An irregular marriage is a new term that I have come across in the last few weeks. I was curious of what ”irregular” meant. I found that today we would call it a ”de facto” marriage/relationship. It’s funny how old things become new. The idea of ”living in sin” is …
Cemeteries are as close as you can get to an ancestor today. They move you and make you stop and think about your own mortality. They can also offer a great deal of information. I have done my own genealogy hunt in cemetaries and found it heartbreaking to see graves …
It depends. I know of a lot of people that would love to know about or have the war medals that their ancestors were given. But many of these medals have been lost, stolen or simply misplaced. I even found a website that tries to locate owners of war medals …
I was surprised to find out that surnames are a recent thing. I guess you don’t really think about it too much when you and everyone you know has had one all your life. But to know that little villages in England just had their own Adam and Eve and …
