Baldock/Fagg/Small Family

Whilst searching for information on Joseph BALDOCK (b. 1846 in Womenswold, Kent), I located a record in The National Archives (TNA) for my father’s uncle, Percy William Joseph BALDOCK, which indicated Royal Navy service. My father had hinted at this previously. Something to follow up ….

Also in TNA, found a Joseph BALDOCK, aged 17, serving in the Royal Navy from 1843 to 1855. Would suggest birth around 1825. Probably the same one listed as a “Greenwich Pens(h)ioner” in the 1871 Census of Worth, Kent. Does not appear in my tree yet, but worth investigating ….

Here is a sample showing my family tree extents, as at 7th December 2008 – it is not supposed to be readable!

It's not supposed to be readable!

 The arc you can see shows my gt-grandfather’s brother marrying my gt-grandmother’s sister!

Call me naive, but when I began my family research, I thought that my surname, BALDOCK, was fairly uncommon and that tracing people would be quite easy as a result… how wrong I was!
To top things off, I received my maternal grandmother’s birth certificate on Monday, which revealed her parents as George CASTLE and Sarah Elizabeth GOLDSACK. Suddenly, alarm bells started ringing …
You see, GOLDSACK is a very well researched name, is undergoing a One Name Study, and appears to have more variations than you can shake your fist at!

Time to make contact with Keith Goldsack, the researcher, I think!