Baldock/Fagg/Small Family History

A new family history magazine has hit UK shelves this month, filling the void recently created by The National Archives‘ Ancestors magazine, whose contract with the publisher has ended.

The new magazine is called Your Family History and has been established by leading historian and genealogist, Dr. Nick Barratt. The editorial team includes members from his own research company, Sticks Research Agency, and aims to focus on readers’ personal stories and contributions.

YOUR stories, YOUR discoveries, YOUR mysteries and YOUR documents

The website provides a means whereby contributions (pictures, documents) can be sent for consideration in the publication. Readers who subscribe via the magazine are currently being offered a free copy of Nick’s new book, Guide To Your Ancestors’ Lives.

With Nick at the helm, I’m sure the magazine is in great hands and we wish him every success!

Those of you who follow my blog may recall a previous posting where I had located two additional children of my great-great-grandparents. One was Ino Kate HOLLANDS. The 1911 census hinted that these may have died young, since it indicated only 7 of 9 children had survived till census.

However, researching this weekend , I discovered that Ino had two marriages, also had another middle name (Fanny), and seems to have died in 1942 aged 60. This has been determined via FreeBMD and Ancestry.co.uk. The resource tree I located on Ancestry revealed two other names I did not have  – Ada Ruth (died aged 1) and Edith Agnes (died aged 2).

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I recently discovered a website on the Garlinge family of Nonington, thanks to Clive Webb, who tells me the family name appears in the same local area for at least 250 years.

My gt-gt-gt-grandmother, Margaret GARLINGE, is indeed listed and with more detail. I can now populate my tree further, including WEBB and ROGERS families.

The subsidiary webpage here takes records further back to the late 1500’s !

Wow! This may mean I have two definitive direct lines back to the 16th Century!