tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post5445908053188552998..comments2024-03-26T06:45:32.717+00:00Comments on Circle of the Year: Ancestral TrailRowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-21214868234620785032015-08-28T00:15:29.303+01:002015-08-28T00:15:29.303+01:00Amazing that we both have relatives associated wit...Amazing that we both have relatives associated with Childswickham churchyard! My great-great grandmother has her own memorial and several ancestors of my grandmother are also buried there. I gave a herb talk to Childswickham U3A just after my mother died in February and I was pleased to be able to tell them my own connection to the village.Sarah Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-38649058939531262302015-08-25T09:12:58.563+01:002015-08-25T09:12:58.563+01:00What a fabulous trip. Not only to visit these plac...What a fabulous trip. Not only to visit these places, but to visit knowing family connections to them must be so exciting. It's an area of the country I know very little about, so it's great to see it on your blog.Katharine Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12272802201564787548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-3204438318978429182015-08-21T15:03:53.474+01:002015-08-21T15:03:53.474+01:00It all looks so pretty and picturesque it is hard ...It all looks so pretty and picturesque it is hard to imagine the realities of life in those days. I wonder how people escaped the workhouse?Acornmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982884920388966786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-14791090744233472402015-08-21T08:10:27.797+01:002015-08-21T08:10:27.797+01:00A fascinating post. It's a long time since I ...A fascinating post. It's a long time since I was last in Evesham but it still looks a lovely place, and I am glad you got on the trail of your 3 x greats. It's lovely to get back that far and even better when you can tie things up, but with the poor-as-church-mice folk, they sometimes leave little behind them but for their names. I've had that with my Ag. Lab. ancestors (and there are lots of those).Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-69159867058695769502015-08-20T13:44:30.862+01:002015-08-20T13:44:30.862+01:00Fascinating, I loved Evesham and Pershore when we ...Fascinating, I loved Evesham and Pershore when we visited a few years ago, such lovely places to seek out your ancestors in. There are quite a few horror stories about the state of churchyards especially in the 18th and 19th centuries with overcrowding and etc. I think churchyards today are far more cared for than when our ancestors were using them. Hope you manage to find the information you are still looking for - family history is always absorbing isn't it?:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-2185923551727881552015-08-20T04:56:32.978+01:002015-08-20T04:56:32.978+01:00My 91-year-old mom and I are taking a trip in Octo...My 91-year-old mom and I are taking a trip in October which will include visiting a town which figures large in her mother's family's history -- German settlers in south central Texas. Family history research is intriguing and can be a revelation. WOLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775462248193876148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-78928717592918556522015-08-19T22:41:19.508+01:002015-08-19T22:41:19.508+01:00It looks a lot more "gentrified" than it...It looks a lot more "gentrified" than it would have looked in your ancestors day. I'm saving researching my family tree for when I retire. You look as if you've found some fascinating history ,Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269721218424514656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-51340813376356256022015-08-19T20:58:39.061+01:002015-08-19T20:58:39.061+01:00Very interesting to research family history D.
I ...Very interesting to research family history D. <br />I intend doing the same when I get around to it using Ancestry.com which I here is pretty good.<br />In those days people especially the poor, didn't move very far normally. <br />It would have been unusual for your ancestors to have moved off in 1871 like that.<br />From what I know of the area around Evesham, they are not exactly poor now.{:))<br /><br />Roy Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054701497328213666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-4764429333759859832015-08-19T20:36:20.002+01:002015-08-19T20:36:20.002+01:00Interesting stuff. When I looked at the records fo...Interesting stuff. When I looked at the records for my village I was surprised to see how many were born and then died in the workhouse; it seemed to be an endless circle from which few were able to escape. Churchyards were seldom the neat and tidy places we see today; many had boneyards where bones which were unearthed by animals and later burials were stored. We live in charmed times whatever most folk think. John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-91608603121036456442015-08-19T16:02:41.763+01:002015-08-19T16:02:41.763+01:00I just love stories like this, I like history and ...I just love stories like this, I like history and the personal ones are the best! Thanks for sharing.Graciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676590312211351910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32992882.post-11523768808893013022015-08-19T12:20:22.527+01:002015-08-19T12:20:22.527+01:00Lovely photos. I've never been to Evesham and ...Lovely photos. I've never been to Evesham and didn't really have an idea of what it would look like. I assumed Cotswold stone rather than half-timbered. Interesting.The History Anorakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09718067264562106116noreply@blogger.com