Teresa Eckford

🙄...though I suppose if it brings others to the library, I can live with it... I can't remember a time I didn't use a library...

Which Elizabeth Beake…Part 4… In my last Beake-related post, I outlined the various documents I managed to track down related to my cousin 7x removed, Elizabeth Beake, daughter of William Beake and Mary Gibbs (click image to enlarge): Elizabeth came from a very big family - she was the fourth child whose baptism entry I found in the register at St Nicholas in Ash-next-Sandwich.

Which Elizabeth Beake...Part 4... #beakefamilygenealogy #familyhistory #genealogy #genealogymethodology #KentEnglandgenealogy

So very sad to read this news...so young. A huge loss for the museum and academic history...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun… Create a 500 Word Biography Using AI From a Genealogical Sketch/Notes/Timeline/AMT Facts While in general I don't use generative AI (for a variety of reasons), I decided to accept Randy's challenge for this week. Here's the assignment he set us: 1) Select an ancestor, and a genealogical sketch (or research notes, or a timeline, or Ancestry Member Tree profile, etc.) for that ancestor and create a PDF of the sketch/notes/timeline/AMT Facts page/etc.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun... Create a 500 Word Biography Using AI From a Genealogical Sketch/Notes/Timeline/AMT Facts #SaturdayNightGenealogyFun #GenealogyFun #Beakefamilygenealogy

Celebrate Family History Month Day 18! Research tips.
Quick genealogy tip: Always check multiple spellings of surnames! A small detail can unlock big discoveries.
#GenealogyTips #FamilyHistoryResearch #AncestorClues

Sunday Morning Genealogy Fun – Your Most Recent Ancestors With No-Known-Name Parents A fun little exercise for this stormy weekend on the coast of BC. As I'm still quite deep into a complicated post for my next post about the Elizabeth Beake conundrum, I'm grateful to Randy for setting this task so my blog won't be completely neglected this week: Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to:

Sunday Morning Genealogy Fun – Your Most Recent Ancestors With No-Known-Name Parents

A fun little exercise for this stormy weekend on the coast of BC. As I'm still quite deep into a complicated post for my next post about the Elizabeth Beake conundrum, I'm grateful to Randy for setting this task…

Which Elizabeth Beake…Part 3…collecting evidence… Gathering the documents necessary to write this next profile took a lot of time and is a perfect example of how analysis and correlation are necessary to our process. Separating the eldest of the three cousins named Elizabeth Beake from the younger two proved fairly straightforward, based on her age and location (click image to enlarge): I was fortunate she remained in the same general area throughout her life.

Which Elizabeth Beake...Part 3...collecting evidence... #BeakeFamilyGenealogy #KentEnglandGenealogy #familyhistory #genealogymethodology

Something for BC to consider...

news.ontario.ca/en/release/1... @davidebybc.bsky.social @christineboyle.bsky.social

The unusual conditions of Stephen Dowker’s will… When Stephen Dowker died in March 1763, he left behind his wife of 13 years, Elizabeth Beake Dowker1, and 4 children, having been predeceased by a son and a daughter: His first bequest was to Elizabeth: "Imprimis I Give and Bequeath unto Elizabeth my Wife the Sum of Fifty Pounds of lawfule Money of Great Britain to be paid unto her within three months next after my Decease...

The unusual conditions of Stephen Dowker’s will…

When Stephen Dowker died in March 1763, he left behind his wife of 13 years, Elizabeth Beake Dowker1, and 4 children, having been predeceased by a son and a daughter: His first bequest was to Elizabeth: "Imprimis I Give and Bequeath unto Elizabeth…

Here's what integrity looks like (IMHO):
(Photo: Christopher Appoldt)

Mr Dress-up 🥰

Sunday Evening Genealogy Fun – Pick an Ancestor: What Story Lines Do You Want To Explore? Another great exercise from Randy this week: Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to: 1)  Pick one of your ancestors that you want to know more about.  Based on your knowledge of their life, what story lines do you want to explore? At this point in my research, it won't surprise regular readers of this blog that my choice for this mission is Elizabeth Fuller, my 6x great-grandmother (redacted for privacy - click image to enlarge):

Sunday Evening Genealogy Fun - Pick an Ancestor: What Story Lines Do You Want To Explore? #SaturdayNightGenealogyFun #femaleancestors #Kentancestors #lineage #familyhistory

@davidebybc.bsky.social NOW will you and your government do something about the Langdale run? WHY do we not get a new ship? #bcferries #SunshineCoast #HorseshoeBayLangdaleroute #ferrybreakdown

Thank you for coming to my Teddy talk.

Which Elizabeth Beake…Part 2… Since my last Beake-related post, I've squeezed in some research and data-entry time to sort through the three cousins named Elizabeth Beake highlighted in two previous posts: Which Elizabeth Beake...Part 1 and  Mind-mapping the three Elizabeth Beakes and their Families. They were born within six years of each other, the daughters of brothers born to Robert Beake (1668-1742) and Mary Mount (1672-1713):

Which Elizabeth Beake…Part 2…

Since my last Beake-related post, I've squeezed in some research and data-entry time to sort through the three cousins named Elizabeth Beake highlighted in two previous posts: Which Elizabeth Beake...Part 1 and  Mind-mapping the three Elizabeth Beakes and their…

Just before sunrise, a calm beach scene with puffy clouds coloured peachy pink.

Good morning!

📷: Portobello Beach, Edinburgh, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland 🤗

Peterborough librarian jobs may be saved Option of closing library earlier during weekdays may save jobs

Peterborough librarian jobs may be saved www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/peterbo...

The three full-time specialist librarian jobs that were to be cut at the Peterborough Public Library – including the only full-time children’s librarian position – might be saved after all.

do tell - where did this case take place? enquiring minds want to know!

@cite-builder.bsky.social is here on BlueSky 😀

CiteBuilder - a fantastic resource, especially for new genealogists not familiar with genealogical ctitation rules - use it in combination with Elizabeth Shown Mills' Evidence Explained forum #CiteBuilder #EvidenceExplained #genealogyresources #familyhistoryresources #citeyoursources

historical maps are fascinating and a fine way to spend some time learning about the past #historicalmaps

So cool! I LOVE historical maps and like you, can spend a long time just looking at one, gleaning all the details I can #historicalmaps #nlsmaps

true story!!! #CalendarChange #history

Ukrainan Online Records - Use the Duck! Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog

Are you researching ancestors who lived in what's now Ukraine? There may be records scanned and online, just waiting for you to find them. Here's info abt a new site that may help you locate scanned and online records:
#ancestry #genealogy #familyhistory
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/09/ukra...

Ancestral Memory Is It Fact or Fiction? I recently posted a blog about what makes us feel connected and this prompted a lot of debate amongst my friends, you can read the original blog here: What Makes You Feel Connected In the blog I ta…

Something to think about Ancestral Memory does it really exist? Ancestral Memory Is It Fact or Fiction? #Genealogy #BloggersTribe #Blog #FamilyTree #FamilyHistory #Ancestry #Memory #Blog #WritingCommunity #Blogging

chiddicksfamilytree.com/2022/10/23/a...

a great example of how to use sources to make corrections on the FamilySearch Family Tree...

New Blog Alert!

Young Genealogist Experience Winner, Megan Harrison, shares 5 skills you can gain through genealogy!

Read now by clicking the link - family-wise.co.uk/2025/09/03/u...

#Genealogy #Blog #Ancestry

God forbid Putin live that long...a hellish thought indeed.

lovely to have you back...