The journey of three ancestral families
Here you will find links to more information about the people, places and stories of our ancestors
Genealogy focuses on identifying direct ancestors and documenting vital facts (birth, marriage, death) to build a structured family tree. Family history expands on this by exploring the context of ancestors' lives, including their personal stories, occupations, social standing, and the historical era in which they lived.The data about our ancestors are presented in the main part of this website. The "Histories" section here presents more context about their lives.
"Every person on any family tree will have lived, worked, played and travelled in particular places and environments, their ‘homelands’, to use current genealogical jargon. They will also have met each other, if that is relevant, in a particular place. They may have moved many times, or they may have stayed in the same place for all of their life, perhaps in the same place as their ancestors.
Finding out even a little, and that may be all that is possible, about that place or those places will add to the understanding of the people involved. In some cases, knowing of a major move, even to a vastly different country through either voluntary or forced migration, will help understand the people and the lives they lived. There may, of course, have been dramatic changes between the period before the move and that after it."
Source: Graeme Aplin, Context: The Role of Place and Heritage in Genealogy
This is and always will be a work in progress. We will be adding content and documentation bit by bit. Please contact us if you would like to share research or have questions about the information on this site or how to navigate the site.
