Aug 6, 2010

Post date: 06-Aug-2010 12:29:54

I Changed the layout of this page so that anyone out there who is interested can follow this page using RSS. Below you will find all my previous updates, but from now on, you can check an RSS feed, or just visit as per usual.

Aug 5, 2010

• New blog post, Why Do Genealogy?

July 23, 2010

• New blog post, Bated Breath - Part 3b
• added a new link, the Beaford Old Archive, a photographic archive of North Devon, specifically the area around Beaford, Dolton, Merton, St. Giles in the Wood, etc.

July 13, 2010

• added a Links page. The first two links are the Devon History Society, and the Devon Family History Society.

July 8, 2010

• The Halls Family, 1913 picture in The Gallery has been updated with the addition of four children's names. Many Thanks to the great grandson of Annie Louise Halls for providing the names.

June 30, 2010

• New blog post, Bated Breath - Part 3a

June 23, 2010

• Maps have been added for Lambeth, both a modern Google satellite shot, and a street map of Lambeth in 1878 showing businesses and lot ownership.

June 22, 2010

• I have added the modern map of Elimville, and the historical map of Lambeth. Once again the modern map of Lambeth will be added shortly. There is my commentary too.

June 21, 2010

• Added a page of maps. So far I have added an historical and modern map of Merton, Devon, and an historical map of Elimville, Huron, Ontario. The modern map will follow shortly, and modern and historical maps of the Lambeth, Middlesex, Ontario areas.

June 17, 2010

• new blog post, Spelling, Transcriptions, and Phonetics.

June 16, 2010

• Added the will for John Halls, 1827-1901
• fixed some layout issues in The Gallery page

June 14, 2010

• New blog post, Bated Breath Part 2, fixed some link errors in Thoughts on Sources
• Created a page for Samuel Halls Jnr.
• added the Will for James Halls

June 13, 2010

• Created a page for Samuel Halls Snr. including his obituary, pictures of headstones for him and two of his daughters, and a picture of his house.

June 12, 2010

Updated the following pages

• Frederick William Halls bio with pictures, and a clipping from the Feb 2, 1933 Globe and Mail.
• Alva Halls with headstone pictures.
• William Halls with headstone picture.

June 10, 2010

• Added a biography for James Halls, including pictures of the house and headstone.

June 8, 2010

• Added the will of Maria Sewell, third wife of Thomas Halls. Many thanks to Andrea Thomas for sending it on to me.

May 29, 2010

• I decided to add a blog, Thoughts on Genealogy. Just random meanderings about what I am researching, why I (or other people) do genealogy, and other... stuff.

May 15, 2010

• Mostly comsmetic updates. Changed the theme. Added a sidebar navigation area. Modified the biography of Samuel Pollard Halls

May 11, 2010

• Added a Sources page. Much of what I have found is available online, often through databases that must be searched individually as opposed to using a Google search. Happily many of the sources are free, or often freely available. Very few sources are available solely as pay only, though the pay sites often vastly increase the convenience of the search.

May 10, 2010

• Added two wills, one for William Halls 1791 - 1842, and one for John Halls ?? - 1821, both of Merton, Devon.

Feb 24, 2010

• Added a page for transcribed Wills. I often have scans of the microfilmed originals, so feel free to ask.

Added a photo for Samuel Pollard Halls on the Gallery page. A long time coming and I was glad to get it.

Feb 2, 2010

• Updates on the History page. Everything is current to the start of the section labelled Lines, and Philip's line has been started.

Jan 25, 2010

• Added photos for John Philip Halls, John Eddy Halls and James Winsow Halls on the Gallery page. Many thanks to John Philip's granddaughter for sending me the pictures of John Philip and John Eddy.

Oct 5, 2009

• Added a Questions page. Every researcher has things they would like to know. This is some of my list.

Aug 29, 2009

• Added obituary of Emma Jane Hunter, wife of John Philip Halls of Beloit, Wisconsin.
• Added engagement notice of William Cecil Gardiner (son of Ellen Halls)
• Added death notice of Peter Gardiner (husband of Ellen Halls)

Aug 18, 2009

• Added a new page, Other Finds, for finds that don't fit anywhere else. The first addition there is a letter from Mary Jane Matheson (Halls) in Winnipeg to the Johns family in Elimville on the death of their son. I have also done some updates to the History page.

Aug 17, 2009

• I re-organized the Gallery page. Individuals are now grouped according to which of Phillip's children they are descended from.

Aug 11, 2009

• The Family Bible page was updated by the addition of the birth, marriage and death pages of James Halls Family Bible. Many thanks to his great grandson for sending the photocopies to me.