Your Roots Are Showing #FHWC2013 (23): Black Christmas, Part III 23 Feb 2013May 3, 2018 Two weeks ago, I wrote "Saving Grace" supplying what little I knew about my maternal grandmother and her family. Last week, I wrote Part One and Part Two of "Black Christmas"…
Genealogy… #FHWC2013 (13): Black Christmas, Part I 13 Feb 2013May 3, 2018 Grace HEMMINGWAY was my maternal grandmother. (No, not Gramma Rabbit; her name was Emily.). Grace's parents were Esther Ann NEEDHAM and Hamer HEMINGWAY, who were married in Astley, Astley Parish,…
#FHWC2013… #FHWC2013 (7): Saving Grace 7 Feb 2013May 8, 2018 Grace was sixth child of Hamer HEMINGUAY (also spelled HEMINGWAY and HEMMINGWAY) and Esther Ann NEEDMAN, both from Astley, Lancashire, England; but she was their first child born in Canada,…
#FHWC2013… #FHWC2013 (1): Tracing Lines – Maternal vs Paternal 1 Feb 2013May 8, 2018 When I started genealogy, I thought that tracing my grandfathers' lines would be easier because the family names stayed the same - with the exception of a few spelling variations.…