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Geoffs Genealogy Update – 31 May 2009

Monday June 1st, 2009 | Geoff

I’m a bit late with my blog entry this time. That’s because we have been away for a week – on holiday in the beautiful Scottish Borders. We had a great time – lovely scenery, lots of places to visit, and lovely cooked breakfast each morning. Sadly, though, the week…

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Geoffs Genealogy Update – 11 May 2009

Monday May 11th, 2009 | Geoff

Great news! We have now uploaded the updated Robert Hanham Collyer Chronology to Geoffs Genealogy. This is the last of our updates to the website (for now, anyway). This Chronology is greatly enlarged from its predecessor, but is by no means the final version. In fact I doubt whether there…

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Geoffs Genealogy Update – 30 April 2009

Thursday April 30th, 2009 | Geoff

To return to a constant theme of this blog, “how time flies”! Yet another month has nearly passed, and as ever, I don’t know where the past 30 days has gone. Most of my time this month has been spent preparing the June edition of the Shropshire FHS journal. I’ve…

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Geoffs Genealogy Update – 25 March 2009

Wednesday March 25th, 2009 | Geoff

It seems ages since I last wrote a blog entry. I’ve been so busy lately – on a number of fronts – that I have had to neglect this blog, I’m afraid. Still, here goes …. In the last entry I gave brief details of the updates that went live…

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Geoffs Genealogy Update 23 February 2009

Monday February 23rd, 2009 | Geoff

I’m pleased to say that the latest set of updates to the Geoffs Genealogy website have now been uploaded. The following is a summary of the changes: I have carried out a pretty comprehensive review of the site, tweaking the content on most of the pages, and in some cases…

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Geoffs Genealogy Update, 28 January 2009

Wednesday January 28th, 2009 | Geoff

This has been a very busy month for me. I’ve been wearing my editorial hat – preparing the March issue of the journal of the Shropshire Family History Society. At the same time I have been working on the next batch of updates for the Geoffs Genealogy website, earning a…

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Geoffs Genealogy Update, 30 December 2008

Tuesday December 30th, 2008 | Geoff

I’m off work for about ten days over the Christmas period, so between the turkey, mince pies etc I’m finding a bit of time for my favourite hobby. Over the past month I’ve had a couple of new contacts on the treeing front. It’s always good to hear from “new”…

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Geoffs Genealogy Update, 1 December 2008

Monday December 1st, 2008 | Geoff

It’s blog time again. On 30 October Helen and I joined my fellow researchers from Shropshire Family History Society on a coach trip to The National Archives (TNA) at Kew. I left with a long research list, and high hopes. How did I fare? The number one item on my…

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Geoffs Genealogy Update 28 October 2008

Tuesday October 28th, 2008 | Geoff

I have been busy over the past few weeks, preparing the next edition if the Shropshire Family History Society journal, which is due to thud on to the doormats of our members in early December. I have a trip to The National Archives (TNA) at Kew planned for the end…

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Geoff’s Genealogy Update 27 September 2008

Saturday September 27th, 2008 | Geoff

Hello again. When I signed off my last entry on this blog I mentioned the upcoming open day at Haberdashers’ Hall, London. Well, I’m delighted to say that I made the trip to London last Saturday with Jan & Helen, and together we enjoyed a terrific day out in the…

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