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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.
Old photos
A cousin asked me to look out some photos for her… I got slightly side-tracked as I always do when I’m looking at old pictures. I know we are approaching Easter, and these photos are of a Christmas party, but it just gave me such a sense of fun, and love for my family to see […]
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My cousin very generously gave me this photograph of my great-grandmother Lois. I have no idea when it was taken,. although I do know who framed the photograph; Arthur Staples, a practical carver, gilder and picture frame maker, who had his business at 201 High Road, Kilburn, NW (now a Lebanese restaurant) two doors from Willesden […]
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Family picnic
I wonder where we were when this was taken? My mum and her two sisters and brother. There are only four of us children, me and my sister, and my two cousins; they would have a brother and sister within a few years. Later my aunty sitting on the far right would marry, and my uncle […]
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Lois Elsden 