by Warren Nunn
Census records are a treasure trove of information for genealogists and can produce a number of ‘yes!’ moments of discovery. As census-taking improved and more information became available, the task of tracking a person or a family was also made much easier. Back in...
by Warren Nunn
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by Warren Nunn
This picture is of a pocket watch (or fob watch) manufactured sometime in the 1800s in Scotland with the name “Geo. Donald” inscribed on it. It is in the possession of descendants of James Silver who grew up in Scotland and moved to Australia in 1890 when...
by Warren Nunn
On 22 August 1918, Harold Card’s short, drama-filled life ended when a German shell burst near the village of Etinehem in the Villers-Bretonneux region of France, not far from the Somme. Just like millions of other young men who had needlessly died on battlefields in...
by Warren Nunn
What follows is drawn from Aberdeenshire newspapers and relates to the Silver surname. Not necessarily in date order. Aberdeen Journal 23 March 1901, page 4: SILVER. – At 4 Ann Street, Stonehaven, on the 20th inst., John Silver, merchant, aged 72 years. Funeral...
