
Thomas MacEntee from Geneabloggers posed this question the other day and I think it’s a good one.
The purpose of my blog was threefold:
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![]() Thomas MacEntee from Geneabloggers posed this question the other day and I think it’s a good one. The purpose of my blog was threefold: ![]()
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of this blog It’s been a great year! Blogging has given me a chance to delve deeper into palaeography and my beloved Denchfields. Blogging prompts (thanks Thomas and Tonia!!!) have been a creative inspiration and a big help to my writing. I’ve connected with distant cousins from around the world and met some fascinating people on the message boards at Rootschat.com, at the genealogical and family history societies I’ve joined, and through the 2011 Spring Boston University Certificate in Genealogical Research program and the ongoing ProGen13 study group. Also can’t forget to mention my fellow bloggers and Twitter co-horts This past year, I’ve enrolled in classes at the National Institute of Genealogical Studies, completed a draft of Turner Collins Genealogy my family history book, traveled to England for a family vacation/genealogical research fieldtrip, and begun volunteering at the local county history (…more) ![]() In the Name of God, Amen I Mary Dench= field of the Parish of Aston–Abbots in the County of Bucks (and Widow of the late John Denchfield of North–Marston~ in the same County Dairyman) being weak in Body but of sound and perfect memory and Understanding do make and declare this to be my last Will and Testament, as follows:— I give and bequeath unto my Son ~~ Richard the Sum of Fourscore Pounds:—I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Fifty Pounds:—I give to my Daughter Sarah, the Wife of John Parrott of East~ Claydon, the Sum of Twenty Pounds:— I give unto my Daughter Ann, the Wife of William Baker of North–~ Marston aforesaid, Forty Pounds:—I give to Susanna the Wife of William Curtis (my Daughter) of Denham, Forty Pounds:—I give unto my Servant and Grand– son John Chantrel, Twenty pounds, all which before= mentioned Legacies I desire my (…more) |
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