Posted on 26-November-2009 by Steve
Dennis Allsopp (Author of Genota and Genota Forms) was visiting Johannesburg, so I dropped in to see him and we had an interesting chat.
We chatted about software for genealogists and family historians, and three topics in particular:
The need for an event-based database program for genealogists, historians, biographers etc.
Dennis’s own genealogy research programs, Genota and Genota [...]
Filed under: database software | Tagged: biographers, biography, DOS software, event-tracking programs, genealogy software, historians, historical research, history, relationships, six degrees, utility programs | 1 Comment »
Posted on 23-November-2009 by Steve
I don’t know if she is related (possibly by marriage?) but I was interested in this item on the BBC, describing how Sharon Cottam had been taken to visit the places where her father, Flight Lieutenant Ted Nestor, was a prisoner of war in World War II.
But whether she is related or not, it makes [...]
Filed under: Cottam family, family history | Tagged: Cottam family history, Sharon Cottam, Ted Nestor, prisoner of war, Germany, Poland, WWII | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 21-November-2009 by Steve
Our Green family, which we have traced back to Canada, has a family legend that William John Green, alias William Goodall Green, was the the son of Edward, Duke of Kent, and his mistress Julie de St Laurent. This legend has been fairly conclusively refuted by Mollie Gillen in her book The prince and his [...]
Filed under: Green family, Queensland | Tagged: d'Este, Esdaile Green, family history, genealogy, Green family, Grey, legend of royal descent, missing persons, Stuart | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 1-November-2009 by Steve
We started the Sandercock/Saundercock family history forum for people of Sandercock descent in October, and by the end of the month we have had some very useful discussuions.
Several members have been helped to make new family connections, or to solve mysteries with existing connections.
There are now 15 members, representing several different branches of the Sandercock [...]
Filed under: British genealogy, family history, genealogical research, genealogy | Tagged: Cornwall families, Devon families, family history, genealogy, Sandercock, Saundercock | Leave a Comment »
