I really did not think it would take quite so ,long for me to get back to writing another entry in this blog.  I thought that I would have more information about Bessie Nathan ready to be entered to keep everyone up to date with my search. Instead I have spent the last six months […]

This picture of Elizabeth “Bessie” Nathan was sent to Mr and Mrs Davies who were landlords of  The New Inn, St James’ Square,  Monmouth between 1880 and 1882.
 
Their great granddaughter, Monica Leat, inherited two photograph albums and had often wondered who some of the people were. I wrote an article for the Gwent Family History […]

When my father started researching his ancestry I was not really interested. I knew the names of my grandparents and I really couldn’t see what all the fuss was about. Why would anyone want to go traipsing around the country looking at old papers to find out the names of dead people?
Then my dad came […]

I hope this will be the first of many entries here. I intend to use this blog to pass on the results of my research to my many relatives who are spread across the world like peanut butter on toast.
This will be an addition to the quarterly newsletter that I produce for them and will […]