From the Work House to the Court House
We have been informed by one of our relatives that Catherine Walton may have ended up in a work hous…
Now TV – Special Offers and ‘Boost’
We used to subscribe to Now TV as they have some good content, but we got fed up of the monthly R…
A new Internet related project for Sandra and Ian’s home
Ian has been wanting to move the 4G antenna / aerial which they use for VOXI 4G internet for a while…
Time to ditch those fixed pay monthly contracts
As the MoneySavingExpert, Martin Lewis suggests, it is time to ditch any fixed contract services you…
IONOS and an unexpected problem
We’ve been using IONOS for a few months quite happily with no issues, basically relying upon t…
Lise Jane Dwan b. 1956 – Multiple Child Murderer
The image below is from murderpedia.org the following makes for grim reading: We discovered that Jan…
A spare Raspberry Pi 3B, Volumio, Ultravox, Midge Ure, extended / distant family
Ian recently come across another spare Raspberry Pi 3B, which was in a cupboard. Being a bit of a te…
Related to 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Whilst trying to solve the family mystery of who Jane and Ian’s paternal great-grandfather was…
NGINX installed as a reverse proxy server
Due to a recent mishap with the web server that hosts this website, Ian wanted more flexibility host…
A little more history – Mary Cotton nee Lee 1861-1946
CottonHistorian posted the following information and photographs on findagrave.com Some photographs …
More evidence that Joseph Leigh Hunter was born Matthew Lee
A shared match has recently appeared on MyHeritage showing that they share DNA with Jane, her father…
Additional steps we’ve taken to protect the hosting of our website
We recently updated the content on our webpage, detailing the additional steps we had to implement w…
Luckily Bill uploaded his autosomal DNA test to GEDmatch
Below is a comparison at GEDmatch of the autosomal DNA Ian and Bill share Below is a comparison at G…
When You Discover Your Great Grandfather Hid His Real Identity
It took cousins Jane and Ian years to work out that their paternal great grandfather lied about his …
Jessie Forrest McCallum’s (1909-2006) parents and a sister
Jane shared another photograph, this time it Jessie Forrest McCallum’s parents seated. We thin…
As AncestryUK has released new Royal Air Force records
As AncestryUK has released Royal Air Force Operations Records Books, 1911-1963 this week. Below is I…
Revisiting an earlier post regarding a mystery postcard
We posted back in September 2021 about a mystery post card that Jane’s father has in his possession,…
A disturbing death – Suicide of Joseph Leigh Hunter’s father
Jane found the clipping below on FindMyPast. It is a clipping from Newcastle Evening Chronicle 10th …