Tag Archives: family-history

Fiorenza’s story

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

On 29 October 1912, my great-grandmother Giovanna Amerio sailed from the Italian port city of Genoa on the SS Duca di Genova, bound for New York. Crossing the chilly North Atlantic in late autumn would take a full two weeks, … Continue reading →

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My Italian family tree keeps on growing… in unexpected ways!

Posted on December 14, 2025 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Nota bene: There is a simplified family tree at the end of this article, which some of you may find helpful to navigate the numerous Pietros, Marias and Giovannas mentioned in the text. I think one of the main reasons … Continue reading →

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A flurry of potentially new cousins

Posted on November 28, 2025 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

These last two months I have been kept very busy by delving deeper and deeper into my Italian ancestry. Ever since I discovered that at least two of my great-great-great-grandparents shared the same surname (Terzano), I wondered whether these two … Continue reading →

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My mysterious Terzano cousins

Posted on October 12, 2025 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Today’s blog post is about resourcefulness and, above all, perseverance. For years, I have been obsessed with a particular line of my family tree (I know none of you has ever experienced this!). It all started a couple of years … Continue reading →

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The descendants of Harry Cartwright (1796-1842)

Posted on July 6, 2025 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Today I’m going off-piste as I follow the line of descent through a collateral branch in my family tree. Harry Cartwright (1796-1842) was the only son, and the middle child, of Henry Cartwright and his wife Jane. Harry was also … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Walker, née Vickress (1816-1865)

Posted on May 31, 2025 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

My great-great-great-great-grandparents William and Elizabeth Vickress had twelve children, all of whom – remarkably – reached adulthood. Sadly, several of them succumbed to tuberculosis in their early twenties, depleting the number of family members considerably. One of the daughters that … Continue reading →

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From Fred to Ed: Ellen Tomkins’ elusive husband

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

My great-great-grandfather’s second cousin Ellen Tomkins was born on 2 May 1864 in Colwall, her family’s ancestral birthplace in Herefordshire. As one of no fewer than thirteen children, Ellen belonged to a tight-knit family whose branches stretched across the county … Continue reading →

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