Born and Bred

Over the last six weeks I've added new people and information to the site, especially details on their 'timelines', that is where they were living and what occupations they had. Whilst there is still plenty more to do on that, what I have researched is beginning to show some interesting details.

There have also been a number of corrections as more information has come to light and been verified, as always the information presented on the Dark-Moon.net website is given in good faith, but do check it out yourself in order to verify it. If you find anything wrong please let me know.

Finally, I spent a bit of time bringing the details I have on my ancestors from the Channel Islands (mainly Guernsey) uptodate, based on lots of really interesting information on FindMyPast. I hope to continue this throughout the coming year and maybe even get over there for a visit.

On the Statistics page in the 'Births' and 'Deaths' section, where it breaks down the countries that peoples were born in or died in, if you now click on the specified country it displays a list of all the idividuals who were born in or died in that country.

As mentioned in my 11 Jan 2025 post, it was my intention to add a Timeline feature to each individual. I have now completed this, it shows all the events that I have recorded for an individual. There is a lot of information here and more to come, but it does take a lot of time to enter all the details. Consequently more information will be added throughout the coming year.

As mentioned towards the end of last year, my youngest daughter, Victoria, has got interested in the whole family history business and has spent a lot of time putting together the family tree of her new Norwegian family, which I have added to this website. No doubt there will be further updates as and when she shares them with me.

She has recently put together a story on Olga Josefine Bergum, which is an interesting read. I look forward to her putting together more such stories in the future.

The new Gallery page contains all the individuals for whom I have a photograph, only those individuals whom I believe to be no longer living are shown on this page. To find out further about any of the pictured individuals simply click on their photo. If anyone has any photos of individuals that appear on this site and who would be prepared to share them with me, then please get in touch.

I have also finally put together the story on Goachem Swain Richardson, by all accounts he led a fascinating life. I have been unable to find a photograph of him, so if anyone out there has one please get in touch.

First off I've just added a load more names and information, as well as correcting a few facts and corroborating others. That is what I've mainly been doing in the run up to Christmas.

In my last post I mentioned I was "looking into ways to display an individual's timeline, from birth to death, listing things like residences and occupations", that is still my intention, but as of yet I haven't completed it. I have, however, almost finished a new "Gallery" page.

At present this will show all the photos I have for individuals who (I believe) are no longer living. Clicking on a photo will take you to that individuals page where you can find out more about them. I hope to have this up and running before the end of January.

I am currently in the process of tracking down more census details, in order to help me display the "Timeline" idea mentioned above. Hopefully I will have this in place before the good weather kicks in and I spend more time in the garden rather than researching my family history.

As always, I am trying to put together the stories of my ancestor's lives. I am currently in the process of collating information on Goachem Swain Richardson, who it appears was an inventor and an early pioneer in the aviation history of Australia with his invention of the "pedal cycle plane" in 1908.

So, hopefully, lots to look forward throughout the coming year, remember to check in often.