30-10-2016, 15:00
Hi Maxcia,
In answer to your query about how I found out so much about my family in Malta, it is a combination of good luck and widening my research beyond the usual vital records. I have been lucky in that a lot of tantalising anecdotes have been passed down the family which gave me some good starting points, such as 'an ancestor died in the plague of Malta', 'another went to Corsica after Napoleon' and so on.
I have used these to find out more about the key events and places that they appear in and then try to make further connections. I also write up my stories in a family history blog as this sometimes gets responses from other people searching the same families or neighbourhoods. I always record my sources on the blog, so if you take a look you may find some ideas for taking your own research forward : From Lancs to the Levant
From Lancs to the Levant
Travels into my family's past
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I hope this helps. Good luck.
Angela
In answer to your query about how I found out so much about my family in Malta, it is a combination of good luck and widening my research beyond the usual vital records. I have been lucky in that a lot of tantalising anecdotes have been passed down the family which gave me some good starting points, such as 'an ancestor died in the plague of Malta', 'another went to Corsica after Napoleon' and so on.
I have used these to find out more about the key events and places that they appear in and then try to make further connections. I also write up my stories in a family history blog as this sometimes gets responses from other people searching the same families or neighbourhoods. I always record my sources on the blog, so if you take a look you may find some ideas for taking your own research forward : From Lancs to the Levant
From Lancs to the Levant
Travels into my family's past
Afficher sur lancstolevant.wor...
Aperçu par Yahoo
I hope this helps. Good luck.
Angela