Something a Bit Different on Granny's Tales

This month, I have started a whole new section on Granny's Tales. Initially, I was going to limit it to my own ancestry and there are plenty more stories to be told but I've been researching my children's ancestry for forty five years and it seemed a shame not to share some of those stories too. So there's now a whole new page dedicated to 'The Other Side' and one lengthy story so far, which covers a sixteenth of my children's heritage. This is the story of seafarers and shoemakers from south Hampshire but there are coopers, a baker and a housemaid thrown in for good measure. You can meet the Sweetingham family and those connected to them, here.

Mostly about Toys

There's been a bit going on behind the scenes at Granny's Tales, with links being checked and more pdfs being converted into pages. There's still more tidying up to go, not helped by pictures refusing to be captioned in the way I want. I've altered the information on the pages in the Family History section, to take account of new discoveries, with a new map, wordcloud and pie-charts.

I've added the stories behind the toys of earlier generations that have survived in the family. I've also expanded on the page about my own toys, adding more about my childhood pastimes.

New Relatives and More Memories

This month, I am excited to announce the demolition of a brick wall of nearly fifty years' standing, with the addition of Mary Newlands and her husband Robert Hogg to the family tree. Read 'Is Mary Newlands my 3x Great Grandmother?' here. I have also uploaded a highly expurgated version of my memories of my first forays into the world of work here. I won't be adding later work memories to this site, although I am writing them, as there are just too many privacy issues.