I have young twin nephews who are interested in history so for a bit of fun I started to write a short history about my grandparents, who by the way I thought were publicans and miners from Staffordshire. Wrong!!
My paternal grandfather was always called Archie so I assumed his name was Archibald, no it wasn't. His name was Richard but with the middle name Archer. Bit of an unusual name so I posted a message on the net and within a couple of weeks had a reply from a distant cousin who told me I would be amazed when I found out who my ancestors were and the family could trace it's linear descendants back to the 1100's - OH RIGHT.
My cousin lived some distance away but said she would come to see me, as you can imagine I was a bit nervous and my husband was almost ready to hide behind the nearest pillar at the railway station in case I was about to be abducted by some sort of nutcase.
As it turned out she was a genuinely lovely person and the information she had was the original pedigree written out by a relative of hers some hundred years previously. Although I must admit when she said told me who some of my ancestors were my thoughts must have shown on my face because she burst out laughing and said that had been her exact reaction in the beginning.
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