Fanny Richards of Melksham (born 1865) Several family trees on Family Search and Ancestry have connected Fanny Peapell nee Richards born in Newport, Wales (Fanny Richards of Newport) incorrectly with Fanny Richards born in Melksham in 1865 (Fanny Richards of Melksham). This is understandable as Melksham is only 25 miles away from Swindon where…
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Wiltshire Family History Society – Devizes
Wiltshire Family History Society – Devizes On Tuesday the third of April I gave a talk at the Devizes branch of the Wiltshire Family History Society. It was “Documenting Your Sources using family history software – Rootsmagic”. About 30 turned up which was very good. As I expected I was asked if I had…
One Name Guild Gloucester Regional Meeting
One Name Guild Gloucester Regional Meeting Last Saturday was the last day of March and also the Gloucester shire one Name Guild meeting at the National Star College near Cheltenham. Gerald Cook had organised a very interesting agenda. He also made sure that the weather was not as hot as in the previous week so…
April 2011 – Finding Fanny Richards
Finding Fanny Richards I gave a talk one Tuesday this month at the Wiltshire Family History Society, Devizes Branch “Finding Beryl’s Grandmother” or rather more accurately not finding her. So who is Fanny Richards and why have I spent most of this month preparing for the talk and then following up the feedback. Fanny Richards…