This week’s theme in the ” 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” challenge is “twelve”. I’ve decided to focus on 12 of the more unusual occupations listed in the England and Wales census. In between the labourers and coal miners, the clerks … Continue reading →
This week’s theme in the ” 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” challenge is about large families. I covered this topic a little in my recent post “How Big Were the Heenan families?” so this week I am going to take a … Continue reading →
I mentioned in my last post that I had joined the ” 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” challenge where we get a prompt about a different topic or theme each week. The most recent topic was “At the Courthouse” which couldn’t … Continue reading →
Research The 1901 and 1911 census records for England have been my primary focus this month. I’ve now gone through all the 300 entries for 1901, adding in detailed residence information and occupations. I’ve followed the same approach for … Continue reading →
My update for November is a little later than planned but I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to share some of my progress in researching the Heenan surname. Military records My research on soldiers with the Heenan surname who were killed … Continue reading →
When is Heenan not Heenan? No that isn’t a trick question. Census enumerators in England and Wales clearly had a problem with the Heenan surname. Perhaps the householder trying to answer their questions had a strong Irish accident so the … Continue reading →