« Reply #2 on: Sunday 15 April 18 22:50 BST (UK) »
Distracted? Me?
Of course I do and it has made my research and ancestors come to life, it has given me a 'picture' of their lives, who they knew, what was happening around them locally, nationally and internationally.... and I am off on a tangent researching interesting history or geography.
One ancestor who was charged with a crime and sent to prison, I found his brother in law was a prison guard at the same prison, found that William Marwood ( famous hangman) also was 'working' there...so off on a tangent to research him ( which proved useful today as someone on rootschat asked about him) off on another tangent researching transportation of prisoners to the other side of the world and off on another about prison conditions at that time...it is all one big learning curve.
I only wish when I was at school I had been introduced to family history research as research skills and history would have been a breeze and not hard work
Leicestershire:Chamberlain, Dakin, Wilkinson, Moss, Cook, Welland, Dobson, Roper,Palfreman, Squires, Hames, Goddard, Topliss, Twells,Bacon.
Northamps:Sykes, Harris, Rice,Knowles.
Rutland:Clements, Dalby, Osbourne, Durance, Smith,Christian, Royce, Richardson,Oakham, Dewey,Newbold,Cox,Chamberlaine,Brow, Cooper, Bloodworth,Clarke
Durham/Yorks:Woodend, Watson,Parker, Dowser
Suffolk/Norfolk:Groom, Coleman, Kemp, Barnard, Alden,Blomfield,Smith,Howes,Knight,Kett,Fryston
Lincolnshire:Clements, Woodend