Elsie May Cox was born at the start of a dramatic period of change in British society, as women balked against Victorian gender roles and as geopolitics forced the country to start the process of accepting women as equals, politically and in the...
Research Blog
Our family research blog covers a wide range of topics from Research Reports describing how we answered (or couldn’t answer) specific research questions, to descriptions of software and resources we use in our research
Starr’s Hotel in Finsbury Square
Louis Muller's Starr's Hotel highlighted in the north of Finsbury Square from an old 1873 OS Map We believe that Jakob Louis Muller arrived in the Holburn District of London in the 1860s, after which he took a job as a waiter. He...
The Ricketts Connection to the Tolpuddle Martyrs
There's an old story that our Ricketts lineage had a connection to the Tolpuddle Martyrs. But the Martyrs story is well documented and told many times, and there's no mention of any Ricketts'. So, if there is a connection it's more by association than genealogy....
Cornelius Warren Burright, ‘Hero’ of the Battle of Pleasant Hill
Cornelius Warren Burright was the son of Orrin Burright and the grandson of Cornelius Burright. He was born in Van Wert County, Ohio in 1842. By 1861 Cornelius had moved to Iowa, where he enlisted as a volunteer in 'G' company of the 14th Iowa Volunteer Infantry...
Gasoline, Texas and the Gasoline Cotton Gin
Gasoline, Texas doesn't sound like the most attractive place to live, but in the early 1900s, the Tracy family returned to this community three times after moving to other towns in Oklahoma, Texas, and Arizona. So, why was this Texas town named Gasoline, what was its...
The Mullers in Easebourne Street – Notes from my Mum
17 Easebourne Street, in Easebourne, Sussex is an ancient wattle and daub, timber-framed building. It was a fixture of my childhood and remains a major touchstone in our family history. This was where my grandparents (on the Muller side) lived. It was where my brother...
Burright Family Research – Where To Get Started
If the Burright family is one of the branches of a family tree you're currently researching there are a number of specific online and traditional book resources that you'll find very helpful. So, once you've gathered all you can from your relations and maybe started...
Pier 21 Immigration Museum, Finding Family History in Halifax
John Shreeve and his family migrated from England to Canada between 1845 and 1847. The family included a young Sarah Shreeve, who was later to marry Joseph Warren Burright. According to The Sun Rides High, John made the crossing from England several times, but there...
Charles Muller and the Sinking of HMT Lancastria
By June 1940 the British Expeditionary Force had been pushed back to the French coast by the advancing German army. Among the thousands of British troops heading for the beaches was my great uncle Charles Muller, a sapper in the Royal Engineers. RMS Lancastria Fig 1....
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