I am participating in the A to Z blogging challenge for an eleventh year in 2024. Below are links to posts from past challenges.
2024: Whitmore, Staffordshire
- A to Z Blogging about Whitmore, England
- A is for the Admiral
- B is for Baldwins Gate
- C is for census
- D is for directories
- E is for election
- F is for farmers
- G is for gamekeepers and poachers
- H is for Halleluljah!
- I is for inns
- J is for Justice of the Peace
- K is for visit of the King
- L is for London & NorthWestern Railway
- M is for manslaughter
- N is for Newcastle-under-Lyme
- O is for occupations
- P is for police
- Q is for Queen Victoria jubilee – church clock tower
- R is for rectors
- S is for schools
- T is for tithes
- U is for Poor Law Union
- V is for views of Whitmore
- W is for the Whitmore Association for the Prosecution of Felons
- Marriage with an X
- Y is for why not celebrate
- Z is for zigzag
- A to Z 2024 reflections
2023: younger sons and the British Empire
2023 was my tenth A to Z blogging challenge.
- A is for Agra
- B is for Buntingdale
- C is for Ceylonese coffee
- D is for died in Dacca
- E is for emigration
- F is for Ferozepore
- G is for garden at Dapuri near Poona
- H is for Haileybury
- I is for Indian Mutiny
- J is for Jamaica
- K is for Retreat from Kabul
- L is for languages
- M is for medals
- N is for New Zealand
- O is for Opportunities Lost and Found
- P is for palanquin
- Q is for Quebec
- R is for Railway Accident
- S is for saving a language
- T is for twin
- U is for unlucky in Argentina
- V is for Vitoria and for Van Diemen’s Land
- W is for the wrath of Wellington
- X is for Xiānggǎng
- Y is for younger sons
- Z is for Zagazig
- Summary: Painting the map red
2022: places
April 2022 was my 9th year of participating in the A to Z blogging challenge.
- Looking forward to the 2022 A to Z challenge
- A is for Addiscombe
- B is for Bookmark
- C is for Chewton
- D is for Drummond Street
- E is for Evelyn Street Bentleigh
- F is for Finniss Point
- G is for Glenthompson
- H is for Heathcote – renovated
- I is for Ilmenau
- J is for Jedburgh
- K is for Karlsruhe
- L is for Lewes Priory
- M is for Merseyside – 1854 departure of the “Dirigo”
- N is for Norfolk sampler
- O is for ‘Ottawa’ Gladstone Parade Elsternwick
- P is for Pankow
- Q is for Monkira Station in Queensland
- R is for Rushton
- S is for Stockach
- T is for Tattaila
- U is for Upton upon Severn
- V is for Vaucelles v. Trévières
- W is for Willunga
- X is for Xiàmén
- Y not Y?
- Z is for Zizenhausen
- 2022 A to Z reflections
2021: Irish family history
- A to Z 2021: Irish family history
- A is for Avoca
- B is for Bailieborough
- C is for Carrigaline
- D is for Dublin
- E is for Edmund
- F is for field day
- G is for Graignemanach
- H is for Huguenot
- I is for Innishannon
- J is for Julia Morris nee Hickey (1817 – 1884)
- K is for Ellen Keane nee Nihill died 1792
- L is for Anne Cavanagh nee Lane
- M is for William Mitchell
- N is for Nenagh
- O is for outlaw
- P is for Portobello
- Q is for Quaker
- R is for Rockville
- S is for William Snell
- T is for Trinity College
- U for Unregistered
- V is for volume
- W is for Wexford
- X is for X-DNA
- Y is for Youghal
- Z is for zeal
2020 : visiting London
- 2020 A to Z Challenge: visiting London
- A is for Admiralty
- B is for Bailey, Old
- C is for Camberwell
- D is for Deptford
- E is for emigration
- F is for Fire following Plague
- G is for Game, children’s, ‘Oranges and Lemons’
- H is for Hendon
- I is for Inns of Court
- J is for joint stock bank
- K is for Knightrider Street
- L is for London Bridge
- M is for Monopoly
- N is for new churches by Wren
- O is for Old South Sea House
- P is for Parliament
- Q is for Queen
- R is for refugees
- S is for St George’s Hanover Square
- T is for Tower Hamlets
- U is for unknown fate of Gerald Mainwaring
- V is for Victory
- W is for Whitehall
- X marks the spot at Charing Cross
- Y is for YouTube
- Z is for zoo
2019: visiting England, Scotland and Wales
- My sixth A to Z challenge: visiting England, Scotland and Wales
- A is for arms
- B is for beacon
- C is for copper
- D is for Domesday
- E is for enterprise
- F is for Flintshire
- G is for Gainsborough
- H is for Hastings
- I is for inn
- J is for John O’Groats
- K is for Kings Lynn
- L is for Leckhampton
- M is for Marylebone
- N is for neighbours
- O is for Old Palace Yard
- P is for portraits
- Q is for quires and questions
- R is for Runnymede
- S is for Shrewsbury
- T is for twins
- U is for university
- V is for volunteer
- W is for Windle
- X is for excess exiting England
- Y is for Yorks and Lancs
- Z is for zealot
- A to Z 2019 reflections
2018: names
- A is for Arthur
- 300th blog post and my 5th A to Z challenge
- B is for Beatrix
- C is for Collier
- D is for Daniel
- E is for Eliza
- F is for Francis
- G is for Gustav
- H is for Henry
- I is for Ichabod
- J is for John
- K is for Kenneth
- L is for Lilian
- M is for Mary
- N is for Nellie
- O is for Orfeur
- P is for Penelope
- Q is for Queenie
- R is for Rosina
- S is for Suky
- T is for Theresa
- U is for Una
- V is for Valencia
- W is for William
- X, her mark, revisited
- Y is for Yannasch
- Z is for Zacharie
- Summary: A to Z 2018 reflections
2017: mostly places
- A is for letter from Anzac
- B is for Borneo
- C is for caught in Caen during the Reign of Terror
- D is for Dartmouth: Guy Mainwaring and the beagle pack
- E is for Eden Park, home of Wentworth Cavenagh
- F is for Faringdon, Berkshire: Cavaliers and roundheads – the Pye family on opposite sides
- G is for Gretna Green
- H is for the Cudmore family arrival in Hobart in 1835
- I is for Ipswich: Hintlesham Hall and the Crespigny family
- J is for jail: Bankruptcy of William Pulteney Dana
- K is for Kherson, death place of John Howard prison reformer
- L is for Never Surrender Lodge No. 187 I. O. G. T. Lamplough
- M is for Arrival in Melbourne of the Persian in 1854
- N is for the Labour candidate for Newark in 1945
- O is for Oakleigh
- P is for Plaue, Germany
- Q is for Queenscliff in 1882
- R is for Rosydyon Tower the seat of Sir W. de Crespigny Bt
- S is for the Snowy
- T is for Talbot in 1869
- U is for Unibic biscuit tin
- V is for Valleyfield in Van Diemen’s Land
- W is for Williamstown: funeral of Augustus Dana
- X is for destruction of a piratical fleet near Xiānggǎng (Hong Kong)
- Y is for football at Yarra Park: G. Dana footballer
- Z is for Zehlendorf
- Summary: 2017 A to Z blogging challenge
2016
- A is for accident in Avoca
- B is for the barque Bloomer arrived 1854
- C is for career in Canberra
- D is for drama in Dunolly
- E is for entertainment in Epsom
- F is for fleeing from France
- G is for great grandmother from Germany
- H is for heartbreak in Heathcote
- I is for interested in India
- J is for jaundiced in Jamaica
- K is for Kennengelernt
- L is for leaving Liverpool
- M is for Manpower, Mills, Malaria, and Marjorie, my Mother-in-Law from Melbourne
- N is for nuptials in Norwich
- O is for Oma cooking from Dr Oetker’s “Backen Macht Freude”
- P is for Plymouth’s peccancy protection payment provocation
- Q is for questing in Queensland
- R is for relatives in Rathmines
- S is for Sebastapol school records
- T is for trial for theft
- U is for uplifted from Uranquinty
- V is for vivacious Vida on the vamp
- W is for George Wilkins writing from Western Australia
- X is for Excellence in Hands-Across-the-Seamanship, another tale from his misspent youth…
- Y is for Young family photographs
- Z is for zealous in New Zealand
- Summary: 2016 A to Z wrap up
2015: World Wars 1 and 2
- A is for aviator: Ernest Osmond Cudmore
- B is for Buick
- C is for Compiègne on 1 September 1914
- D is for Durham Light Infantry
- E is for Exile
- F is for fundraising
- G is for Gallipoli
- H is for Hindenburg Line
- I is for insulin
- J is for James: James Curtis (1826–1901)
- K is for Kanatte General Cemetery in Colombo
- L is for Lagnicourt
- M is for muddle
- N is for New Guinea
- O is for orders
- P is for Poperinghe New Military Cemetery
- Q is for Querrieu
- R is for No. 1 Australian General Hospital at Rouen
- S is for St Eloi
- T is for Tobruk
- U is for unwilling or hesitating to obey an order
- V is for Vizefeldwebel
- W is for West Africa
- X is for the Military Cross
- Y is for Ypres
- Z is for Zillebeke
- Summary: A to Z 2015 reflections
2014
- A is for Avenue of Honour
- B is for Births, Deaths and Marriages registration in Australia
- C is for cremation
- D is for dog licences
- E is for Exemption Courts
- F is for Fromelles
- G is for Government Gazettes
- H is for hospital records
- I is for inquests
- J is for Jacobite rebellion
- K is for King and Country
- L is for Eliza Leister
- M is for motor cars
- N is for Naval husbands
- O is for Old Bailey records
- P is for phthisis (tuberculosis)
- Q is for quarrelling including a duel
- R is for Railways – triennial listing of railways employees in Victoria
- S is for seventy-eight
- T is for teachers’ records
- U is for Union Mine disaster
- V is for Villers-Bretonneux
- W is for Wick, Caithness
- X, her mark
- Y is for Yangon Sailing Club
- Z is for Zulu War
- Summary: A to Z wrap up
Anne's Family History 