I have to confess that this week’s subject is one that does not particularly inspire me as my interest in family history has never been driven simply by how far back I can get. I have already mentioned that a researcher has been able to take the Ginn family line back as far as 1450… Continue reading Earliest Ancestor
Tag: Ginn
Historic Event
I cannot claim any credit for the research that this post is based on as it was supplied to me by Michael Ginn many years ago. My great great grandmother, Eliza Ginn, was born in Great Hormead, Hertfordshire in 1837 and Michael had managed to trace her ancestors back almost 400 years to William Ginn,… Continue reading Historic Event
Letters & Diaries
Amongst the most precious items in my family archive are the letters that my great grandmother, Ruth Pursglove, wrote to my grandmother after she left home to work in service towards the end of 1913. Ruth was born on 8 November 1867 in Wyddial, Hertfordshire and this photograph shows her around 1890 when she would… Continue reading Letters & Diaries
Sleuthing Notes 