Welcome to the Genealogy Gazette - postings relating to genealogy with local, national and international interest. News about websites often with free searchable databases with access to information to help with your family research. I hope you will find the postings interesting, informative and helpful. Please feel free to leave a comment on any posting and to follow this blog. Monday, 13 February 2012. Thursday, 16 June 2011.

A river of small stones. To write a book about John Keats, an.

A Pocket Full of Family Memories. Friday, 17 April 2015. This is a very special post which is dedicated to my paternal grandmother, Winifred Ellen Waters, who was born on this day 100 years ago. I have written about her here. I miss you every single day Nannie but I know that you are a constant guiding light in my life, and I am forever grateful for your presence.

A blog dedicated to the history of my childhood hometown. Friday, 17 July 2015. I know that I have been away for several months but I plan to resume blog posts in the very near future - both here, and at my other blog site A Pocket Full of Family Memories. I cannot guarantee the posts will be as regular as they once were, but I will definitely be keeping this local history blog site running so please do re-visit from time to time and you just may find a new post. Thank you! Monday, 22 December 2014.

My life and other stuff. Saturday, 10 January 2015. I am truly enjoying the camera the wife recently gave me. Monday, 1 December 2014. A Bit of my story. For anyone interested, here is a bit of my story. php? Wednesday, 24 September 2014. The worst thing was that nobody ever believed how hard we tried. One day in a hospital room in New York City, one of us had what the books call a transforming spiritual experience, and he said to himse.

Thursday, May 14, 2015. Wordless Wednesday - Shepherd Siblings. This is a picture of my father Malcolm Lloyd Shepherd and his siblings Nancy and Colin, which was probably taken about 1932. Their parents were Christina Sterland Lee. Unfortunately, their father, Mac, died in 1932. As a result of injuries he received in a logging accident. As I look at this picture, I wonder if it was taken before or after the death of their father.

The lives of people that need to be told. Some are from my family, a few were famous, many were a few lines in a newspaper. Lost in a Good Book. Tuesday, 18 August 2015. A Scottish Farm in the 1950s. My grandfather driving the tractor. Looking back, farms in the 1950s were pure Enid Blyton adventures for children, but not such a picnic for the farmers and their wives, working hard every single day. Tuesday, 28 July 2015. In the early 20th century fi.

Saturday, 25 April 2015. Recently, Ancestry has begun to upload WWI War Diaries. The months of August and September,. The handwritten copy was originally dated for the 22nd August but amended to read t.