Geoff's Genealogy Blog
Saturday February 4th, 2012 | Geoff
I’ve spent most of January working on the March edition of the Shropshire Family History Society’s journal. It’s done and dusted now, and in the hands of our printers. I am no longer on the society’s committee, having stood down at the AGM a couple of weeks ago, but I…
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Thursday January 5th, 2012 | Geoff
I’m a few days late with this blog entry, the result of a very merry Christmas & New Year holiday. I hope that you, also, had a good break, and that 2012 is good to you. Looking back over the past year, although it was obviously a lousy year in…
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Monday December 12th, 2011 | Geoff
We have just uploaded the long – promised new section of the Geoffs Genealogy website that relates to last June’s Reunion of John Bankes’ Descendants. You can view this by clicking on the new Reunion link on the site menu. This new section contains the text of the two talks…
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Wednesday November 30th, 2011 | Geoff
Blog time again. During November I added another of my published articles to the website. I hope you enjoy reading it. It concerns the sad early demise of Sarah Ellen Collyer. I’m currently working on the new section about the Bankes Reunion that we held in June. Hopefully this will…
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Monday October 31st, 2011 | Geoff
If you are reading this you will already know that October saw the introduction of our new Geoffs Genealogy website. I think it is a great step forward from the old site, which served us well for quite a few years. Not only is the design more attractive, but the tree is…
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Tuesday October 18th, 2011 | Geoff
The title of this post says it all really. My thanks to Helen and Alex for all their hard work in designing and making over this website. The old site served us well for several years, but there is no doubt that this new look site is a big improvement…
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Monday October 10th, 2011 | Geoff
The highlight of September has to be the week we spent in France, in the beautiful Aveyron countryside. Fabulous weather, lovely food and some really stunning places to visit ensured that we had a smashing break. We thought that was our summer finished, but with its usual unpredictability the British…
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Tuesday September 20th, 2011 | Geoff
A couple of weeks ago we went to a Jamboree of the Maliphant clan, which was held at Upton Castle in Pembrokeshire www.uptoncastle.co.uk. Whereas the reunion that we organised in June was a gathering of people descended from one couple – the parents of John Bankes’ Rand siblings – this…
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Tuesday September 20th, 2011 | Geoff
July has been a busy month. In the first part of the month we were in Austria, enjoying a few days holiday in wonderful scenery and lovely weather. He had a super time, and included in our stay a visit to Salzburg, birthplace of one of my heroes – Wolfgang…
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Thursday June 23rd, 2011 | Geoff
Our Reunion of John Bankes’ Descendants took place last Saturday, 18th June 21011, at Coulsdon United Football Club’s clubhouse in South London. After a downpour the previous day, which caused difficult travelling conditions for some of the attendees, the weather on the big day was much improved – showery with…