How it all started for me

I was brought up in a dysfunctional family. We weren’t close and didn’t have many cousins or aunts and uncles that we were in touch with. So, I never really had any interest in my family history, and I wasn’t that keen on history as a subject.

I had heard a few family stories handed down, including my grandad being a bigamist and getting caught. As a child, I found my maternal Nan, quite a nasty woman. We later found out she had had early-onset Dementia, but she wasn’t diagnosed until she was in her 70s. My mum always used to say to make allowances for her, as she had a hard childhood. The family story was that she had found her father, who had hanged himself behind the bathroom door when she was young.

My turning point, like many people, was the death of my Mum; apart from my own family, that was it, it was just me………. one evening about two weeks after her death, whilst sitting watching TV, I picked up my laptop and did exactly what the TV advert said…… I typed my name in.

That was it. I was addicted, and from that point on, my life changed in so many ways. My blog is the story of my journey, discoveries, and bombshells!

That has all helped to mould me into the Genealogist I am today. 

Initially posted 27th July 2018