Category Archives: Huguenot

The French Connection.

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  The story of Evelyn Rose Boulton (nee Sturgeon), my great grandmother, and the puzzle of her claims to French heritage, has taken another turn. Previous readers of this blog might recall Rose and the Frenchman, and my search for the illusive facts of this family story. Old scribbled notes taken during a phone interview with an Aunt list the tantalising words, “escaped the French revolution.” Rose’s Foulger and Sturgeon ancestors in Suffolk were mostly agricultural labourers firmly entrenched in … Continue reading

A Royal Connection?

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Ever encountered someone who is certain of royalty in their pedigree? I’ve always given such notions a wide berth, not only because my family doesn’t seem in the least aristocratic but also because such records as exist are widely accessible online, available for replication in other family trees, even if erroneous. Research rigour flies out the window if one accepts that an entry in Geni or Wikipedia connects one’s family to, eg, Charlemagne. Imagine my surprise when I discovered the … Continue reading

Treasures in the Trove – September 2015

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By Lyndall Maag.   Assume – as genealogists, we are told not to, but to prove all our assertions by rigorous application of solid genealogical methodology.  Assumptions – we are told not to make them, but to back up our claims and cite our sources.  What, however, could possibly happen if we did, in fact, challenge some of our most basic genealogical assumptions?    For instance, what actually constitutes a family tree chart?  What content, layout, format should be included, … Continue reading

Treasures in the Trove – February 2015

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Family Tree Chart #6 – Lyndall Maag   The two yellowing pages, one A4 and the other the more old fashioned foolscap in size, were joined together by a rusting, metal sewing pin, the rust beginning to mark the back of the larger sheet.  On these pages are two very different looking charts, linking a family through its generations from the 1980s back to 1650.  The more recent tree, compiled in 1981, is handwritten and covers the period from 1980 … Continue reading