The Family History Group

Leader:  John Dogherty - familyhistory@ashbyu3a.co.uk - phone 01530 411148

8th July

On one of the hottest days of a hot year, 6 of us gathered together
JD explored the parish records for north Northumberland (Berwickshire) to see if he can push the story of his great grandmother’s ancestors into the 18th century’. So far all he has is the baptismal date of her father’s eldest brother. But it is a start.
Jan worked on her housekeeping: lots to do there.
Elizabeth is working up the back story of her parents, filling in details the paper records never show. Real history!
Linda has an intriguing mystery to sort out: her 2nd great grandfather, a non-combatant in the Army in the First World War, seems to have ended up dying well behind enemy lines in a place called Potsdam-Mittelberg in 1915. There is no actual town by this name, though, although there is an area called Potsdam-Mittelmark around Potsdam, which itself is about 350 miles from the nearest western border with the Netherlands. Or it might be Mittelberg in Austria. This might be one of Ancestry’s classic mistranscription errors of course. She will try to get his Service Record to unravel the mystery!
The team opted mainly for cold water at break time.

We meet again on August the 12th when hopefully it will be a little cooler