Category Archives: Marriage

Researching Colwall’s WWI heroes

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Some months ago, with every single genealogical site and publication talking about the upcoming centenary of the breakout of the First World War, I came up with the idea of researching the life of the men from my grandmother’s home … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Colwall, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Death, England, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Killed In Action, Marriage, War | Leave a comment

Who Do You Think You Are? Marianne Faithfull

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

SPOILER WARNING! If you had to pick a likely description for Marianne Faithfull‘s background, you would hardly choose an illustrious knight in the Austro-Hungarian army, a Jewish grandmother who took part in the Viennese resistance during WWII or a sexually … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, Famous Genealogy, Genealogy, Germany, Jewish Ancestry, Marriage, War, Who Do You Think You Are?, Women | 3 Comments

The Steadfast Tin Soldier and his Ballerina

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Every now and then I use my lunch hour to have a peruse through my family tree in search of gaps that need filling. Today I decided to give my great-grandfather’s cousin a go. Until now all I had found … Continue reading →

Posted in 1891 Census, 1901 Census, 1911 Census, Birth, Colwall, Death, England, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Killed In Action, Lancashire, Marriage, War, Women | 1 Comment

Sisters of fortune, sisters of misfortune

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Oh, that wonderful, childish excitement that we all get when we know we are onto something big! I mean of course that funny feeling we all know and love, when out of the blue we stumble across new pieces of … Continue reading →

Posted in Death, Galicia, Genealogy, Illness, Marriage, Money, Property, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Women | Leave a comment

Hit a brickwall? Look for answers… within the family!

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Aside from spending hours sitting quietly in my local archive listening to my iPod as my brain races while I read through endless pages of baptism records, I do love looking at old newspapers in search of new clues. You … Continue reading →

Posted in Birth, Death, Famous Genealogy, Galicia, Genealogy, Illness, Marriage, Money, Property, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Women | Leave a comment

Exploring my possible Mormon relatives

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

When I was little, I used to attend Sunday School every week, while preparing myself for my First Communion and, later, for my Confirmation. It wasn’t what you might call a very spiritual experience, as our lessons were taught by … Continue reading →

Posted in Colwall, Emigration, England, Famous Genealogy, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Marriage, Mormonism, Ships, United States, Women, Worcestershire | 2 Comments

Tribute to a father

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Tomorrow, March 19th, is Father’s Day in Spain. A year ago exactly, a short letter from our newly-discovered Aunt Rita enclosing pictures of my up-to-then unknown grandfather arrived on our doorstep. And my, have we gone a long way since … Continue reading →

Posted in Birth, Death, Galicia, Genealogy, Illegitimacy, Marriage, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Women, Work | Leave a comment

Fatherless fathers and a long line of strong women

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Have you ever thought about what traits you may have inherited from you dad and mum? The obvious answer is “of course”, we all have, whether we are interested in genealogy or not. But why not go further back and … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentina, Bigamy, Birth, Death, Divorce, Emigration, England, Galicia, Genealogy, Illegitimacy, Italy, Marriage, Spain, United States, War, Women | Leave a comment

O Father, Where Art Thou?

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Gosh! Almost a month has gone by since I last posted on the old blog – and yet I have so many things to tell you all! I think I’ll start with the most recent -and exciting- piece of genealogical … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentina, Bigamy, Emigration, Genealogy, Marriage, Spain | 3 Comments

A Matriarch’s Ordeal

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Now that the weekend has slowly ebbed away, I can positively say that I wasted it away completely. Well, not entirely, because I spent most of it double-checking some collateral lines in my family tree which I had neglected for … Continue reading →

Posted in 1891 Census, 1901 Census, Bigamy, Colwall, Divorce, England, Genealogy, Killed In Action, Marriage, War, Women, Yorkshire | Leave a comment