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Hi Everyone.

My father-In -Law is very sad at the moment. He is a fantastic elderly guy with a heart of gold. The situation is this;-

His father re-married after his mothers death. Then unfortunatley his father died quite soon after this marriage, however he had changed his will to state that his new wife could live in the house until she died rent free. ( but the house deeds and ownership were passed to my father in law and his brother.

Sadly my father in law and his stepmother were not close. The lady died ( God Bless) a couple of months ago,and all the possesions of my father in laws parents eg photos , jewelry, family heirlooms have vannished into thin air. We have no idea if they were stolen behind the ladies back etc, and they could have been missing for the last 20 years or even just in the last 2 months. Either way,I cannot believe that the step-mother would have thrown these items out, she certainly could not have thrown away the old morris minor which was in the garage !.I feel that it is possible that she was taken advantage of towards the end of her life, which makes my heart sink.

I am sure many of you empathise with this situation, I myself would give anything for just one photo of my grandfathers family,and have searched high and low for years with no avail.

Please would anyone look out for any photograph albums and the family bible etc belonging to Theodore Charles William WASHBROOK and his first wife Evelyn Margaret HAINES. The Washbrook family had lived in the Villages of Islip, Kiddlington, and Old Marston which are all in close proximity too each other in Oxford.

God Bless

Gemma xxx

Hi Christopher.

Yes,I am still trying to find the resting place of dear g-g-g aunt Emily.

Farmers need not be reported.... bless them. I spoke to a friend who says that many men don't stop for strange women wandering country lanes...apparently through fear that the woman may later on get murdered and they would be the main suspect. This is the modern society we live. What on earth will happen to the fantastic romance novels in the future, where a beautiful lady falls in love with rugged soft voiced Irish farmer???.
Gem

Hi Christopher

Oh boy did I have a fantastic time!. As I walked round Dublin, Longford, Ennybeggs, Killoe, Ardagh, Corboy ........ and many other places ( I got a bit carried away with the walking!!!)  I felt like I was "home".
 I had never been to Ireland in my life , yet I  must have  a deep routed gene of an ancestor , possibly a great explorer, as I always  felt like I knew where I was going . Ask any of my friends and they will tell you that I ony drive a 5 mile round trip to my childrens schools, don't do motorways, and frequently lose my direction when cycling in the area I have lived in for 32 years !!!.

Ps;- Unfortunately I still have quite a long way to go to get to the bottom of my " really annoyingly illusive ancestors ", even though I have gone through over 2 thousand birth, death, marriage, newspaper, army ect records.

The whole Fox - Johnstone - McCutcheon saga , along with the Latter Day Saints Penny's worth, is making my brain very sore!.

Ask me in a hundred years time and I may have got to the bottom of it.

God Bless
Gem x

Hi

Can anyone please help

I am attempting to find out ANY info on my g-g-g-g-g grandad.

The Rev Edward MARTIN of Dublin was Canon and Deans Vicar of St Patrick's Cathedral, rector of Crumlin and of Tullagh. All I know is that he was born circa 1770 and married Grace Eustace.

Thanks in advance for any help

Gem x