Family History

I have finally managed to add my family history research to the oldmeadows web site. It's only in its basic form at the moment but I hope to fine tune it in due course.

Several visits to the archives and new information available on ancestry uk has enabled me to add a few more people to the family tree.

I've just ordered 5 wills from the probate office, one of which I hope will help me to finally discover what happened to my great grandfather, John Quarrell Chaplin.

John was never spoke of in the family after his split from my great grandmother but I think I may have traced him now. I just need to find positive proof of the link that I am 99% sure of.

Using information from the Manuscripts and Special Collections Department at Nottingham University I have discovered that a direct ancestor was a landowner in the village of Flintam, Nottinghamshire.

I have ordered copies of the documents and hope to have all the information within a few weeks.

Went to a Paleaography workshop at Nottinghamshire Archives earlier this week. An hour well spent. I would have liked it to have been a little longer though.

The story of Mary Yale has not developed any further for the time being. I hope to continue the research in to her family soon.

Thanks to a message on Facebook from Jeff Beeson, I was able to pass on the location of the plaque from Turney Brothers with the names of the workers killed in the Boer War. For those interested the plaque is at the Industrial Museum at Wollaton Hall, along with several other items rescued from the old building.