Today is the anniversary of the death of my great great great grandfather Alfred Henry William Gallienne. This ancestor has…
The Story Of Jersey
I came across this video today via Sara Palmer @9amgirl on Twitter – Sara is a presenter at Lunchtime on BBC…
Do you know about TROVE?
Hello again everyone, It’s been a while since I have posted but I am glad to say that I am…
Town Petition from Merchants
On the 29th March in 1871 a petition was rased in Jersey, Channel Islands. The crowd gathered in the streets…
More mystery photos – set 2
A while ago a reader contacted me to say that he had purchased a photo album which contained photographs of…
Were your Breton ancestors from Nobility?
I subscribe to a great blog called The French Genealogy Blog. Today their post is about The Beleaguered Nobility of Brittany.…
Ann Marcellaine Mahaut – born 10 January 1854
Ann Marcellaine (Marcelin) Mahaut was my great great great grandmother. I am amazed and delighted that I have been able…
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Thank you to all my readers…
The Jersey 12 days Of Christmas
You may have heard of the old traditional rhyme ‘The 12 Days Of Christmas,” but have you heard of ‘The…
Christmas Greetings
Above is a photo of a Christmas card given from Captain J.F. Le Huquet to my great grandfather George Perchard…
My Channel Island Ancestry 