Intertwining Branches

There were four Metcalf sisters. Their names were Minnie, Nellie, Lily and Cassie, the daughters of Joseph and Ann Jane Metcalf (née Knox). ...

Whilst searching newspapers on the  British Newspaper Archive  recently I came across a rather peculiar article in the Newcastle Courant. Th...

Most families have legends and mine is no different.  The legend in my family is that there is a family-owned goldmine somewhere in Australi...

Ages ago I wrote a blog post on my 4x great-grandfather, Bertram McKeith, or Barty Keith, as he was commonly known. Newspapers often picked ...

Jane Hunter Turnbull was baptised on 2 October 1841 at All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne. She was the ninth child of John and Jane Turnbull (n...