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Diary entry: 8 May 2023
- We took another look at L’s DNA matches because I remembered seeing a possible match through George Lay (who we don’t believe is Bertie Herbert’s father).
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Diary entry: 25 Apr 2023
- I found several more Tews from the 1700s near Plumpton in the Archdeaconry Court of Northampton:Wills, Administrations and inventories, and accounts on Findmypast1 (see 9 Apr entry for others):
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Diary entry: 20 Apr 2023
- Since we have expanded the Tew tree a lot recently I thought I’d look to see if there are any new DNA connections.
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Diary entry: 18 Apr 2023
- I spent some time searching the Northamptonshire Archives service. It is so slow that each page refresh takes about three minutes to respond, so I did it in the background while I was working.
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Diary entry: 17 Apr 2023
- We’re planning another visit to Buckinghamshire Archives.
These are the things we want to double check in Shalstone (in date order):
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Diary entry: 16 Apr 2023
- S researched Joyce Pennil, her wedding to Corby Tew, the bondsman William Cave
Joyce Pennill was baptised in Shalstone on 7 Nov 1756.
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Diary entry: 15 Apr 2023
- I read today that the rector of Shalstone at the end of the eighteenth century was also the lord of the manor, George Huddleston Purefoy Jervoise:
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Diary entry: 10 Apr 2023
- I discovered that Buckinghamshire Council has a web interface that can be used to search for historic marriage licenses.
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Diary entry: 9 Apr 2023
- Today we went to B and L’s to play some card games. B talked a bit about the Tew family history that he had found when he was researching it.
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Diary entry: 8 Apr 2023
- We spent the day looking for William Tew’s baptism, without much luck. We believe he was born around 1750-68 since we have a marriage for him to Ann Hinson in 1786 in Shalstone.
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