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Rosalyn Hilborne

Rosalyn Hilborne club

Posted: 21 Jun 2018

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Lychgate at Downton ~ St Laurence Church

Lychgate at Downton ~ St Laurence Church
Along with my daughter and brother I have been tracing our ancestry on my mother's side of the family, which took us unexpectedly to Downton, Wiltshire. We wanted to make sure we were following the correct line so went grave hunting! We were very lucky to find a corner of the churchyard devoted to 'Gwyer' graves dating back to the late 1700's and they did indeed fit with what we had found out.

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Nick Weall, Istvan Farkas, Marco F. Delminho, Andy Rodker and 15 other people have particularly liked this photo

29 comments - The latest ones
 Doug Shepherd
Doug Shepherd club
A great collection of nicely framed and composed images from your hunt Rosa - It must be exciting when you fined something that indicates that you are on the right track.

Best regards, Doug
5 years ago.
Rosalyn Hilborne club has replied to Doug Shepherd club
It has been very exciting Doug. My daughter Michelle has done most of the hard work and found so much that we didn't know. Thank you for your kind comments.
Best wishes, Rosa.
5 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
beautifully framed Rosa; like the PiP's too.
5 years ago.
Erhard Bernstein club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen club
... a fine story, too!
5 years ago.
Jaap van 't Veen club has replied to Erhard Bernstein club
You are right !!
5 years ago.
Rosalyn Hilborne club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen club
Thank you very much Jaap.
5 years ago.
Rosalyn Hilborne club has replied to Erhard Bernstein club
Thank you Erhard.
5 years ago.
 John Goodwin
John Goodwin
It must be quite exciting tracing the family history, Rosa. great photo's.
5 years ago.
Rosalyn Hilborne club has replied to John Goodwin
It was John. Many surprises and hard work done by Michelle as the people who transcribe the documents make a lot of mistakes and some guess work if they cannot read it properly. When there are wills left it helps a lot with dates etc. Thanks for your great comments....Rosa.
5 years ago.
 Pat Del
Pat Del club
Lucky you are, Rosa ! Genealogical research requires a lot of patience, but what a joy when it leads to tangible result ...
5 years ago.
Rosalyn Hilborne club has replied to Pat Del club
There was a stumbling block Pat but my daughter's hard work and detective work got there eventually!!
5 years ago.
 Peter Castell
Peter Castell club
A lovely set of church yard images Rosalyn, I have never tried looking for relatives but I can see it could be addictive, I did find an uncle for an elderly lady I know she just knew that he had been killed in WW1, I think she bored everybody stiff when I gave her the information
5 years ago.
Rosalyn Hilborne club has replied to Peter Castell club
I might bore you all with a bit more yet ;-))
5 years ago.
 Jean
Jean
How pretty. I love the framing.
5 years ago.
Rosalyn Hilborne club has replied to Jean
Thank you Jean. One of the most decorative I have seen.
5 years ago.
 Roger Dodger
Roger Dodger club
Nice series Rosa, good to have traced some definitive ancestral proof; I have been researching mine and a few others, on and off for the past ten years, can absorb a lot of time!
5 years ago.
Rosalyn Hilborne club has replied to Roger Dodger club
Thank you Roger. We were especially pleased with finding more about this line. It has been puzzling us for years.
5 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
Beautiful shot and a wonderful history !
5 years ago.
Rosalyn Hilborne club has replied to Pam J club
Thank you very much Pam.
5 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
That's wonderful!
HANWE!

and of courseHFF:)
5 years ago.
Rosalyn Hilborne club has replied to Annemarie club
Thank you very much Annemarie.
Enjoy your weekend too.
5 years ago.
 Beatrice Degan(MARS)
Beatrice Degan(MARS)
Rosa !
Your story touched me so deeply: I admire greatly your work of research and I'm very happy it was successful!
Thank you for sharing it also through this beautiful images of yours!
My best regards and wishes for a happy weekend!

Bea
5 years ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne club
Thank you so much Bea. My daughter has done most of the hard work! We are still discovering an amazing story!

My best wishes and happy weekend ~ Rosa.
5 years ago.
 Frans Schols
Frans Schols club
Schitterende foto reportage bij dit spannende verhaal,Miss Rosalyn Marple........
Ik verheug me alweer op het vervolg......
Beste wensen en veel succes........Frans.
5 years ago.
Rosalyn Hilborne club has replied to Frans Schols club
Ha ha...thank you Frans. My daughter Michelle has done most of the detective work...she's brilliant at it :-))
5 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
The main photo is excellently framed and all three are lovely! It's amazing you managed to trace your family so far back!
5 years ago.
Rosalyn Hilborne club has replied to Gudrun club
Thank you very much. It has not been easy because there were mistakes in spelling the unusual surname of Gwyer in documents but there were three wills that helps a lot and some very surprising information along the way! Some heartbreaking events as well.
5 years ago.
Nick Weall club has replied to Rosalyn Hilborne club
Good story Rosa ~ Sorry to read that it was not all good news
5 years ago.
Rosalyn Hilborne club has replied to Nick Weall club
Thank you Nick. There have been a few surprises and coincidences along the way and one amazing woman that I wish my mum was still here to tell her the story.
5 years ago.

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