Vicky's Family History Research

31/12/2024

Happy New Year to all. May it be a happy & healthy one.

24/12/2024

Wishing you all a Happy & Healthy Christmas & New Year. Stay safe, see you on the other side. 🎄🎄🎄

17/12/2024

Couldn't resist this for our Christmas log this year 😆

Don't forget last posting dates if you wish to buy a voucher for some history research for Christmas.🎄🎄

27/11/2024

Watching the Repair Shop on bbc1 tonight and they had a vintage hoover just like the one my parents had when I was a kid..it brought back so many memories. ☺️

History isn't just about names, dates, royalty and politics but social history, what people did.and what they used in everyday life are just as important to remember.

22/11/2024

I’ve not done Family History Friday for a while. So a little family story here.. when I began asking my aunt about her dad and his siblings she said she ever really knew them. In fact she and my uncle would go with their dad to visit ‘uncle Charlie’ who worked in a wood yard but she didn’t realise for years that he was actually her uncle and it wasn’t a polite title. No wonder no one in the family knew that her grandad was from Germany not Alsace like they were told.. not even my Gran knew her father in law was German. 🫣

It’s only a few weeks until Christmas, don’t forget I sell vouchers so if you are really stuck on what to buy a loved one why don’t you get them a voucher for some family history research. Then they can resolve all those questions they’ve had over the years about where their family are from..just like my family and our German ancestor. I have a variety of fixed rate packages to suit all budgets, please look at my website for further information

Welcome Welcome to Vicky’s Family History Research Hi my name is Vicky, I am based in Yate near Bristol where I live with my family and my incredibly fluffy cat. This website will tell you a bit about me and how I can help you research your family history, and prove that genealogy does not have to...

30/10/2024

This will be amazing news for many. I’ll be there on the 7th seeing if I can find both my Grandads records. 😊

26/10/2024

Its coming to the end of October and Christmas is not far away now, have you thought about what you might get that friend or relative who is such a 'nightmare' to buy for as they have everything? Why not get them a voucher for Family History' research, I have a variety of fixed packages available and all details are on my website www.vickyfamilyhistory.co.uk

14/08/2024

History and highland coos in one post, what’s not to love 🥰

The ruins of Hadrians Wall date back to the time Hadrian built the wall but then fell into ruin dew to being negleckted and not maintained enuff becos of cooncil cutbacks awthorized by Roburt the Brooce in modern times no effort has bean embarked upon or even meaowed upon so they have remained intack as ruins down to this day

14/08/2024

I was listening to Janet Jackson being interviewed in the radio the other day and had my mind blown.. Samuel L Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Tracy Chapman are all her cousins 😮😮😮 I would so love to look at her family tree 😄😄. Do you feel like the odd one out in that family if you’re not insanely talented 🤔🤔.

In other genealogy musings WDYTYA 2024 begins tomorrow night hurrah 🎉 Paddy McGuinness is first up.

30/07/2024

As a Historian I've always believed that history should be studied, to understand what happened in the past both good & bad to ensure that the same things don't happen again. The Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial is one of those places that shows the brutality of the past in the hope our children do not make the same decisions of their ancestors.

21/07/2024

When your husband can be as much of a history geek - popped into Nuremburg on the way to Prague.

10/07/2024

Remembering our family holiday to the Highlands of Scotland a couple of years ago and the desolate emptiness of the countryside with the ruins of crofts and larger houses from the clearances dotted over the landscape. Hauntingly beautiful.

17/06/2024

Haven't had one of these for a while but how about this for an unusual forename Artissadella for a little girl. Ive checked the original document and it definitely looks like this is how its spelt.

15/06/2024

New Blog Post Available on my website "Genealogical Gold Dust".

Photo is of the church in one of the villages my German ancestors lived.

14/06/2024

A very late Family History Friday - but it is still Friday. My note for today is ..when you realise what a small world it is. I met my husband at Aberystwyth University, he’s from Yorkshire and my family are from London.. I grew up in Bristol as my parents moved here when I was small and his family moved to the Midlands when he was at primary school.

When I began helping my inlaws researching their family trees I discovered my husband’s Great Granddad lived a couple of miles away from my family house where I grew up in Bristol and he’s buried in Arnos Vale cemetery near the city centre.

Photo of the Family History Cat ☺️

09/06/2024

It's nearly Summer in this Genealogist's house - Daughter No'2's exams have finished and Daughter No'1 has completed her final year - degree show was fabulous - and she's home this week woo hoo :)

And my favourite flower the Peony is out in my garden :)

Don't forget that whilst the sun is (hopefully) shining history research carries on - get in early and book your family history package today, for that Special Birthday, Wedding Anniversary, Wedding - or dare I say it, get organised in time for this Christmas.

06/06/2024

On this 'Longest Day' we think of those who arrived on those Normandy beaches (if they were lucky not to have drowned on the way) to help free Europe from Fascism and ensure that we in this country did not suffer the same fate.

My Mum's cousin Frederick is buried in a WW2 cemetery in Normandy where he died 80 years ago today on D-Day. Two more of his and Mum's cousins also lost their lives during WW2 and another one became a Canadian War Hero for his escape attempts from German Prisoner of War camps.

20/05/2024

I realise I've been a bit quiet on here lately, especially lacking with my family history friday posts sorry.

We've been a bit busy, and I also decided to set up a business selling plants. This is will be mostly houseplants but also some hardy garden plants as well. I've set up a small nursery of house plants in my greenhouse and am working with the 'from small acorns large oak trees grow' philosophy.

With family history I have always loved how large family trees can grow from only one set of parents and so from small little plants can a business grow :)