Family history
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Diana’s August Review ~ The Forgotten Shore by Sarah Maine
This is the third of Sarah Maine’s novels I’ve read, and I chose it from the shelves of Kinghorn Library. The other two I bought in Kirkcaldy Waterstones a few years back. I have read both twice, in fact, because I enjoyed them so much. (Not a frequent occurrence for me) It is a two…
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Fort George ~ Inverness
It was poignant to visit the area where John Taylor, my step Great Grandfather was born, brought up and subsequently joined the army. We arrived at Fort George, near Inverness, which is on a peninsula jutting out into the Moray Firth, Scotland, opposite Rosemarkie on the Black Isle. Fort George is apparently the strongest fortified…
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What’s in a Title : Janus ~ Gateway to Heaven on Earth
Janus ~ Gateway to Heaven on Earth by Patricia and Arthur Jackson, was released last week. MY PARENT’S RESEARCH INTO OUR FAMILY HISTORY My parents began to write their novella at the same time as I was writing my debut novel Riduna. Having done a great deal of research into our family tree, they chose…
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Part 1: Forward to Janus ~ Gateway to Heaven on Earth
This summer I am releasing my parents’ novella, originally called ‘Heaven on Earth’ Since it is the prequel to my first novel Riduna, I have returned to the romantic mythological title, calling it Janus, who was the Roman gateway to heaven on Earth. Here is my parents’ Forward, which explains the original inspiration for their…
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Exciting New Evidence (1844 to 1943) re Harriet Jackson and Thomas Jackson
I have just received an email from my cousin Lyn with some exciting new documents which she has uncovered in her loft. The first is the confirmation certificate of Harriet Jane Hopkins (she was often called Jane) on Alderney on 10th August 1884: The second is the actual marriage certificate of Harriet and Thomas Jackson.…
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How our Family History was Researched
A comment on my last post from my niece prompted me describe how our family history search was carried out, predominantly by our parents. Firstly it was started in the days before internet searches. Research on Alderney Dad wrote down all he knew of his Grandmother Harriet Jane, alongside lots of questions and we headed…
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Arthur Walter Jackson and Daisy Clara Colmer 1897-1981
My grandpa Arthur Jackson was born on 30th November 1896 on the island of Guernsey. Here he is on the 1901 Guernsey census at the age of four, just before the family moved to Wooston Southampton. The reason for the move was that work had literally dried up for his father, who was a painter…