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New Stories
(15 Mar 2024)

I have two new stories for various Tiffany ancestors.

These are for: Alfred Tiffany and one of his daughter - Alice Tiffany

Once again, when I come to put together these "stories" it is sometimes difficult when you didn't know the individual personally and there are few, if any, documents or possessions on which to hang a story. So I am indebted to various family members for helping me to put a little flesh on the dry old bones of facts, with their memories and recollections, and thus helping me to bring the lives of our ancestors, once again into the light of the day.

Mark R

Further Updates to Album
(1 Mar 2024)

The Album page has been updated yet again, this time with photos of the 'Hirst' family.

The photographs I have just added to the album consist of members of Sydney Hirst's family, his siblings (though I don't have photographs of all of his siblings) and his own wife and children. If there is anyone out there who have any photographs of Sydney's two older brothers, Oliver and Leonard, or know anything about his younger brother, Joe, especially his military record, what Regiment he served with etc, then please get in touch with me.

Mark R

Updates to Album
(15 Feb 2024)

The Album page has recently been updated with a number of new photos added.

I have recently been going through my collection of old family photos, and actually found some I have not seen before. Anyway, I've added a number of new photographs to the Album page relating to the 'Porter' family and the 'Lunn' family. More photos will undoubtedly follow, as and when I find the time to do so.

Mark R

New Stories
(1 Feb 2024)

I have now added a number of new stories for various individuals.

These are for: Violet Mary Amy Berryman, Richard Nigel Porter, Elizabeth Ann Palfrey, Swain Richardson and Hilda Clark.

When putting together these "stories" it is sometimes difficult when you didn't know the individual personally and there are few, if any, documents or possessions on which to hang a story. So I am indebted to various family members for helping me to put a little flesh on the dry old bones of facts, with their memories and recollections, and thus helping me to bring the lives of our ancestors, once again into the light of the day.

Mark R

Source Information Added
(15 Jan 2024)

I have now added an indication of sources to an individual's details.

In the 'Details' section of an individual, alongside the date an individual was Born, Christened, Died and Buried, I have added the following symbol (for larger displays only) that when clicked will pop-up information on where I obtained this information from.

I have also added the same feature for any Marriages that an individual may have had.

In all cases, where it indicates a certificate, then it means I have the actual certificate or a copy of that certificate in my possession and the details have all been verified by myself.

Mark R

New Search Facility
(7 Jan 2024)

I have now added a simple 'Search Facility' to the site.

To access this, simply click on the "SEARCH" button on the left-hand side menu (for larger displays), or select "Search" from the "Tools" drop-down menu (on smaller displays). Either way, this will result in the 'Search' page being displayed. From here you can search for all individuals with a specific "Given Name" and/or "Surname".

For now this 'Search Facility' is fairly simple, but I may add additional features to it in the future, once I have had the chance to add more content to the site.

Mark R

Website Re-Design
(1 Jan 2024)

The "Born and Bred - A Yorkshire Family" website has had a major re-design. Over the last few months I have re-designed how the site looks and works.

You may also have noticed that it has changed location, it used to be located at: www.dark-moon.net/born-and-bred, as you can see it is now located in the home directory of www.dark-moon.net.

Why the change? Well since retiring, back in 2020, I have decided to stop designing websites for other people and so can now concentrate on my own website dedicated to my Family History interest.

So what has changed? Obviously the site now has a new "look and feel", it has also been re-designed to be "responsive" so that it should look and work better than the previous website no matter whether you are viewing it on a monitor, tablet or even your phone.

I've also changed what information is displayed and how it is displayed, also, as this is very much a "work in progress" there will be further tweaks to how it looks and works from time to time. Any such changes will be detailed here.

Naturally, as I find out more about my family history I will update the information on this site, but it is my intention to try and put a bit more of the "story" into my family history and to tell the stories of some of my family members, so watch this space.

I hope you like the changes and if you think we may have a common ancestor please contact me, I would love to hear from you.

Mark R