Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter – Lots of interesting articles about a wide range of family history topics Genealogy Tip of the Day – Every day a fresh, short idea to get your genealogy research started Ancestry Insider – The unofficial, unauthorized view of Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org
Continue reading →Richard Loxton has been very busy compiling his website covering the history of the Somerset village Chewton Mendip. It is still a work in progress but already has extensive details of the village, its farms, properties, businesses and people together with education, religion, military and much more. If you have … Continue reading →
I have recently discovered a new utility program for those working with gedcom files. It is called Family Tree Analyzer and allows a gedcom family history data file to be loaded and analysed. It has a large range of reporting facilities one of which is to extract and report on … Continue reading →
The records continue to grow with further additions of families that lived and worked in the Somerset Coalfields. Surnames from this area include Dando, Seymour, Garrett, Hobbs, Vranch, Young, Chivers, Parfitt, Heal, Latchem, Horler, Lockyer, Wrintmore, Cornick and many more. Click here for the full list of surnames on record. … Continue reading →