Glen TK
03-01-21, 20:45
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking to a lady named Josy who is a descendant of Amy Beechey (Amy lost 5 sons in WWI).
Josy and I have common ancestors and I dabbled a little on her paternal side and traced them back to a Lincs village where they were grocers and drapers with a shop in the village. Her father and grandfather both have the forename of Edward so when an indenture popped up on ebay bearing the name, occupation and location I bought it. I jumped in thinking it was her direct line but it seems it's a step across in her grandfather's generation, back one and step across again, back again and step across........
It's still a nice thing to have, and joins about half a dozen other indentures/mortgage documents that litter branches just off centre in my tree but I'm cursing FMP as they consistently transcribe two of her male ancestors with female names in the census and it's really slowing me down proving the connection.
The auction ended soon after I found the item hence me jumping in. I wish I had saved the search and contacted the seller after the auction ended as there were no other bidders.
Josy and I have common ancestors and I dabbled a little on her paternal side and traced them back to a Lincs village where they were grocers and drapers with a shop in the village. Her father and grandfather both have the forename of Edward so when an indenture popped up on ebay bearing the name, occupation and location I bought it. I jumped in thinking it was her direct line but it seems it's a step across in her grandfather's generation, back one and step across again, back again and step across........
It's still a nice thing to have, and joins about half a dozen other indentures/mortgage documents that litter branches just off centre in my tree but I'm cursing FMP as they consistently transcribe two of her male ancestors with female names in the census and it's really slowing me down proving the connection.
The auction ended soon after I found the item hence me jumping in. I wish I had saved the search and contacted the seller after the auction ended as there were no other bidders.