Website updated - 1 July 2013

This update includes lots of Pennsylvania and Manchester updated records.  Charts 8 and 28 have also been updated.

Find my past included some new Lincolnshire parish records.  I have added some Lincolnshire burials.

Following an email regarding Lauretta Greathead also known as Lauretta Groskop.  A TV programme stated that Lauretta married Robert Groskop and was the grandmother of a previous Blue Peter presenter.  I have proved the link, but it would seem that Lauretta maybe the niece of Robert.  Maybe however she was adopted and on official records kept the name of Greathead.  Anyone know anything different!!!!

Lida Margaret Greathead

Linda kindly sent me the sad new of the death of Lida (nee Greathead) and George Weishuhn's son John Charles. She also sent to me the obituary from the Canadian Toronto Star newspaper.

She has also sent me more up to date details about this family. Thanks Linda

Lida Margaret Greathead

I was informed today that sadly John Charles Weishuhn aka Jack born June 1, 1926 passed away this morning, March 3, 2007 by Linda.

Ontario families

I have spent a while researching the Ontario Greathead families. I now know what happened to many I could not find in the UK census sheets. But like always the information provides problems. Joseph Greathead who married Elizabeth Baker, known as Betsie when in England, they emigrated with their first son John and later had children Marion, William, Millie, Frances and Joseph all born in 1860's in Ontario, Canada. There were many tragedies, many still born children or dying in infancy and a newly married lady having to give birth to her first child after her young husband died by drowning in an accident on Lake Heron. It is amazing just how much information is on the Canadian BMD certificates, I have now increased the numbers of copies of actual records dramatically.