Posts in this blog that describe research outline the situation at the time of writing the post. Later research may prove some of the “facts” or suggestions in these posts to be incorrect in part or in whole. It isn’t possible to go back and correct every post that is overtaken by new discoveries and…
Elizabeth Chrystal Neil was my great-aunt. I wanted to analyse Elizabeth’s and her husband, John’s, family because of the number of children they had – fourteen that I found. I wondered what that felt like; how long was it between births; how many children were alive at any one time, what was the infant mortality…
The Problem The question of the original name of the family arises principally because of the use of several variations in the name in the early years of our study. In researching the Neils (unlike the Ramsays), it soon becomes apparent that the surname, Neil, is very fluid. People can be referred to as Neill,…
I came across a tree online that featured an Ann O’Neil as a child born to John O’Neil and Sarah Cassidy (one that I had not known of before but that fitted well in a space between known births for this couple) I tried looking for this Ann Neil or O’Neil on Scotland’s People and…
Diagrams Expressions and Flags I wanted to put an icon next to people who died young – for example under the age of fifteen so unlikely to ever have children. To do this right-click on a diagram to bring up the Diagram Options box. Click the Tabs box and look at the list of expressions….
For some time now I have been recording my family history research results on a static HTML and CSS website. As the site has got bigger and more complex, I have decided to develop it as a Wordpress site using the free Kadence Theme and Kadence Blocks. THis blog explains why.
The Problem After having a massive brick wall with my ancestors Thomas Neil and Agnes Feran, I decided to ask James Oakes of the GWSFHS Research Team if he could give me some suggested lines of research.
Research into Thomas Neil. Quarrier Who Died of Cholera 7th February 1854