Lancaster families

Yesterday I spent a couple of hours in the LDS family history library in Parktown, Johannesburg, looking at bishops transcripts of parish records from Lanacaster, Lancashire, England.The families i was looking for were Cottam, Bagot (or Bagott) and Mashiter.
Some of the pages were damaged, so I wasn’t able to read the full record, and none [...]

Green cousins meet

Ione Evans (nee Borwick) and Louise Palairet (nee Nation) met recently in New Zealand. Ione is descended from Henry Green, while Louise is descended from Henry’s younger brother Edward Lister Green.
I hope the chart showing how they are related is visible.

Relationship Chart
Ione Patricia Borwick-[12118] is the 3rd Cousin of Louisa Wynyard Nation-[766]
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Family honoured for memorial

I’m not sure which branch of the Growden family this is, but it seems interesting nevertheless.

clipped from www.wtol.com

A northwest Ohio family who helped establish the national World War�II Memorial in Washington, D.C.�got special recognition Sunday.

Former Veteran Roger Durbin from Berkey, Ohio�helped come up with the memorial idea, and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur helped pave the way [...]