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Family Stories
All families have stories; some stories are almost myths… did my ancestors really come from Sweden? Were they really river pilots or pirates operating out of the east coast port of King’s Lynn? Some family stories are true, although some facts may be hidden; my great-grandparents loved each other across a religious divide, but where and how did they meet? Some family stories are only revealed through census records and some genealogical detective work. I want to tell the stories of my family, and others who otherwise might be lost in the past.
River Cruise on Board M.C. Belle, August 29th 1937
A couple of days ago, I shared a post which I first made some while ago; my dad and his best friend Sammy went on a river cruise in 1937, when they were just eighteen years old. Fortunately they kept a diary, and this is the second entry: Feeling very energetic this morning we got up at 8:30 […]
MoreRiver Cruise on Board M.C. Belle, August 28th 1937
I often think back to my dad and the wonderful stories he told about his life; I am lucky enough to have inherited a dairy he kept, one August in 1937. I have shared this before but I think it’s worth sharing again! My dad was born in 1919 in Saffron Walden in Essex; he was […]
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