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1. Our
welcome message.
2.
Featured Article –
Kissing Cousins - Deciphering Family Relationships in
your Ancestral Tree by Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook
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4. Next Months Featured Article - Researching
British Soldiers Who Served in the 1914-18 Great War
By: Ian R Gumm
1. Welcome to the first newsletter of 2009. Happy New Year.
Yes, I know it's a bit late but I've been quite busy setting up a
business and the associated website.
I've become a window blind installer! What with the training; building
the website and everything else that goes with it, I haven't had any spare
time for my newsletter. So here I am at 1.15am desperately trying to keep
my eyes open long enough to get it completed.
I won't be doing a long sales talk on the Blind Business as I can only
operate in the South Yorkshire; North Lincolnshire and North
Nottinghamshire area. But if anyone reading this happens to live in those
areas, then take a look at the website and maybe we can do business:
Blind Magic - Doncaster
Not that it's a chore. In fact I actually look forward to writing this
newsletter.
Now before we start I'd like to welcome my new subscribers. I am
advertising this newsletter in a 'Traffic' scheme and offering an eBook as
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2. Featured Article.
Kissing Cousins - Deciphering Family Relationships in your
Ancestral Tree by Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook
Joining the world of genealogy research can be quite exciting at times. At
other times, though, it can be confusing and difficult. Not only can it be
hard to locate sources of information about your family, it can also be
hard to figure out who is related to whom. There are so many terms for
relationships that most people do not know how do deal with the inundation
of information. Hopefully, though, the below text will help sort a few
things out.
Let's start with cousins, because there are so many different terms in
this area, it can be really hard to sort things out. If someone came up to
you and said they were your fourth cousin three times removed, it would be
complicated to figure out whom they belonged to. Cousin, at its very base,
means people who have the same grandparents. These people can also be
referred to as first cousins. They are the children of aunts and uncles.
Second cousins are people who have the same great-grandparents, but not
the same grandparents. So if you think about your children and the
children of your cousins, they are considered to be second cousins. It
follows that third, fourth, and fifth cousins would have a very similar
pattern. Third cousins would share the same great-great grandparents.
Fourth cousins would share the same great-great-great grandparents. Fifth
cousins would share the same great-great-great-great grandparents. It's
rare to actually know your fifth cousins, but genealogy research can
certainly uncover them for you.
In addition to cousins, you also have cousins who have been "removed."
This does not mean they were excommunicated from the family or anything.
It means that these particular cousins are from two different generations.
Once removed means one generation of difference, twice removed means two
generations of difference, and so on. Take this example to sort things
out. Your mother's first cousin is your first cousin once removed. Here's
another one. Your grandmother's first cousin is your first cousin twice
removed. It still seems a bit complicated, doesn't it? It not only seems
complicated to you, it can seem extraordinarily complicated to anyone who
plans to read the research you are so carefully compiling. In addition to
the other documentation you should consider using; you might want to think
about downloading or copying a relationship chart to sort things out.
A relationship chart is a simple document that can help you figure out
who is who in your family and how they are related to each other. Both the
top and the left side labels will mirror each other. They should be:
child, grandchild, great grandchild, and great-great grandchild. The
middle of the chart gets a bit more complicated, as the relationships get
more complicated. The first column, moving down, should read "sister or
brother," "nephew or niece," "grand-nephew or niece," and
"grand-grand-nephew or niece." The second column, moving down, should read
"nephew or niece," "first cousin," "first cousin, once removed," and
"first cousin, twice removed." The third column, moving down, should read
"grand-nephew or niece," "first cousin, once removed," "second cousin,"
and "second cousin, once removed." The final column should read, moving
down, "grand-grand nephew or niece," "first cousin, twice removed,"
"second cousin, once removed," "third cousin." This sounds incredibly
complicated, and to some degree it is and always will be. In reality, most
people simply aren't going to care when it hits this degree of
complication, but a relationship chart like this one can really help you
sort things out as you try to write your own family history.
To further complicate the family relationships you are trying to
determine, don't forget that some families may have a situation with
double-cousins. This means that the siblings from one family married the
siblings from another family. For example, perhaps your grandmother and
her sister married your grandfather and his brother, respectively.
You should be aware that the word "cousin," and many other familial terms
have changed over the course of time. Some are even Latin. As a result, it
is not a bad idea to check with a standard family term glossary as you are
trying to complete your research. There are many of these in your local
library. You can also look around online to find a standard familial term
glossary.
About the Authors
Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook own http://www.amateur-genealogist.com and
http://www.our-family-trees.co.uk two of the leading Genealogy Websites.
In addition Paul owns a wide range of exciting websites which can be
viewed at http://www.our-family-trees.co.uk
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NEED A LEECH IMPORTER? THEN REACH FOR THE CITY
DIRECTORIES
Over 250 years of historic directories launch
online at Ancestry.co.uk – world first
- Details 7.8 million British tradesmen, gentry and VIPs from
1677-1946
- Records include Henry Harrod (Harrods), William Henry Smith (WH
Smiths), John Cadbury (Cadburys) and Frank Woolworth - opening his first
store 100 years ago
- Famous names include Charles Dickens, Benjamin Disraeli and Michael
Faraday
The UK’s original business directories - The UK City & County
Directories , 1677-1946, launched online for the first time today on
Ancestry.co.uk. The directories detail over 7.8 million tradesmen,
businesses and VIPs and span 250 years of UK’s history.
The directories highlight how trade has evolved over the last 250
years, with individual listings varying from the standard occupations of
the day such as chimney sweeps and dress makers, to more unusual roles
such as leech importers, beast preservers, and weapons dealers.
The collection contains volumes from every county in Britain and many
cities, towns and villages including London, Manchester, Nottingham,
Glasgow, Birmingham and Bristol.
The founders of retailers that still dominate our high streets today
can also be found in the directories. The first shops of Charles Henry
Harrod (Harrods), John Boot (Boots Chemists), William Henry Smith (WH
Smiths) and John Cadbury (Cadburys) are all included as is the first Marks
& Spencer, Dixons and Woolworths – which recently went into
administration.
The records reveal that the ‘King of Chocolate’, John Cadbury, was in
fact a Tea Dealer and although he sold groceries and chocolate in his
shop, his ‘bread and butter’ was actually in the sale of tea. Despite the
name, Dixons was in fact set up by Charles Kalm as a photographic studio
in Essex. Dixons was only selected because ‘Kalms & Co’ would not fit
across the tiny shop front.
In addition to commercial businesses, clergy, gentry and ‘persons of
note’ are included in the prestigious London Royal Blue Book, 1860, which
served as a ‘Who’s Who’ of the 19th Century. It contained a street by
street directory of the fashionable areas of central London and an
alphabetical list of the people who lived there. Featured are socialites,
celebrities and aristocrats of the day, including:
- Charles Dickens – One of the most famous English authors of all
time, Dickens is listed as having lived at Tavistock House, in Tavistock
Square, Bloomsbury, London
- Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone – Political rivals of their
time, Disraeli is best know for the formation of the modern Conservative
Party, whilst Gladstone was his Liberal opponent. Disraeli is listed as
‘MP’ at his home in Grosvenor Gate, Buckinghamshire and Gladstone at
Carlton House Terrace, Chester
- Michael Faraday – English Chemist and Physicist known as the father
of modern electric systems. Faraday is listed as a Doctor of Civil Law
and Fellow of the Royal Society, living at Royal Institution, 21,
Albermarle Street, London
The directories were compiled by surveyors who would knock on doors to
gather information. It didn’t cost anything to be listed - publishers made
their money by selling the books to travelling salesmen. The London
Directories mark the beginning of the official directories, which were
originally produced in 1677, with the first UK-wide directories published
in 1820.
The English County Directories contain particularly detailed
information, listing amenities such as churches, hospitals and schools as
well as information on local history, industry, transport and agriculture.
Some information is so detailed that even the geology and soil of a
particular area is described.
The directories are an important resource for Britons today, painting a
personal picture of Britain across almost four centuries and providing a
personal glimpse into what our cities, towns and villages were like
hundreds of years ago.
The UK City & County Directories, which are of both social and
historical significance, were eventually replaced other media, such as the
BT Phone Books. Ancestry.co.uk has digitised the original volumes and
published them online for the first time.
Olivier Van Calster, Managing Director of Ancestry.co.uk comments:
“This collection of directories is unique in that they cover 250 years of
UK’s social and commercial history and include many famous names that can
still be found on the high street today.
“Because the collection spans most of the UK and just about everyone
will be able to discover something of relevance - whether it's what their
ancestors were doing hundreds of years ago or how their hometown has
changed across the centuries.”
www.Ancestry.co.uk
4. Next Months Featured Article - Researching
British Soldiers Who Served in the 1914-18 Great War
By: Ian R Gumm
..."During the Great War of
1914-1918 Britain's Regular Army was tiny by European standards and was
quickly supplemented initially by Reservists and the Territorials.
Kitchener's Army of volunteers were rapidly trained and sent to the front
and by 1916 it was necessary to introduce Conscription to make up
numbers."...
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