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GenesR reveals cousins of war

Steve Baldock — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:16:54 +0000

Those of you who use Genes Reunited will probably be aware of the facility which notifies you of record matches in your posted tree.

I had such a recent match, suggesting that Frederick Elmer HAGESTADT and his cousin, John, were both participants in World War I. A short spell of research revealed that they were, unfortunately, casualties.

Frederick fought in East Africa, and is commemorated at the Dar Es Salaam British & Indian Memorial.
His cousin, John, is commemorated at the Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France

R.I.P.

Another error, another update, another thankyou ….

Steve Baldock — Fri, 22 May 2009 08:54:51 +0000

Thanks to the eagle-eyes of one of my contacts, David Measday, an error was found in the parentage of William HEWETT (b. ~1841), husband of Susan KINGSLAND. I had misinterpreted the relationships given to me from a detailed source, and had linked William directly to his grandfather, making his father his brother(?!), thus skipping a generation.

I have now corrected the tree and updated the version here. The new tree will hopefully be rolled out to other online presences such as Genes Reunited this weekend.

Thanks for spotting my faux-pas, David!

Tree updates …

Steve Baldock — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:50:14 +0000

I have (finally) just done an update to my online tree – but only on Genes Reunited. Of course, since I also use Family Tree maker (2009 now) as a backup (it’s background hint system is great and saves time), you’ll probably also find stuff on Ancestry too. This update correctly indicates (for now; unless proven otherwise) Margaret GARLINGE’s father as James.

Hopefully, one of many …

Steve Baldock — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:08:48 +0000

I received contact from someone a short while ago via Genes Reunited, following a tree match. It turns out she’s a 2nd cousin (being the granddaughter of one of my mum’s uncles), and lives fairly local!

Welcome to the family (tree), Sandra, and may you be one of many!

What a difference a day makes!

Steve Baldock — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:50 +0000

Contacted by the daughter of Charles Maysmor NOWILL, more names, an address for correspondence with another NOWILL family member, more dates, another possible living NOWILL relative, goddaughters, godfathers (no, not those ones!) and a ROYCE who may be related (as yet unconfirmed) to he of Rolls-Royce fame!

All this, and three people with hot matches to my tree on GenesReunited (totalling 15 names)!!

Oh, isn’t this fun!!