The house in Napanee – a Miller home?
What follows is a posting on the community forum of Greater Napanee, a few moments ago.
Is there a resident of Napanee who can help solve a family history puzzle for a visitor to this Forum from Sheffield, England? Read more
James Miller in Canada
Remarkable. Only possible on the internet.
I have found and not found descendants of James Miller, whose emigration with his family I traced from Shropshire to Canada in 1884. Searching for a lost copy of a photograph of Donnington House, and discovering that the original site from which I downloaded the copy was no longer live, I did a wider search. Read more 
Revisiting Great-Great-Great-Grandparents Edwin & Jane Parr
Been spending sometime with my Great-Great-Great-Grandparents Edwin (1801) and Jane Parr. Mainly checking and re-checking facts and assumptions, but also re-writing parts of the ‘story’. I have now some sort of account of all their ten children (nine boys!) with the exception of Henry Alfred who was born on 31 Jan 1831 and of whom there is as yet no further trace. I have acquired a number of, mainly death, certificates which have been helpful in identifications.
Sampler Murkins completed
I have completed entering years of death and burials (except Elizabeth, together with marriages, know to me at this time. I have not yet entered any subsequent children from these marriages.
Children of the Sampler – Murkin
In the possession of my cousin Hilary is a “sampler”, embroidered by Ruth Spooner in 1838 with the names and dates of birth of her brothers and sisters, the children of my Great-Great-Great Grandparents Elizabeth (nee Murkin) and Robert Spooner.
On the reverse, handwritten, is a list of names and dates of birth of Ruth’s aunts and uncles, the brothers and sisters of her mother Elizabeth Murkin. It is a most unusual and remarkable record. Read more