https://thegenealogycorner.com/2026/02/01/my-potential-family-link-to-a-titanic-victim-and-the-founder-of-a-famous-new-york-restaurant/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1885.12.23-birth-melchiore-pio-vincenzo-sardi-san-marzano-oliveto-1.jpg1885.12.23 (BIRTH) Melchiore Pio Vincenzo Sardi, San Marzano Oliveto (1)https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/bt_100_259-00264.jpgBT_100_259-00264https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1912.04.15-death-vincenzo-pio-gilardino-canelli.jpg1912.04.15 (DEATH) Vincenzo Pio Gilardino, Canellihttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sardis.jpgSardishttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/gilardino-vincenzo-pio-1881.jpgGILARDINO Vincenzo Pio (1881)https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1881.01.23-birth-vincenzo-pio-gilardino-canelli.jpg1881.01.23 (BIRTH) Vincenzo Pio Gilardino, Canellihttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1st_class_a_la_carte_restaurant.jpg1st_Class_Á_la_Carte_Restauranthttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/rms_titanic_3_cropped_to_ship.jpgRMS_Titanic_3_(cropped_to_ship)2026-02-07T17:20:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/my-family-projects/san-marzano-oliveto-ops/2026-01-02T19:55:42+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/2025/12/29/fiorenzas-story/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ss-america.jpgSS Americahttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/statue-of-liberty-1912-detail.jpgStatue-of-Liberty-1912-Detailhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/44027_14_00067-00172.jpg44027_14_00067-00172https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image-1.pngimagehttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image.pngimagehttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/1897.07.19-birth-fiorenza-lucia-angela-quaglia-san-marzano-oliveto.jpg1897.07.19 (BIRTH) Fiorenza Lucia Angela Quaglia, San Marzano Oliveto2026-01-01T03:36:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2025/12/14/my-italian-family-tree-keeps-on-growing-in-unexpected-ways/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/asinaris-barberos-and-amerios.jpgAsinaris, Barberos and Amerios2025-12-18T09:56:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2025/11/28/a-flurry-of-potentially-new-cousins/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/amerio2.jpgAmerio2https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/amerio1.jpgAmerio12025-11-29T12:09:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2025/10/12/my-mysterious-terzano-cousins/2025-10-12T19:40:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/my-family-brickwalls/mary-elizabeth-vickress-what-happened-to-her/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/tree_vickress.pngtree_vickresshttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/vick5.jpgvick5https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/vick4.jpgvick4The 1881 census does not appearhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/vick3.jpgvick3The 1871 census showing Mary Elizabeth (simply as "Mary") living in Wolverhampton with her parents and three younger siblings, all of whom predeceased her.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/vick2.jpgvick2The 1861 census, recording Mary Elizabeth aged 1 with her parents Henry and Sarah, and her elder half-sister Caroline.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/vick1.jpgvick1Mary Elizabeth's birth certificate stating her to be born on 16 March 1860 in Pensnett, Kingswinford.2025-09-20T19:57:18+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/my-family-brickwalls/the-mystery-of-sarah-joness-background/2025-07-31T07:03:58+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/my-family-brickwalls/what-happened-to-uncle-giacomo-amerio/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/amerioleva.jpgameriolevahttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/europa.jpgEuropahttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ameriodeath.jpgAmerioDeathhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/rina.jpgrinaDetail of a 1910 passenger list including Giacomo's sister Maria Cesarina ("Rina") going to stay with her brother in Manhattan. Her two travelling companions were going to stay with a cousin.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/giacomocensus.jpggiacomocensusGiacomo Amerio listed on the 1910 census, living with Marco Surano (his brother-in-law's brother) and his family.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/giacomo.jpggiacomoThe passenger ist for the Duca degli Abruzzi showing Giacomo travelling with Cesare Imerito and his family.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/duca-degli-abruzzi.jpgDuca-Degli-AbruzziThe Duca degli Abruzzi, aboard which Giacomo emigrated to America in 1909. Photo credit: DeepRoots.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/1886.03.27-birth-giacomo-amerio-1.jpg1886.03.27 (BIRTH) Giacomo Amerio (1)Giacomo's birth certificate.2025-07-24T17:46:07+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/2025/07/06/the-descendants-of-harry-cartwright-1796-1842/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/st-clement-danes-20-scaled-1.jpgSt-Clement-Danes-20-scaledhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/model-houses.jpgModel Houseshttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/new-inn-passage.jpgNew Inn Passage2025-07-06T07:38:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2025/05/31/elizabeth-walker-nee-vickress-1816-1865/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/benjamin-walker-death.jpgBenjamin Walker deathhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/elizabeth-vickress-walker-census.jpgElizabeth Vickress Walker censushttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/elizabeth-vickress-walker-burial.jpgElizabeth Vickress Walker burial2025-05-31T19:35:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2025/01/26/from-fred-to-ed-ellen-tomkins-elusive-husband/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-4.pngimagehttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-3.pngimagehttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/clevedon-road.jpgClevedon Roadhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-2.pngimagehttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-1.pngimage2025-01-26T19:28:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/my-family-brickwalls/robert-allens-first-marriage/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image.pngimagehttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/capture3.jpgCapture3Possible entry for Robert Allen on the 1841 census. https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/capture2.jpgCapture2My 4x-great uncle Robert Allen's marriage in 1858 to the widowed Judith Bond. Notice the age gap between them!https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/capture1.jpgCapture1This 1850 marriage entry for Robert Allen and Ann Jones proves he is not the same man as my 4x great-uncle.2025-01-01T21:56:50+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/2018/01/10/winifreds-story/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/institutional.jpginstitutionalImages showing how some institutions treated mentally handicapped patients in the 1860's. Treatment had advanced somewhat by the time Winifred was institutionalised in the 1900's.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/napsbury-east.jpgnapsbury-eastNapsbury Hospital, where Winifred passed away.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/upper-colwall_postcard-2.jpgUpper Colwall_postcard 2A view of Upper Colwall, the idyllic setting where Winifred spent the first twenty-odd years of her life.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/napsbury3.jpgnapsbury3A rather sinister view of Napsbury Hospital, where Winifred died in 1944.2024-12-31T13:58:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2024/08/15/why-im-quitting-social-media/2024-08-17T06:39:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2022/04/03/the-hammonds-a-shropshire-family-saga/2024-01-24T20:15:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2024/01/15/when-was-the-last-time-europe-lacked-a-female-ruler/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/order_of_succession_primogeniture_in_european_monarchies.pngorder_of_succession_primogeniture_in_european_monarchieshttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/anna.jpgannahttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/juliana.jpgJulianahttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/margrethe-ii.jpegMargrethe II2024-01-15T18:02:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2018/03/11/the-confusing-story-of-henry-hodges-and-catherine-morris/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1871hodges.jpg1871hodgesHenry Hodges on the 1871 census, with his "widowed" mother Mary.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/woolhope-herefordshire-st-george-exterior.jpgwoolhope-herefordshire-st.-george-exteriorSt George's church, Woolhope, where the Hodges were very probably christened two centuries ago.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hodges2.jpgHodges2Extract of Henry Hodges's 1872 marriage to my relative, Catherine Morris.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hodges.jpgHodgesCatherine Hodges's death certificate confirms where and when she died, her cause of death, and her status as the widow of Henry Hodges.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1891.jpg1891The 1891 census shows Henry Hodges and his wife Catherine living at Court Farm, in Woolhope, while Louisa Hodges lives "next door" at The Butcher's Arms.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1881bis.jpg1881bisThe source of my confusion: Henry Hodges's "second" entry in the 1881 census, living in Woolhope with his wife Louisa and their children.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1871.jpg1871Henry Hodges listed on the 1871 census, living at The Butcher's Arms, Woolhope, with his wife Louisa and their eldest daughter.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1881.jpg1881Catherine Morris, by now Catherine Hodges, living in Linton in 1881 with her husband and children.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1865-04-24-marriage-henry-hodges-louisa-mailes.jpg1865.04.24 (MARRIAGE) Henry Hodges & Louisa MailesHenry Hodge's 1865 marriage to Louisa Mailes, which confirms his profession as well as his father's name. 2023-11-20T15:18:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2022/02/27/new-relative-new-mysteries/2023-11-13T19:28:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2023/11/04/the-mystery-of-samuel-morriss-origins/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/morris1794.pngmorris1794https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/morris1793.pngmorris1793https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/morris1851.pngmorris1851https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/morris1861.pngmorris18612023-11-04T18:49:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/contact/2025-03-27T23:58:55+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/2023/10/07/what-happened-to-joseph-william-rodway/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-1.pngimage-1https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image.pngimagehttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/blitz.jpgblitzhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/castlemorton_church_and_village.jpgcastlemorton_church_and_village2023-10-08T07:39:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/my-family-projects/the-rodway-project/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/bromsberrow.jpgbromsberrowBromsberrow church, where my most remote Rodway ancestor married in 1704.2023-08-27T12:08:01+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/2023/07/15/elizabeth-howard-nee-norgrove-1684-aft-1763/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/herefordshirepembridgestmaryvirginalanmurrayrustcc-by-sa2.01.jpgherefordshirepembridgestmaryvirginalanmurrayrustcc-by-sa2.012023-07-15T17:19:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2023/07/09/richard-hatchett-1583-1654-55/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hatchett.jpghatchetthttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hatchett-and-bulkeley-owen-visitation-vol-8.jpghatchett-and-bulkeley-owen-visitation-vol-8https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1583.10.26-baptism-richard-hatchett-shawbury.jpg1583.10.26-baptism-richard-hatchett-shawburyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1577.09.24-marriage-robert-hatchett-elyne-waters-shawbury.jpg1577.09.24-marriage-robert-hatchett-elyne-waters-shawbury2024-12-02T19:17:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2023/07/02/mary-crowther-1707-1779/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/diddlebury.jpgdiddleburyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1739.01.15-marriage-vincent-hammond-mary-lokier.jpg1739.01.15-marriage-vincent-hammond-mary-lokierhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1730.05.20-marriage-edmund-lokier-mary-crowther.jpg1730.05.20-marriage-edmund-lokier-mary-crowther2023-07-04T17:16:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2023/05/28/my-ancestor-eleanor-cam-1587/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/image.pngimagehttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1604.04.23-marriage-william-jones-eleanor-cam-ludlow.jpg1604.04.23-marriage-william-jones-eleanor-cam-ludlow2023-06-11T14:04:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2022/12/07/it-is-a-truth-universally-acknowledged/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/austen-jane.jpgausten-janehttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/hill-rowland-1498-1561.jpghill-rowland-1498-1561British (English) School; Sir Rowland Hill (1492?-1561); National Trust, Attingham Park; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/sir-rowland-hill-14921561-131014https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/tree1.jpgtree1https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/will3.jpgwill3https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/will2.jpgwill2https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/will1.jpgwill12022-12-07T22:51:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/about/my-cv/2022-04-10T19:02:26+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/2022/01/14/the-1921-census-uncovers-a-new-family-mystery/2022-01-14T21:36:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2021/02/06/the-mystery-of-anna-amerio/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1869.12.30-death-leonardo-caire.jpg1869.12.30 (DEATH) Leonardo Caire2022-01-11T18:34:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2022/01/05/the-sheppard-family-fame-family-and-fortune/2022-01-24T02:34:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/my-family-projects/the-ameglio-surname-project/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/haplo.jpghaploMy link to Adam: the genetic path followed by Haplogroup I-2 on its way out of Africa. Source: Living DNA.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ameglio.jpgAmeglioThe presence of the Ameglio surname throughout Italy today.2021-11-06T20:56:34+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/2021/10/05/a-fatherless-line-of-italian-ancestors/2021-10-06T11:28:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/my-family-brickwalls/who-was-elizabeth-symonds/2021-08-13T19:56:18+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/2021/04/28/who-was-eleanor-whitneys-mother/2021-04-28T20:31:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2019/07/08/the-san-marzano-oliveto-war-memorial/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/corriere_sera_dichiarazione_guerra_italia_austria_ungheria700x350.jpgcorriere_sera_dichiarazione_guerra_italia_austria_ungheria700x350The 21 May 1915 edition of "Il Corriere della Sera" announcing Italy's declaration of war.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cimg5583.jpgCIMG5583Another side view of the war memorial.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cimg5585.jpgCIMG5585Side view of the war memorial.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cimg5582.jpgCIMG5582Front of the San Marzano Oliveto war memorial, taken in 2012.2021-01-08T18:11:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2020/11/22/the-tragedy-of-jane-dee/2020-11-27T16:04:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/my-family-projects/famiglie-di-san-marzano-oliveto/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cimg5648-e1600031812435.jpgCIMG5648San Marzano Oliveto, culla dei miei antenati.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/nascita.jpgNascitaAtto di nascita della mia bisnonna, 1895.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/giovanna.jpgGiovannaRiferimento alla mia bisnonna nella lista dei passeggeri della nave "Duca di Genova", 1912.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_1986.jpgIMG_19862020-10-24T08:08:05+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/spanish-genealogy-resources/territorial-division-according-to-the-church/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/igrexa_de_santa_maric3b1a_de_aguasantas_cotobade.jpgSome parish records are still held in local parish churches. https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/galicia_eclesiastica.pngGalicia_eclesiasticahttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/mapa_eclesiastico_de_espana.jpgMapa_eclesiastico_de_espanaSource: Revista Ecclesia.2020-10-20T10:12:29+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/2020/10/13/how-did-your-ancestors-meet/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/800px-pukirev_ner_brak.jpg800px-Pukirev_ner_brakThe Unequal Marriage (1863) by Russian artist Vasili Pukirev. Image credit: Wikipedia.2020-10-18T20:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2019/12/20/family-tree-live-here-i-come/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ftl2019.pngftl2019Workshops were a very popular feature at Family Tree Live 2019. Photo credit: Family Tree Magazine.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/daniel-smith-ramos-spanish-ws.jpgbannerDSRhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ftl2020.jpgftl20202020-10-18T19:05:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2019/12/21/are-you-going-to-the-genealogy-show-2020-because-i-am/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/tgs_entrance.jpgTGS_entrancehttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/tgs_selfies.jpgTGS_selfieshttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/tgs_banner.jpgTGS_Banner2020-10-18T19:04:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2020/08/23/why-i-do-genealogy-a-personal-manifesto/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/manifesto.pngmanifesto2020-10-13T09:58:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2020/09/23/the-italian-connection/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dna8.jpgDNA8Giovanni Roseo's signature on his naturalisation record. Source: Ancestry.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dna7.jpgDNA7Maddalena Clementina's signature on her own marriage certificate. Source: Antenati.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dna6.jpgDNA6The 1882 marriage between Maddalena Clementina (aka Pauline)'s parents Francesco Bussi and Carolina Vaccaneo. Source: FamilySearch.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dna5.jpgDNA5The 1913 marriage of Giovanni Antonio Roseo and Maddalena Clementina Bussi. Source: Antenati.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dna4.jpgDNA4Maddalena Paolina Bussi (line 13) on a 1922 passenger list.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dna3.jpgDNA3https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dna2.pngDNA2https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dna1.pngDNA12020-10-08T06:33:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/about/donate-now/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/btn_donate_92x26.pngbtn_donate_92x26https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/thank-you-for-your-donation.pngthank-you-for-your-donation2020-09-06T09:13:00+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/about/testimonials/2020-09-06T09:11:32+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/2020/03/04/why-you-should-do-the-russiandollchallenge/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/russiandolls1.jpegrussiandolls1You may be the last doll in a long chain of Russian dolls... But how far back can you go?https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/russiandolls.jpegrussiandollsHave you ever done the #RussianDollChallenge?https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/queen.jpgBookYou'd be surprised how few generations Queen Elizabeth II can trace her line back on her direct maternal side...https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/salisbury-anne-caroline.jpgSALISBURY Anne Caroline2020-03-04T22:02:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/spanish-genealogy-resources/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/mapspain.jpgmapspain2020-02-11T20:29:34+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/02/02/researching-clara-allen/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/the_monthly_nurse-_wellcome_m0011224.jpgM0011224 "The Monthly Nurse".M0011224 "The Monthly Nurse". Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org "The Monthly Nurse". Woodcut 1840 By: David WilkiePublished: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/94959888-449ofi2d-dsc_9532a.jpg94959888-449ofi2d-dsc_9532ahttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/clara-tyler.jpgclara-tylerhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dowrysq.pngdowrysq2020-01-01T21:30:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/my-family-brickwalls/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/brickwall.jpgBrickWall2019-12-18T15:46:09+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/2019/12/18/see-you-at-the-salon-de-genealogie-paris-15/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/salon3.jpgsalon3A glimpse of a prior edition of the Salon de Généalogie Paris 15. Photo credit: Salon de Généalogie.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/salon2.pngsalon2The Salon puts a strong emphasis on educating children and encouraging them to take an interest in genealogy and family history. Photo credit: Salon de Généalogie Paris 15.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/web-salon-genealogie-20204.jpgweb - SALON GENEALOGIE - 20204https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/web-salon-genealogie-2020.jpgweb - SALON GENEALOGIE - 20202019-12-18T13:56:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2019/12/17/happy-birthday-dni/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dni2.jpgdni2General Franco was issued with the first ever DNI card.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dni1.jpgdni1The leader of the Spanish Communist Party Santiago Carrillo had at least three fake DNI cards during Franco's dictatorship.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dni3.jpgdni3The first three DNI numbers were used by General Franco and his immediate family. Those between number 10 and 100 are reserved for the Spanish Royal Family.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dni4.pngdni4Front of an example of a modern-day DNI card.2019-12-17T21:26:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/about/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsr_2019_cropped-e1575756715788.jpgDSR_2019_croppedhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/tgs_dsr_talk.jpgTGS_DSR_talkhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dsr_conf.jpgdsr_confThe author speaking at a conference in Brussels in 2017.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_2363.jpgIMG_2363https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/asociacic3b3n-de-genealogc3ada-herc3a1ldica-y-nobiliaria-de-galicia.jpgasociacion-de-genealogia-heraldica-y-nobiliaria-de-galiciahttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/isogg-logo.pngisogg-logohttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ancestry3.jpgAncestry3La historia de nuestros antepasados aún está por contar.2021-02-06T05:37:11+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/2019/11/29/discovering-a-new-italian-family-mystery-down-under/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/giuseppe2.jpgGiuseppe2Giuseppe's birth certificate, with a marginal note stating he died in Verona in 1981.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/giuseppe1.jpgGiuseppe1https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ameriovincenza.jpgAmerioVincenzaVincenza's birth certificate, with a marginal note stating she died in far-away Verona in 1976.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/adelaideamerio.jpgAdelaideAmeriohttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/shipamerio.jpgShipAmerioThe passenger list for the SS Viminale, showing Vincenza Amerio travelling from Genoa to Australia in 1934.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/amerio-giuseppe-1895-1981.jpgAMERIO Giuseppe (1895-1981)https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/australiaamerio.jpgAustraliaAmerio2019-11-30T18:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2019/07/28/william-samuel-morris-1925-1941/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/morris.jpgmorrisWilliam Samuel's entry on the Grave Registration Report. Credit: CWGC.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ship.jpgshipPosition where the Embassage was sunk.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/william-samuel.jpgWilliam SamuelWilliam Samuel, his mother and sister, circa 1930.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/colwall-war-memorial.jpgcolwall war memorialColwall War Memorial. Credit: Colwall Church.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/embassage.jpgEmbassageThe SS Embassage. Photo from City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 447-2184. Credit: Uboat.net.2019-07-28T13:56:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2019/06/29/victorian-mourning/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/mourning2.jpgmourning2Businesses specialising in mourning wear became popular during the Victorian era.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/downton.jpgdowntonIn the first season of the hugely succcessful series Downton Abbey we witness how Lady Mary Crawley is reticent to wear black for a third cousin - who happened to also be her fiancé - because "after all, it wasn't official". https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/mourning-locket.jpgmourning locketA Victorian mourning locket turned into a brooch.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/mourning.jpgMourningAs soon as the initial shock of death was over, the official period of mourning began, and it applied to everyone inside the household. Painting by Jules Charles Boquet.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/vic-and-alice-in-black.jpgvic-and-alice-in-blackQueen Victoria and her daughter Alice, both in deep mourning, beside a bust of Prince Albert.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/alexander_russia.jpgAlexander_russiaA post-mortem photograph of Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich, taken in 1870.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/diana.jpgdianaMembers of the Royal Family were almost unique when it came to wearing mourning clothes after Princess Di's death in 1997. Members of the public, though very much moved by the event, did not necessarily alter their way of dressing for the occasion.2019-06-29T19:12:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2019/06/25/finding-missing-children-on-your-family-tree/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/qc4.jpgqc4King George III and his wife, Queen Charlotte, had 15 children over a 21 year-period. Source.2019-06-25T14:28:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/my-grandfather-peter-ameglio/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/rita.jpgRitahttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ameglio-peter-1942.jpgameglio-peter-1942Peter Ameglio in 1942, shortly before being sent overseas.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/peter-ameglio-gravestone.jpgMy grandfather Peter Ameglio's grave in New York.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/betty.jpgbettyBetty, around 1945.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/giacomo-antonietta-peter-ameglio-c-1942.jpggiacomo-antonietta-peter-ameglio-c-1942https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rita-ameglio-roy.jpgrita-ameglio-roy2019-06-24T13:31:35+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/2019/06/17/the-mysterious-origins-of-auntie-ivy/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/worthing.jpgworthingPhoto credit: Worthing History.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/thornton-ivy.pngTHORNTON Ivyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ivy1.jpgIvy12019-06-22T12:53:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2019/06/10/the-genealogy-show-2019/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/tgs_selfies2.jpgTGS_selfies2https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/tgs_team.jpgTGS_teamhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/tgs_selfies.jpgTGS_selfieshttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/tgs_dsr_talk.jpgTGS_DSR_talkhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/tgs_all.jpgTGS_all2019-06-11T06:27:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2019/03/01/divorced-beheaded-died/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wivestree.jpgwivestree2019-03-26T10:04:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2018/04/24/the-saga-of-the-vickresses-of-marden/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/pigot.jpgpigotPigot's Directory of 1835 mentions Joel Orchard, of Butter Cross, Tenbury, as a Tallow Chandler.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1024px-campania_in_festival_dress.jpg1024px-Campania_in_Festival_DressThe Campania in 1951, from where Iris Mary Vickress wrote her last letter to her aunt.2019-11-20T14:46:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2019/02/10/another-eureka-moment/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1845.jpg1845https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1861.jpg1861https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1851.jpg1851https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1841.jpg1841https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/will2.jpgwill2https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/will1.jpgwill1https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/johndavis2.jpgJohnDavis2https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/johndavis1.jpgJohnDavis12019-02-12T13:04:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2018/12/14/tragedy-the-lancastria-and-my-firkins-cousins/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/FIRKINS-Harry-1891-1940.jpgFIRKINS Harry (1891-1940)Harry Firkins (1891-1940), who died in the Lancastria sinking.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/FIRKINS-Harry-1919-1943.jpgFIRKINS Harry (1919-1943)Harry Firkins (1919-1943), who was killed in action in Sicily.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Lancatria-sinking-from-distance.jpgTHE SINKING OF THE CUNARD LINER SS LANCASTRIA OFF ST NAZAIRETHE SINKING OF THE CUNARD LINER SS LANCASTRIA OFF ST NAZAIRE2018-12-14T21:19:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/my-family-projects/the-vickress-project/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/william-vickress-1841-census.pngWilliam Vickress, 1841 Censushttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/james-vickress-or-vickers.pngJames Vickress or Vickershttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/vickress-surname-england-1881.pngVickress Surname England 18812018-12-04T09:09:32+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/04/27/cancer-my-familys-genetic-inheritance/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/family-tree-of-a-patient-of-palestinian-arab-origin-dna-no-8-found-to-carry-the-png.jpgFamily-tree-of-a-patient-of-Palestinian-Arab-origin-DNA-no-8-found-to-carry-the.pngA family tree showing members of a family and the inheritance pattern of breast and ovarian cancer.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/detection.jpgdetectionhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img301.jpgimg301My grandfather in the 1930's flanked by his mother (r) and her sister. Both women died of breast cancer.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cc0627.jpgCC0627The pink ribbon has become a symbol of cancer awareness and battling cancer, but the illness continues to be taboo for many people because of its perception as a social disease. 2018-11-30T17:56:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2018/11/25/the-life-of-sophia-rice/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/map-of-england-and-wales-max.jpgmap-of-england-and-wales-maxThis map shows the five places where Sophia Rice lived during her lifetime: Hope-under-Dinmore (prior to her marriage), Hereford (c.1810-c.1817), Walsall (until approximately 1818), Colne (until 1827) and Rochdale (till her death).https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/weaving.pngweavingWeaving wool was central to the Rice family's history.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/st-chads-rochdale.jpgSt Chads RochdaleSaint Chad's Church, Rochdale, where Edna Rice married Isaac Halstead in 1851.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/bridge-street-chapel-walsall.jpgBridge Street Chapel WalsallWalsall's non-conformist Bridge Street Chapel, where the Rice's third daughter was baptised.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/st-nicholas-hereford-old.jpgSt Nicholas Hereford old2018-11-29T18:35:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2018/07/31/mary-ann-allen-1807-1884/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/colwall.jpgColwallThe churchyard in Colwall, where Mary Ann Alford, formerly Hyde, née Allen, was laid to rest in 1884. https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sarah-alford.jpgSarah AlfordDetail from Sarah Alford's death certificate, stating she died aged 21 after suffering some kind of brain ailment for four years. https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/alford.jpgAlfordA snippet of Thomas Allen's will, where he states that his daughter was by then the wife of Richard Alford.2018-08-01T14:06:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2018/07/08/judith-allen-nee-cooke-formerly-bond/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_0575.jpgIMG_0575The grounds of Saint James's Church, Colwall, where Judith and Robert Allen were laid to rest for eternity.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/bond.jpgbondWedding announcement of Jane Bond (née Voyce), Judith's bereaved daughter-in-law.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/worcs.jpgworcsThe location of Longdon, where Judith was born in 1795. Upton-on-Severn, where she was baptised, is nearby, as is Colwall, where she died.2018-07-08T21:41:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2018/05/11/quest-to-solve-two-spanish-mysteries-with-dna-continues/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/tree2.pngtree2Simplified tree depicting the relationships mentioned in this article. Note that doted lines represent descendancy over several generations. Question marks next to descendancy lines depict hypothetical relationships as yet unproven.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ancestrydna_logo.jpgAncestryDNA_logoAncestryDNA, the company I tested with for this particular study.2018-05-11T21:40:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2018/05/04/announcing-the-launch-of-the-genealogy-show-2019/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/banner1.pngBanner12018-05-04T21:04:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2018/04/12/the-peripatetic-caldwells/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sedgley.jpgsedgleyThe church of St Chad's, in Sedgley, near which the Caldwells lived during the 1850's.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mary-ann.jpgmary annExtract of the death certificate for Mary Ann Caldwell, née Vickress.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/hope.jpghopeThe church of Hope-under-Dinmore, Herefordshire, where Mary Ann Vickres was christened.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/edward.jpgEdwardThe 1835 baptism entry for Edward Vickress, later Edward Caldwell.2018-12-03T22:06:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2018/02/12/granny-morris/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/vickress-elizabeth.jpgVICKRESS ElizabethElizabeth Morris (née Vickress), 1846-19322018-02-14T19:08:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2018/01/24/the-1921-census/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1921_form.jpg1921_formForm page of a blank 1921 census.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1921_instructions.jpg1921_instructionsInstructions page of the 1921 Census.2018-01-26T06:40:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2018/01/19/review-explore-the-past-a-brand-new-guide-to-family-history/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/contact.jpgcontacthttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/explore.jpgExploreThe front cover of the new Explore The Past guide.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/worcestershire.jpgWorcestershireWorcestershire Archive contains thousands of maps for Worcestershire.2018-01-19T15:34:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2018/01/17/looking-for-edwin/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/chambers.jpgchambersDeath notice for Thomas Joseph Chambers, who is very likely to have been Edwin's younger half-brother.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/edwin2.jpgedwin2Copy of Edwin Charles John Brown's birth certificate.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/edwin1.jpgedwin1The incriminating evidence, showing Uncle Billy fathered an illegitimate child during WWI.2018-01-17T20:20:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/11/01/the-mystery-of-john-davis-part-1/2018-01-14T16:11:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/12/20/dear-cousin-will-you-marry-me/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/charlesandemma.jpgcharlesandemmaCharles Darwin was the son of Susannah Wedgwood, of the famous pottery family. In 1839 he married his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood. 2022-02-15T15:36:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/11/25/my-great-great-great-grandmother-ann-rodway/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_0822.pngIMG_0822The cottages built by the Allens - the property on which they stand were probably inherited by Ann Rodway upon the death of her father.2018-08-21T15:43:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/11/05/the-curious-private-life-of-mary-willoughby/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1916-11-08-press-reginald-clarke-leeds-mercury.jpg1916.11.08 (PRESS) Reginald Clarke, Leeds Mercuryhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/reginald-e-clarke-poem-by-mother.jpgReginald E. Clarke poem by motherPoem written by Mary Eacock "Clarke" (née Willoughby) in memory of her son Reginald James Clarke, who was killed in action in 1916.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_0575.jpgIMG_0575The grounds of Colwall church, where Thomas Eacock married my relative Mary Willoughby in 1880. Photo: private collection.2017-11-06T18:44:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/10/31/a-tale-of-two-sisters/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hope-under-dinmore-the-village-c1955_h264010.jpghope-under-dinmore-the-village-c1955_h264010Hope-under-Dinmore, from the Francis Firth collection.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hope-under-dinmore-arkwright-s-almshouses-c1960_h264011_large.jpghope-under-dinmore-arkwright-s-almshouses-c1960_h264011_largeHope-under-Dinmore, from the Francis Firth collection.2017-11-01T04:09:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/09/12/twins-or-a-multiple-baptism/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/newspaper.jpgnewspaperNewspaper cutting announcing the death of Diana Vickress.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/bapt.jpgbaptEntry for the baptism of Henry Edward and Diana Vickress - perhaps not coincidentally, Henry Edward is listed first: was her the elder sibling?2017-09-12T21:49:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/08/30/the-story-of-charles-henry-vickress/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lyonshall.jpglyonshallLyonshall, in Herefordshire, where Charles Henry was born. The church where he was christened can be seen at the top of the hill.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/crumlin.jpgcrumlinCrumlin's Navigation Colliery, where Charles Henry Vickress met a tragic end.2017-08-30T20:59:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/07/28/why-dont-spanish-death-certificates-include-a-cause-of-death/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/death1.jpgdeath1This death certificate, from 1935, shows the cause of death stricken out and the Order reference beside it. The cause of death is still partially legible.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/death2.jpgdeath2This death certificate, dated from 1936 but issued in the 21st century, has not had the cause of death crossed out.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/death3.jpgdeath3This death certificate, from 1996, does not include a cause of death but still includes the space where it would have been stated.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/death4.jpgdeath4This blank death certificate, issued in 2004, no longer includes a space for the cause of death.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/esquela2.jpgesquela2This modern-day obituary remembers the deaths of two brothers who were murdered shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.2017-07-28T11:13:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/06/07/my-living-dna-experience/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/map4.jpgmap4The path presumably followed by my maternal ancestors from Eve to my Mum.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/map2.jpgmap2...but alas, here were my detailed autosomal DNA results!https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/map1.jpgmap1At first glance, my autosomal DNA results did not look very detailed...https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/living-dna-logo.jpgLiving-DNA-Logo2020-02-11T17:58:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/my-family-projects/2017-06-04T15:22:36+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/my-family-projects/the-tippins-project/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/church-staunton-arrow.jpgchurch-staunton-arrowThe church of Staunton-on-Arrow, where my closests Tippins ancestors were baptised.2017-06-04T15:18:15+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/my-family-projects/the-allen-project/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/allen-line.pngAllen Line2017-06-04T15:17:09+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/my-family-projects/the-mound-project/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bitterley.jpgbitterleyA modern-day view of Bitterley, where my ancestor Elinor (who married into the Mound family) was born.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hope-bagot-church-and-churchyard.jpgHope Bagot Church and ChurchyardHope Bagot church and churchyard.2017-06-04T15:16:55+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/05/06/using-dna-to-find-the-common-ancestor/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dna.pngDNAEither of the two men in a red box may have fathered Kathryn's great-grandmother. My third cousins' DNA may prove it.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/poggio_daniel.jpgPoggio_daniel2017-06-01T14:10:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/04/09/who-do-you-think-you-are-live-2017/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/w6.jpgw6Swabbing and giving a grateful smile to LivingDNA at the same time is not easy, I can tell you!https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/w2.jpgw2Just as well I didn't attend WDYTYA three days...https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/w4.jpgw4Whoops, I did it again!https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/w7.jpgw7With Andrew, Sonia and Jane (courtesy of Steve, of Atcherley fame)https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/w5.jpgw5My absolutely highlight was meeting J. Carmen Smith (and Jim!) and Sonia Sanchez. A evening I shall always remember!https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/w3.jpgw3With Carole (of One Surname Studies fame)2017-04-11T08:49:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/03/24/how-to-order-a-spanish-death-certificate/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/certificado-de-defuncic3b3n.jpgCertificado-de-defunción2017-08-05T14:31:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/03/22/understanding-spanish-surnames/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/a2historia.jpgA2historiahttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/los-apellidos-mas-comunes-de-espana-wikicommons.jpglos-apellidos-mas-comunes-de-espana-wikicommonshttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/treesurnames.pngTReeSurnames2017-11-17T18:05:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/02/07/blind-expectations/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/alford.jpgalfordhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1901.jpg1901https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/halford.pnghalfordhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hyde.pnghyde2017-02-07T20:58:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/thoughts-tips-on-genealogy/frequent-genealogy-mistakes/2017-02-06T08:48:52+00:00weekly0.6https://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/02/05/where-theres-a-will/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0592.jpgimg_05922025-07-24T02:38:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/01/21/a-spanish-bigamy-story-for-j-carmen/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1910census.jpg1910census2017-01-21T09:41:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2017/01/02/the-gaskells-of-bollington/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dsc30812-large.jpgdsc30812-largeBollington, Cheshire where the Gaskell family lived at the turn of the last century. Photo source: Happy Valley.2021-10-21T00:44:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/12/23/farewell-to-a-year-full-of-surprises/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/holiday_photo_tree_inlinepreview.jpgholiday_photo_tree_inlinepreview2016-12-28T19:16:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/11/20/a-mystery-finally-solved/2017-04-05T21:06:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/10/19/under-my-nose-all-this-time/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/26782904.jpg26782904The church of Saint Marziano, in San Marzano Oliveto, where many of my ancestors were married.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/capture3.pngcaptureFirst ever reference I found for Margherita Paroldi in her son's 1850 marriage certificate.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/capture2.pngcapture2Proof that Margherita's first husband was Giovanni Amerio.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/capture1.pngcapture1A segment of the marriage certificate relating to Margherita Paro(l)di and Vincenzo Pastore.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/capture.pngcaptureThe 1832 certificate, in Latin, showing the death of a Giovanni Amerio, son of Giuseppe, aged 45. Could he be MArgherita's first husband?2018-03-16T08:00:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/10/17/those-who-stayed-behind/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cimg5659.jpgcimg5659View of the countryside surrounding San Marzano Oliveto, Piedmont. Author's private collection.2016-10-21T06:49:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/10/12/whats-new-on-ancestry-october-2016-edition/2016-10-12T08:00:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/10/05/explore-cousin-marriages-within-your-family-tree/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cousins_042505.gifcousins_042505Cousin marriages are not legal in all the states of the USA.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/800px-george_richmond_-_emma_darwin_-_1840.jpg800px-george_richmond_-_emma_darwin_-_1840Emma Wedgwood married her first cousin, Charles Darwin. 2016-10-07T08:39:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/09/30/part-i-a-mound-of-relatives/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1851.png1851The 1851 census entry confirming Ellen (under her married name) as being from Wormsley, Herefordshire.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/4936986_af8f3e7b.jpg4936986_af8f3e7bWho knows how many of my Mound relatives are buried in the churchyard of Hope Bagot!https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/103776361.jpg103776361The church of St John the Baptist, Hope Bagot in Shropshire where the Mounds lived in the early 1800's.2016-10-01T05:06:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/09/22/mums-ancestrydna-adventure/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dna.jpgdnaMy Mum's genetic composition is obviously much more complicated than I thought...2016-11-08T14:50:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/09/17/myitalianancestryonline/2017-01-01T12:28:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/08/23/how-to-order-a-spanish-birth-certificate/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acta-nacimiento.jpgActa nacimientoA traditional Spanish birth certificate before the introduction of telematic forms.2020-02-03T00:38:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/07/22/beware-of-names/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/l939_00000022.jpgL939_00000022Surname order in Spain was not regulated until the end of the 1700's.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/maxresdefault.jpgmaxresdefaultGraham Norton and his mother were puzzled by their ancestor's ambiguous use of two different surnames...2016-07-22T11:22:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/06/09/my-ancestrydna-adventure/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/map.pngmaphttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ethnicity-estimate1.pngEthnicity EstimateMy ethnicity estimate.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/map_ancestry.pngMap_AncestryMy main ethnicity results.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/map_trace.pngMap_TraceCircles mark trace regions in my genetic makeup.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_8820.jpgIMG_8820https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_8810.jpgIMG_8810https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/herefordshire-kitchin-2624.jpgherefordshire-kitchin-2624Herefordshire, in western England, where many of my paternal grandmother's ancestors lived as far back as the 1600's.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/nizza-monferrato-10.gifNizza-Monferrato.10My paternal grandfather's ancestors came from a 5-mile radius around Nizza Monferrato, in the Italian Piedmont.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/da37b2c85b288f104f99ada4314ecddb.jpgda37b2c85b288f104f99ada4314ecddbThe "Seven Celtic Nations" which includes Galicia, where most of my maternal ancestors lived at one point.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/capture.pngCaptureThe third stage of the AncestryDNA test has begun!2016-06-10T21:48:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/05/18/behind-the-scenes-at-the-lab-by-ancestry/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/regions.pngregionshttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/map.pngmaphttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/raw.pngraw2016-05-18T21:12:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/05/06/understanding-spanish-birth-certificates/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/propias-de-su-sexo.pngpropias de su sexohttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/spanish-birth-certificate-back.pngSpanish Birth Certificate (back)Back of a Spanish birth certificate.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/spanish-birth-certificate.pngSpanish Birth CertificateFront page of a Spanish birth certificate dated 1900.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/acta-nacimiento.pngActa NacimientoCertificate of Birth, as mentioned on a Spanish specimen. https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sevilla.gifSevillaA basic map of the province of Seville showing its capital (the city of Seville) and a fe other municipalities within the region, each with its own civil registry office.2022-09-16T12:03:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/04/24/cousin-marjories-letter-from-canada/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/marjorie-wilfrida-allen.jpgMarjorie Wilfrida Allenhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0367.jpgIMG_03672016-04-24T15:24:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/04/21/remembering-ash-villa/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0385.jpgIMG_0385Ash Villa up for sale in 2010. Note the garage on the left, formerly a workshop.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0034.jpgIMG_0034A family snapshot in front of Ash Villa in 1918.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0383.jpgIMG_0383Victoria Cottage, Beacon Road, was once owned by my family.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0376.jpgIMG_0376The row of cottages known in the 1800's as Allens Cottages.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0387.jpgIMG_0387The front gate at Ash Villa.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ash-villa.jpgAsh VillaAsh Villa a few years ago.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0028.jpgIMG_0028John and Jane Allen outside Ash Villa around the turn of the century.2022-07-26T10:11:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/04/16/who-do-you-think-you-are-live-2016/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image1.jpgimage1Oh yeah!https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image5.jpgimage5My take-aways!https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image4.jpgimage4Not just about Genealogy...https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image3.jpgimage3Free lectures at The Genealogist stand...https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image2.jpgimage2Queue to enter WDYTYA 20162016-04-16T11:04:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2016/01/31/508-9th-avenue-manhattan/2016-01-31T10:38:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/12/21/recordando-a-manolito/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/manuel5.jpgManuel5Noticia publicada por el diario ABC el 16 de octubre de 1935, adelantando el accidente ocurrido en Valladolid. Fuente: Hemeroteca ABC.2016-01-03T20:26:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2015/08/30/who-was-hitlers-grandfather/2015-08-30T17:54:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/07/03/the-first-ronquete/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/hostal_dos_reis_catc3b3licos-_praza_do_obradoiro-_santiago_de_compostela.jpgHostal_dos_Reis_Católicos._Praza_do_obradoiro._Santiago_de_CompostelaThe old Hospital Real, opposite Santiago Cathedral, where my ancestor died and was buried in 1809 during the Napoleonic invasion of Spain.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/repubblica_di_genova.pngRepubblica_di_GenovaThe maximum expansion of the Genoese Republic.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/noia.jpgnoiaNoya, the village where the first Spanish Ronquetes were born around the 1780's.2015-07-08T07:06:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2015/05/16/milboroughs-and-montilions/2016-01-02T00:28:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2015/05/04/la-epidemia-de-colera-de-1854-noya/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cimg7667.jpgCIMG7667https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cimg7666.jpgCIMG7666La Rúa de Lage (hoy Rúa de Laxe) en Noya resultó especialmente afectada por el cólera en 1854. Varios residentes de la zona perecieron durante la epidemia.2015-05-04T07:44:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2015/05/01/remembering-the-centennary-of-the-lusitania-sinking/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/800px-rms_lusitania_coming_into_port_possibly_in_new_york_1907-13-crop.jpg800px-RMS_Lusitania_coming_into_port,_possibly_in_New_York,_1907-13-crophttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cimg8456.jpgCIMG8456https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cimg8447.jpgCIMG8447https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cimg8446.jpgCIMG84462015-05-01T15:28:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2015/02/28/eric-cartwright-1896-1916/2015-02-28T07:52:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2014/08/25/naughty-nancy-part-2/2014-08-25T21:09:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2014/08/23/naughty-nancy/2014-08-23T13:32:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2014/08/10/harry-bertram-caines-1893-1916/2014-08-10T15:29:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2014/08/09/almond-john-bratt-1891-1917/2014-08-09T06:32:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2014/08/04/walter-booton-1882-1915/2014-08-04T21:07:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2014/08/03/barking-up-the-wrong-family-tree/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/william-and-elizabeth-and-joseph-allen.jpgWilliam and Elizabeth and Joseph AllenCOPRYRIGHT OFTHEGENEALOGYCORNERThe grave of William Allen and his wife Elizabeth. Their age and date of death offer many clues when tracking down a plausible birth year - and discarding other possibilities! (Copyright of The Genealogy Corner)https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0347.jpgIMG_0347:COPYRIGHT OF THEGENEALOGYCORNERFamily plot: The grave of Thomas Allen, his wife and two of their children. (Copyright of The Genealogy Corner)2014-08-03T16:37:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2014/05/18/brave-colwallian-soldiers/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/war-memorial.jpgwar memorialThe Colwall War Memorial, outside Colwall church. Photo copyright colwallchurch.org.2014-08-02T19:11:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2014/05/18/raymond-barnett-1895-1917/2014-08-02T19:08:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2014/05/22/percy-barrett-1886-1914/2014-08-02T19:07:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2014/05/31/forrest-beauchamp-1883-1918/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/forrest-miles-beauchamp.jpgForrest Miles BeauchampPhoto of Forrest Beauchamp – Forrest Beauchamp and his mother (circa June 1916) taken at Foxleigh, Saskatchewan. Copyright/source: http://www.veterans.gc.ca 2015-02-09T19:13:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2014/08/02/penrith-sutton-beauchamp-1893-1917/2018-03-17T22:46:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2014/05/03/the-smith-family-i-am-not-descended-from/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/james-arthur-smith.jpgJames Arthur SmithJames Arthur Smith on his wedding day. His life would be cut short by consumption less than four years later.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/thurlby_st_germain_lincolnshire.jpgThurlby_St_Germain_LincolnshireThurlby church in Lincolnshire.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/arthur-smith.pngArthur SmithArthur and Ellen Smith, around the time of their marriage in Canada.2014-05-03T00:09:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2011/12/22/the-elusive-mr-davis/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/colwall-church-and-old-tree.jpgColwall Church and Old TreeColwall, where John Davis lived and possibly died on an unknown date.2014-05-02T09:28:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/02/13/the-granny-from-codling-hall/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/morisot.jpgmorisot"La Lecture", by Berthe Morisot.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/mother.jpegmotherWhistler's Mother.2015-10-22T22:56:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2014/03/29/jane-austens-family-tree/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/frank-austen.jpgFrank AustenJane Austen's brother Frank was described by Admiral Horatio Nelson as an "excellent" man.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/edward-austen-knight.gifEdward Austen KnightEdward Austen (later Knight), Jane's elder brother, is the ancestor of actress Anna Chancellor, adventurer Denys Finch-Hatton and British peer and film producer John Brabourne.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/jane-austen.jpgJane AustenJane Austen, portrayed by her sister Cassandra.2017-06-21T02:05:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2014/03/22/our-elusive-ancestors/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sarnesfield_st_mary_church_-_geograph-org-uk_-_385466.jpgSarnesfield_St_Mary_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_385466Sarnesfield St Mary's church in Herefordshire could unlock the mystery to Anne's untimely death. Could she have been buried within the churchyard's walls?2014-03-22T18:51:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2014/02/15/feliz-256-cumpleanos-abuela/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hogarth_marriagedetail.jpgHogarth_marriagedetailEl matrimonio de mis antepasados permitió que sus descendientes pudieran legalmente heredar el vínculo de mayorazgo fundado por sus bisabuelos. Cuadro de William Hogarth.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/retrato-de-domingo-gayoso-de-los-cobos-xi-marquc3a9s-de-camasara.jpgRetrato de Domingo Gayoso de los Cobos, XI Marqués de CamasaraDomingo Gayoso de los Cobos, Conde de Amarante y Marqués de Camarasa. Retrato de Agustín Esteve y Márquez (Fundación Casa Ducal de Medinaceli).2014-02-15T12:39:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2014/01/26/the-maid-and-the-nurse/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/nurse.jpgnurseAn Edwardian nurse with her young charge. Source:https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/victorian-maid-220x300.jpgvictorian-maid-220x300Source: Victorian Life Style - No copyright infringement intended. 2014-01-26T20:04:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/12/08/who-really-built-the-cruceiro-de-hio/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cruceiro.jpgcruceiroView of the Cruceiro de Hío, opposite the parish church.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cruceiro_de_hc3ado_detalle_1.jpgCruceiro_de_Hío_detalle_1Adam following his expulsion from Paradise, as represented on the base of the Cruceiro de Hío.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/josc3a9-cervic3b1o-garcc3ada1.jpgJosé Cerviño GarcíaJosé Cerviño García2013-12-08T15:41:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/12/05/who-do-you-think-you-are-nigella-lawson/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/450px-lyons_tea_6779313351.jpg450px-Lyons_Tea_(6779313351)A Lyons Tea sign (wikipedia)https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/nigella-lawson.jpgnigella-lawsonNigella Lawson (bbc.co.uk)2013-12-05T16:12:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/11/23/jfk-and-a-family-memoir/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/john-f-kennedy-painting-somber-1.jpgjohn-f-kennedy-painting-somber-1The official White House portrait of JFK, courtesy of American Heritage.2013-11-23T18:00:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/11/11/researching-colwalls-wwi-heroes/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_7093.jpgIMG_7093https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_7090.jpgIMG_7090https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cwgc_site.jpgcwgc_site2013-11-11T08:20:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/11/08/who-do-you-think-you-are-marianne-faithfull/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/bundesarchiv_bild_146-1985-083-10_anschluss_c3b6sterreich_wien.jpgAnschluss Österreich, WienCheering crows greet the Nazis in Vienna following the Anschluss, in 1938. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/wdytya13_faithfull17.jpgwdytya13_faithfull17Marianne's mother Eva von Sacher-Masoch, who was half-Jewish, and her mother Flora, who was a Hungarian Jew.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/marianne500.jpgmarianne500Marianne Faithfull explores her maternal family's history prior and during WWII.2013-11-10T11:43:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/10/24/the-steadfast-tin-soldier-and-his-ballerina/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/450px-clitheroe_town_centre_-_geograph-org-uk_-_74167.jpg450px-Clitheroe_town_centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_74167Clitheroe, in Lancashire, where Rose Allen lived with her husband Marmaduke Bleazard.2014-11-08T13:28:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/09/15/summer-updates/2013-09-15T08:24:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/07/05/sisters-of-fortune-sisters-of-misfortune/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pm-2.jpgpm-2A Victorian post-mortem portrait. Source: here.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/catalepsia.jpgcatalepsiaAn artist's depiction of a Catalepsy victim.2013-07-05T16:56:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/06/30/hit-a-brickwall-look-for-answers-within-the-family/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bonifacia-gudc3adn.pngBonifacia Gudín2013-06-30T19:23:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/05/16/exploring-my-possible-mormon-relatives/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/joseph_smith_jr-_portrait_owned_by_joseph_smith_iii.jpgJoseph_Smith,_Jr._portrait_owned_by_Joseph_Smith_IIIJoseph Smith Jr., the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints (Source: Wikipedia)https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/stephen_l_richards.jpgStephen_L_RichardsStephen Longstroth Richards, a Mormon leader and my very distant relative. (Source: Wikipedia)https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mormon_hand-cart_train_-_history_of_iowa.jpgMormon_Hand-Cart_Train_-_History_of_IowaA Mormon handcart train making its way across the American territories. (Source: Wikipedia)https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/our_lady_of_walsingham_detail_i.jpgOur_Lady_of_Walsingham_detail_IOur Lady of Walsingham, one of the main Catholic shrines in England. (Source: Wikipedia)2025-05-19T20:29:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/05/06/in-memory-of-a-mother/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/old-mothers-day-card.jpgold-mothers-day-card2013-05-06T13:11:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/03/31/what-can-death-certificates-tell-you/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/alfred_nobels_will-november_25th_1895.jpgAlfred_Nobels_will-November_25th,_1895The last will and testament of Alfred Nobel, written in 1895. (Source: Wikipedia)https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/death-certificate.jpgdeath-certificateAn 1840 death certificate issued by the authorities in the UK. (Source: www.findmypast.co.uk)2013-03-31T09:45:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/03/22/looking-for-rina-amerios-descendants-the-graziano-family/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mulberry_street_nyc_c1900_loc_3g04637u_edit.jpgMulberry_Street_NYC_c1900_LOC_3g04637u_editMulberry Street, Little Italy, in New York City, c. 1900. (Source: Wikipedia)2013-07-05T15:56:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/03/19/tribute-to-a-father/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/800px-anders_zorn_-_brc3b6dbaket.jpg800px-Anders_Zorn_-_Brödbaket"Bread baking" (1889) by Anders Zorn. (Source: Wikipedia)https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/conxo.jpgconxoView of Conjo psychiatric asylum. (Source: Wikipedia)2013-03-19T00:09:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/03/02/the-day-that-great-granddaddy-met-the-king/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/alfonso-xiii-recibido-en-la-coruc3b1a-josc3a9-martc3adnez-pereiro-1927.jpgAlfonso XIII recibido en La Coruña - José Martínez Pereiro 1927Alfonso XIII is received by local dignitaries in La Coruña in 1927. My great-grandfather's head can be partially seen, third from right. (Source: Foto Blanco)https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumba_de_sir_john_moore.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASir John Moore's tomb and memorial in La Coruña. (Source: Wikipedia)https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/alfonso-xiii-y-victoria-eugenia-en-la-coruc3b1a-1927.jpgAlfonso XIII y Victoria Eugenia en La Coruña 1927King Alfonso XIII of Spain and his British-born wife, Queen Victoria Eugenia, parade through the streets of La Coruña in 1927. It was their last official visit to the city. (Photo courtesy of La Opinión).https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/prohibida-su-reproduccic3b3n-elvic3b1a-19-enero-1931.pngProhibida su reproducción -Elviña 19 enero 1931Edward, Prince of Wales, unveils a plaque to the memory of Sir John Moore in La Coruña on 19 January 1931. My great-grandfather stands behind him, on the left. (Photo by express and gracious permission of Mr Manuel Santiago Arenas Roca. Total or partial reproduction, distribution, public communication or modification is prohibited without his express authorization)2013-03-02T21:17:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/02/02/fatherless-fathers-and-a-long-line-of-strong-women/2013-02-02T19:44:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2013/01/23/o-father-where-art-thou/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/elkanah.jpgElkanahElkanah, the father of Samuel, is mentioned in the Bible as having had several wives. https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/chivilcoy.jpgchivilcoyChivilcoy, in the early 1900's.2013-01-23T23:01:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/12/25/how-did-our-ancestors-celebrate-christmas/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/photo-17.jpgphoto (17)Our crib - photo by Dawsr.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/photo-18.jpgphoto (18)https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/photo-20.jpgphoto (20)Our turkey, ready for the oven! https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/photo-19.jpgphoto (19)2012-12-25T10:32:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/03/13/youre-a-lady-not-toad-of-toad-hall/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/grace.jpgGraceGrace Kelly, Princess of Monaco.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wallis.jpgwallisWallis Warfield Simpson, wife of the Duke of Windsor.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/louisa-caton.jpgLouisa CatonLouisa Caton, later Duchess of Leeds.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/consuelo-duchess-of-manchester.jpgConsuelo, duchess of ManchesterConsuelo, Duchess of Manchester.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/consuelo-vanderbilt.jpgConsuelo VanderbiltConsuelo Vandebilt, as Duchess of Marlborough, with her family.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/jennie-jerome.jpgJennie JeromeAmerican-born Jennie Jerome, mother of Sir Winston Churchill.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/tooearlybytissot.jpgtooearlybytissot"Too early", by Tissot.2012-12-25T10:25:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/12/01/adopting-new-attitudes-towards-adopting/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/victorian-poor.jpgvictorian poorPoverty may well have been among your ancestors' reasons for giving a child up for adoption. Source: http://grayee.blogspot.com/2010/11/2010-christmas-carol.htmlhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/victorian-children-2.jpgvictorian-children-2Two girls from Victorian times. Source: http://schoolworkhelper.net/raising-children-in-the-victorian-times/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/st-_georges_chapel_windsor_castle_1.jpgSt._Georges_Chapel,_Windsor_Castle_(1)St George's Chapel, where adoptive Auntie Ivy's son is buried.2012-12-02T15:20:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/11/21/a-matriarchs-ordeal/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/kingsroyalriflecorps18.jpgkingsroyalriflecorps18Memorial to the King's Royal Rifle Corps. Mary Willoughby's son Reginald Clarke belonged to the 18th Battalion. He was killed in Flanders in 1916.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_0368.jpgIMG_0368Colwall church, dedicated to St James the Great, 2010.2012-11-21T21:48:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/11/11/lest-we-forget/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg5582.jpgCIMG5582The misleading War Memorial in San Marzano Oliveto.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ship-duca-degli-abruzzi.jpgShip - Duca degli AbruzziThe SS Duca degli Abruzzi, which took Uncle Giacomo to New York from Genoa in 1909. He was only 23 years old at the time.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg5575.jpgCIMG5575The local church of San Marziano, where my great-great-uncle was baptised in 1886.2012-11-11T22:39:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/11/11/piecing-together-my-italian-great-grandmothers-huge-family/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg5657.jpgCIMG5657The view from the house where my great-grandmother was born, and where she left to start a new life in America exactly 100 years ago.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg5932.jpgCIMG5932The baptism certificate of my great-grandmother's youngest sister, who sadly died young like four of her eleven brothers and sisters.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg5619.jpgCIMG5619The tomb of my great-great-grandmother in San Marzano.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cimg5566.jpgCIMG5566San Marzano Oliveto's municipio.2014-06-03T08:37:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/09/09/tips-on-how-to-trace-your-galician-genealogy/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/registrocivil.jpgregistrocivilCivil Registry volumes.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/acta-de-nacimiento-de-agustc3adn-agra-1850-santiago.jpgActa de nacimiento de Agustín Agra - 1850 SantiagoThe birth certificate of a distant relative of mine, from the Santiago Registro de Nacidos, Casados y Difuntos.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/galicia.jpggaliciaMap of Galicia, with the division of the four provinces and all their municipalities. The capital city, Santiago, is highlighted in red.2026-02-07T16:53:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/09/05/hardcore-genealogy/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/human.jpghumanOur ancestry on a major scale.2012-09-05T15:41:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/09/03/a-family-of-stonemasons/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/jose-cervino-garcia.jpgjose-cervino-garciaMy great-great-grandfather's second cousin, José Cerviño García, the greatest of all the stonemasons in Galician history.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cruceiro-hio.jpgcruceiro-hioThe Cruceiro de Hio, sculpted out of a single block of stone by my distant relative José Cerviño García in the early 1870's.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/igrexa_de_aguasantas_2.jpgigrexa_de_aguasantas_2The parish of Aguasantas, in Cotobade, where my Cerviño ancestors came from.2012-12-30T01:17:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/09/02/divorce-spanish-style/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/divorce.jpgDivorceDivorce is a world seldom found in my family history.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sanvicente.jpgsanvicenteThe parish church of San Vicente de Noal, where in 1820 my distant uncle Ciprián de Lojo married Ignacia Sieira, the woman he would divorce twenty years later.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/catherineofaragon.gifcatherineofaragonCatherine of Aragon, the world's most famous Spanish divorcee.2012-09-04T11:37:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/07/31/blooming-brides/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/queenvictorawedding.jpgqueenvictoraweddingWedding portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1840.2012-07-31T18:02:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/07/11/bye-aunty-rita/2012-08-07T04:24:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/07/05/dora-carringtons-family/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dora_carrington_gallery_1.jpgdora_carrington_gallery_1Lytton Strachey, painted by Carrington.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/carrington-samuel-carrington-the-artists-father-1915.jpgcarrington-samuel-carrington-the-artists-father-1915Samuel Carrington, the artist's father, painted in 1915.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dora_carrington_gallery_5.jpgdora_carrington_gallery_5A landscape painting by Dora Carrington.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dora.jpgDoraDora Carrington with the love of her life, homosexual writer Lytton Strachey.2012-07-05T23:40:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/06/15/mad-as-a-march-hare/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/manicomio.jpgmanicomioThe lunatic asylum in Valladolid.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fonseca.jpgfonsecaPalacio de Fonseca, Santiago de Compostela.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/salustiano-aseguinolaza-aramburu.jpgsalustiano-aseguinolaza-aramburuSalustiano Aseguinolaza Aramburu.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/preguntorio.jpgpreguntorioRúa do Preguntorio, in Santiago de Compostela.2012-06-15T14:48:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/06/10/a-murder-in-the-family/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/old-cider-mill.jpgOld Cider MillAn old cider mill.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/marden-church.jpgMarden ChurchMarden church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. The church is believed to be near the site of another murder, that of the young king of East Anglia, Ethelbert, in 794 AD. Courtesy of geograph.org.uk.2015-04-01T05:44:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/05/27/you-may-kiss-the-child/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mariano_fortuny_y_carbo_001.jpgMariano_Fortuny_y_Carbo_001Detail of Mariano Fortuny's painting "La Vicaría", depicting a 19th century Spanish religious wedding. Courtesy of Wikipedia (Spanish version).https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/woodcut_1815.gifwoodcut_1815Gretna Green became the stopping point for lovers who, for some reason or another, decided to elope.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/william_hogarth_marriage-a-la-mode.jpgWilliam_Hogarth_Marriage-a-la-ModeWilliam Hogarth's "Marriage à la Mode" satirised arranged marriages. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.2012-05-27T20:07:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/05/26/a-new-branch-full-of-surprises/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/westbromwich7.jpgWestBromwich7West Bromwich Union board room (left) and main entrance, circa 1904. Union workhouses were grim institutions (photo courtesy of workhouses.org.uk, no copyright violation intended!).https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/richmondshiremuseum-org-uk.jpgrichmondshiremuseum.org.ukRecreation of a 19th-century post office (courtesy of richmondshiremuseum.org.uk, no copyright violation intended!)https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/census.jpgcensusThe joy of discovering new relatives thanks to the England & Wales Census!https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/visitmalverns-org.jpgvisitmalverns.orgThe Malvern Hills (photo courtesy of visitmalverns.org, no copyright violation intended).2012-05-26T19:50:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/05/15/the-1854-cholera-epidemic/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cholera1.jpgcholera1https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cholera3.jpgcholera3https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cholera4.jpgcholera4https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cholera2.jpgcholera22012-05-15T00:03:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/04/18/understanding-passenger-lists/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mulberry_street_nyc_c1900_loc_3g04637u_edit.jpgMulberry_Street_NYC_c1900_LOC_3g04637u_editMulberry Street, the heart of Little Italy, Manhattan, around 1900.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/passenger-list-1920-battista-terzano-from-castelnuovo-belbo.jpgPassenger List 1920 - Battista Terzano (from Castelnuovo Belbo)A passenger list can offer interesting details about your migrant ancestors.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ellis-island-1900.jpgEllis Island 1900The second Ellis Island Immigration Station, in 1905. A previous building was destroyed by fire in 1897.2012-04-18T10:44:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/04/10/tracing-your-ancestors-on-the-rms-titanic/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/titanic-532_1467624a.jpgtitanic-532_1467624aThe Titanic, as it looks today.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/titanic-lifeboat.gifTitanic-lifeboatA handful of Titanic survivors remained on little lifeboats for several hours, until they were picked up by the Carpathia.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goodwinfamily.jpgGoodwinfamilyThe Goodwins from Wiltshire were among those families whose members all perished in the sinking.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/titanic-new-york-american-coverage.jpgtitanic-new-york-american-coverageA rather sensationalist and inaccurate portrayal of the sinking shortly after the sinking, depicting the ship directly ramming an iceberg. Note that the exact death toll was still unknown.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/jjastoriv.jpgJJAstorIVJohn Jacob Astor and his second, pregnant wife Madeline were the richest people on the ship. He perished; she survived, and ultimately remarried.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/rms_titanic_3.jpgRMS_Titanic_32018-10-07T09:12:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/04/08/unearthing-a-tyrant-in-the-family/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/clearances.pngclearancesAlonso coldly expelled all of his children from his home.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1812.jpg1812Jacoba's death coincided with the proclamation of the first Spanish Constitution, in 1812.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/fernandovii.jpgfernandoviiThe Absolute monarch Ferdinand VII, whom my ancestor Alonso heartily supported.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/portodoson.jpgportodosonPuerto del Son (or Porto do Son), where my ancestors lived and quarrelled. 2012-04-08T21:02:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/03/27/henry-w-sherry-the-lover-and-killer-of-mrs-waldock/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/perth_gaol2.jpgPerth_Gaol2Perth Gaol, where Henry Sherry was hanged in 1885. The building closed down three years later.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/convict2.jpgconvict2A group of convicts.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/lorddalhouise.jpgLordDalhouiseLord Dalhouise, the ship which took Henry Sherry from England to Australia in 1863.2019-01-16T10:29:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/03/20/the-best-fathers-day-gift-ever-seeing-your-father-for-the-first-time/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/letters.jpglettersYesterday my dad's gift came through the post...2012-03-20T18:05:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/03/19/the-national-archives-old-currency-converter/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/currencyconverter.jpegCurrencyConverterThe National Archives' Currency Converter2012-04-04T09:51:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/03/17/going-up-the-female-line/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/carolinelouisaburnaby.jpgcarolinelouisaburnabyCaroline Louisa Burnaby, who later married the Reverend Charles Cavendish-Bentinck, and would become the maternal grandmother of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, mother of the present Queen Elizabeth II.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/the_romanovs_1913.jpgThe_Romanovs,_1913The last Tsar of Russia and his family, in 1913. They were all murdered five years after the photo was taken. Courtesy of Wikipedia.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/stoneh_matrilineal72.jpgStoneh_matrilineal72Photo courtesy of http://genealogy.bgwoodruff.com/2014-11-12T01:17:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/03/11/older-mums/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/10023.jpg10023An example of a large family (courtesy of the American Philosophical Society).https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/emma_and_leonard_darwin.jpgEmma_and_Leonard_DarwinEmma Darwin with her son Leonard, born when she was 42 (courtesy of Wikipedia).2012-03-11T23:44:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/03/04/annie-the-cook/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mrs-patmore-downton-abbey-20689414-398-265.jpgMrs-Patmore-downton-abbey-20689414-398-265Can't avoid thinking of Annie Cartwright looking a bit like Mrs Patmore in ITV's Downton Abbey...https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/censusbag.jpgCensusBagFunny cartoon from "Punch" about the registration of a woman in the census.2012-03-04T21:04:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/02/25/176/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ancestors.jpegancestorsEvery person has a story to tell.2012-02-25T10:28:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/02/19/mombaruzzo-where-it-all-started/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/municipio-mombaruzzo.jpgMunicipio MombaruzzoThe "Municipio" in Mombaruzzo, the repository of many family documents.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/la-villa-hotel.jpgLa Villa HotelLa Villa, posh, comfortable and, as it turned out, the best place we could have chosen to stay at.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/chiesa-di-casalotto.jpgChiesa di CasalottoThe local church in Casalotto, where my ancestors probably whorshipped and were baptised.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/mombaruzzo.jpgPMombaruzzo, with its recognisable clock-tower still dominating the skyline.2012-02-20T17:55:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/02/18/the-family-of-edgar-degas-genealogy-through-portraits/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/degas.jpgDegasSelf-portrait of Edgar Degas.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/montejasi.jpgMontejasiFanny de Gas, Duchess of Montejasi, with her daughters Elena and Camilla, in 1876.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bellelli.jpgbellelliThe Bellelli family, in their comfortable town house in Naples.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/lucie-de-gas.jpgLucie de GasHenri de Gas (1809-1879) with his orphaned niece Lucie de Gas.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/estelle-musson.jpgEstelle MussonEstelle Musson Balfour de Gas, Edgar's cousin and sister-in-law, who was abandoned by her second husband.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/morbilli.jpgMorbilliEdgar's cousin Edmondo Morbilli, seen here with his wife Thérèse, who was Edgar's favourite sister.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hilaire-de-gas.jpgHilaire de GasHilaire de Gas (1769-1858), the artist's grandfather.2012-02-19T15:48:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/02/12/the-most-tragic-vickresses-of-all/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pissarro_washerwoman1880.jpgPissarro_Washerwoman1880Camille Pissarro's "Washerwoman" (1880).https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/industrial.jpgindustrialThe industrial revolution turned many quiet English towns into bustling but filth-ridden cities, where unsanitation and epidemics were rife. https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hope.jpghopeThe parish church of Hope-under-Dinmore, the birthplace of Henry Edward Vickress.2012-02-15T09:26:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/02/11/ships-in-my-family-history/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ship-queen_mary_20jun1945_newyork.jpegWAR & CONFLICT BOOKERA: WORLD WAR II/VICTORY & PEACEThe "Queen Mary" entering New York harbour in 1945.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/embassage.jpgembassageThe "SS Embassage", which was lost in 1941.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/baleares.pngbalearesThe heavy cruiser "Baleares", on a Spanish postage stamp.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ship-ducadigenova.jpg PosterThe "Duca di Genova", which was sunk in 1918; my great-grandmother travelled onboard in 1912.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ship-duca-degli-abruzzi.jpgShip - Duca degli AbruzziThe "Duca degli Abruzzi", which took my great-grandfather to America for the first time.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/genoa.jpggenoaThe old port of Genoa in the 18th century.2012-05-23T22:26:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/02/10/piecing-lives-together-even-for-those-who-are-still-around/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/nurses.jpgnursesNurses in WWII uniform. Every person has a story to tell.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20_malvern_hills.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe Malvern Hills, where Joan grew up as a child.2012-02-11T00:06:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/02/06/a-national-hero-in-the-family-tree/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/luis-cadarso-carta-ii.jpgLuis Cadarso - carta IILetter written by Cadarso to his brother Alejandro ten days before the former's death.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/luis-cadarso-rey1.jpgLuis Cadarso Rey1Luis Cadarso, shortly before his death.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cavite3.jpgcavite3The Battle of Cavite, where Cadarso lost his life in 1898.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/luis-cadarso-rey-2.gifLuis Cadarso Rey 2A portrait of Cadarso.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/luis-cadarso-rey.jpgLuis Cadarso ReyLuis Cadarso Rey de Andrade (1843-1898), in army regalia.2016-10-25T13:15:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/01/30/the-legend-and-family-of-lizzie-borden/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/the-legend-of-lizzie-borden.jpgthe-legend-of-lizzie-bordenElizabeth Montgomery, in her role as Lizzie Borden, who was actually her sixth cousin.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/marilyn-monroe1.jpgMarilyn-Monroe1Marilyn Monroe also claims a distant kinship with the Borden family.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/churchill.jpgchurchillWinston Churchill, Lizzie's distant cousin.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/lizzie-borden.jpglizzie bordenLizzie Borden, one of America's most legendary murderers.2017-07-07T04:47:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/01/29/long-live-my-ancestors/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pembridge-almshouse-1.jpgPembridge Almshouse 1Old almshouse in Pembridge.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pembridge-east-street-1900s.jpgPembridge, East Street 1900'sView of East Street, Pembridge, in the early 1900's.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/lyonshall_village_view.jpgLyonshall_Village_ViewThe picturesque village of Lyonshall, in Herefordshire, where my ancestors Susannah Evans and John Tippins married over 200 years ago.2016-12-03T16:51:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/01/25/reviving-dead-lines-and-the-titanic/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/alfred-allsop.jpgAlfred-AllsopAlfred S. Allsop, who went down with the Titanic in 1912.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/st-clems.jpgst clemsWorcester's St Clement church, the parish where the Allsup children where baptised.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/1841-census-john-davis-and-edward-allen-next-door.jpeg1841 CENSUS - John Davis and Edward Allen (next door)The page of the 1841 census which shows John Davis, his first wife and their three children.2012-01-25T19:02:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/01/23/a-brick-wall-called-ann-williams/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/st-_peter_withington_herefordshire_sally-600x449.jpgSt._Peter_Withington_Herefordshire_SALLY-600x449The church of Saint Peter, Withington, where Ann married my ancestor Edward Allen almost two centuries ago.2012-01-25T19:08:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/01/22/adolf-hitlers-family-tree/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/paulahit1.jpgpaulahit1Paula, Hitler's unmarried younger sister. Their relationship was not a fluent one, and Adolf thought she was "stupid".https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/williampatrick.gifwilliampatrickWilliam Patrick Hitler, who eventually took up arms against his half-uncle.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/klarahitler.jpgKlaraHitlerKlara Pölzl, Hitler's mother, who was his father's distant niece.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/aloishitler.jpgaloishitlerAlois Hitler, Adolf's father.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/adolf_hitler.jpgadolf_hitlerMany traits of Hitler's evil personality can be traced, for example, to his father's treatment of him.2017-01-05T05:33:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/01/19/titanic-victims-niece-survives-concordia-disaster/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/costa-concordia-sunk.jpgcosta-concordia-sunkThe Concordia after listing to its side off the Island of Giglio.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/titanic.jpgtitanicArtist's conception of the Titanic sinking; no photograph of the actual sinking exists.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ship-sinking-111-done1.jpgship-sinking-111-DONE1The Concordia, shortly after starting to sink.2012-01-23T13:49:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/01/17/john-tippins-the-fate-of-a-family-passion/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/john-tippins.gifJohn TippinsJohn Tippins, probably shortly before his death.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/johntippinsjackett.jpgJohnTippinsjackettJohn Tippins's army jacket showing his insignia and badges.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sergeantjohntippinswithhisrudgemultimotorcycle.jpgSergeantJohnTippinswithhisRudgeMultiMotorcycleSergeant John Tippins (right) with his Rudge Multi Motorcycle. 2018-09-11T11:26:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/01/14/discovering-new-aunties-in-the-19th-century/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ledburymarkethouse.jpgLedburyMarketHouseOne of Ledbury's most recognisable landmarks, Ledbury Market. Source: Wikipedia.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/regencyfashion.jpgregencyfashionKitty and Hester Allen were, as far as I know, the only one of their siblings to eventually marry. https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/colwall-church-and-malvern-hills.jpgColwall Church and Malvern HillsView of Colwall church and the Malvern Hills in the distance.2012-01-14T19:09:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/01/10/love-and-courtship-at-the-spa-of-mondariz/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/gh-mondariz-web.jpggh-mondariz-webThe doorway to the hotel; this is where my great-grandparents met for the first time.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ghweb05.jpgghweb05The ruins of the old spa hotel in Mondariz, as it looked a few years ago.2012-01-10T17:02:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/01/08/verifying-ellen/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bitterley.jpgbitterleyBitterley, where my ancestor Ellen was born over 220 years ago.2012-01-10T22:12:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/01/08/the-stigma-of-illegitimacy/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/illegitimate-child-21.jpgillegitimate-child-21... others just didn't, and got on with life apparently as if nothing had happened.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/illegitimate.jpgillegitimateSome fathers eventually recognised their illegitimate babies...https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/migrantmother.jpgmigrantmother"Migrant mother"2016-03-24T18:34:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/01/07/my-slave-owning-american-cousins/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/civil-war-soldiers.jpgcivil war soldiersThe American Civil War tore the country apart, but ultimately made the country more progressive than ever.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/neworleans.jpgneworleansView of New Orleans, late 1800's.2012-01-09T18:32:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/01/07/my-familys-own-downton-abbey/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/woolley-park-chaddleworth-berkshire.jpgWoolley Park, Chaddleworth, BerkshireWoolley Park, in Berkshire, is the private residence of the Wroughton family.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/gamekeeper.jpggamekeeperThe Gamekeeper, by Richard Ansdell.https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/staff.jpgstaffLarge households usually needed an army of servants, as depicted in ITV's hit drama series Downton Abbey.2012-01-07T13:23:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/01/06/finding-aunty-rita/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/basestatue-resized.jpgbasestatue-resizedSeveral times did my ancestors pass in front of the Statue of Liberty when they emigrated to America in the 1910's.2012-01-07T19:17:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2012/01/02/coping-with-the-loss-of-children/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/victorian_mother_and_child.jpgvictorian_mother_and_childPoverty was partly to blaim for many infant deaths before the 20th century.2012-01-02T20:56:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2011/12/25/this-years-christmas-present-great-auntie-rita/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/imigrant.jpgimigrantArriving at the New World.2011-12-25T20:48:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2011/12/22/a-rather-unusual-marriage/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/royaloak.jpgroyaloakhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rings.jpgrings2011-12-23T13:01:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2011/12/22/runaway-dad/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/censo-1895-buenos-aires-juan-blanco-n-1849-espac3b1a.jpegCenso 1895 Buenos Aires - Juan Blanco (n.1849 España)Argentina's 1895 Census showing a married man called Juan Blanco born in Spain circa 1849. Was he my Juan Blanco?https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/immigrant-ship.jpgimmigrant-shipCrossing the high seas...https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/porto-do-son.jpgPorto-do-SonPuerto del Son, Juan Blanco's birthplace.2017-07-11T21:26:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.com/2011/12/21/once-upon-a-while-ago/https://thegenealogycorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/familytree.jpgfamilytreeReady, steady, go!2011-12-21T23:33:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thegenealogycorner.comdaily1.02026-02-07T17:20:16+00:00