newly-released 1921 census. Although I do not have many ancestors who were alive at the time the census was taken … Continue reading →

Posted in 1911 Census, 1921 Census, Birth, Canada, Emigration, England, Genealogy, Herefordshire | 2 Comments

A fatherless line of Italian ancestors

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

When my 24 year-old Italian great-grandfather Giacomo boarded a ship and emigrated to the United States in 1910, he left behind a tiny family unit composed of solely by his mother, Margherita. She was listed on the passenger list as … Continue reading →

Posted in Birth, Civil Registration, Death, Genealogy, Illegitimacy, Italy, Marriage, Nizza Monferrato, War, World War II | 1 Comment

Why YOU should do the #RussianDollChallenge?

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Some of you may have heard of the #RussianDollChallenge, a hashtag I created on Twitter in September 2018 to discuss direct female ancestral genealogies. And why, you may ask, did this become a popular (dare one say, trending!) topic and, … Continue reading →

Posted in Birth, England, Famous Genealogy, Genealogy, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Women | Leave a 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

Quest to solve two Spanish mysteries with DNA continues…

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

NOTE: The genealogical chart at the end of this article may help to understand the relationships and hypothetical family links mentioned in the text. When I first took a DNA test (with AncestryDNA) in 2016 I half suspected most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancestry.com, Archives, Birth, DNA, Galicia, Genealogy, Genetic Genealogy, Illegitimacy, Women | Leave a comment

The saga of the Vickresses of Marden

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

The following is an account of a branch of my own family whose fascinating story has captivated me since I began researching my family tree many years ago. It is, you might say, a family saga, as it covers several … Continue reading →

Posted in 1841 Census, 1851 Census, 1861 Census, 1871 Census, 1881 Census, 1891 Census, 1901 Census, 1911 Census, Adoption, Birth, Death, England, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Hope-under-Dinmore, Marden, Marriage, Murder | 1 Comment

The confusing story of Henry Hodges and Catherine Morris

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

I remember years ago when I first researched my great-great-grandfather’s eldest sister, Catherine Morris, that I didn’t find her story particularly interesting. She married, had children, and then died. At first it was all rather dull and straightforward – or so … Continue reading →

Posted in 1841 Census, 1851 Census, 1861 Census, 1871 Census, 1881 Census, 1891 Census, 1901 Census, 1911 Census, Archives, Bigamy, Birth, Death, Dymock, England, Genealogy, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Marriage | 8 Comments

Looking for Edwin

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

In 2014 I decided to take advantage of my Ancestry.co.uk subscription and expand my research area beyond my own blood-relatives to collateral lines and families who intermarried with my own. By doing so I knew I would probably hit a … Continue reading →

Posted in 1911 Census, 1939 UK Register, Adoption, Ancestry.com, Birth, Civil Registration, England, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Illegitimacy, Killed In Action, War, World War I | 1 Comment

The curious private life of Mary Willoughby

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

On 23rd December 1880, a wedding took place in the church of Saint James the Great, Colwall, at the foot of the Malvern Hills which separate Herefordshire from Worcestershire. The bride was twenty-five-year-old Mary Willoughby, my great-grandfather’s third cousin and … Continue reading →

Posted in 1881 Census, 1891 Census, 1901 Census, Birth, Colwall, Colwall Soldiers, Divorce, France, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Marriage, Worcestershire, World War I, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

A Tale of Two Sisters

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Drusilla and Milborough Vickress were not the only daughters that my great-great-great-great-grandparents William and Elizabeth had in the course of their 41 year-long marriage. However, the bond between the two girls seems to have been close, if one analyses their … Continue reading →

Posted in 1861 Census, 1871 Census, 1881 Census, Birth, Death, England, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Hope-under-Dinmore | 1 Comment