Instant Cousins

Instant Cousins : archiving my ancestry

  • Rolls, Registers and a Title Deed

    A few years ago I studied on a short course at Glasgow University researching the history of my house. I was inspired by the TV series “History of a House in Time” presented by David Olusoga. I learned how to research using electoral rolls, valuation rolls, Sasine registers and Feu registers. The last two are…

  • A Galloway field trip

    Field trips are essential for family history research. Where did our ancestors live and how did they arrive there? The Census, birth, marriage and death records can help us with the first part. Occupation and the search for work and accommodation are the probable reasons for the second part. My wife’s family ancestors came from…

  • How it all began

    I blame it on my maternal grandmother, Grace Wilcox. In 1958 my father, Bill Carver, decided that he wanted to be a publican. I was ten years old and living with the best part of my entire family of six siblings and my parents, in Redhill, Surrey. Bill Carver was a very successful turf accountant,…


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