Thomas John Perowne was born on August 23, 1868 at Stalbridge, Dorset, England the son of Thomas Thomason Perowne the Rector of Stalbridge and his wife Mary Gillespie.
Thomas John Perowne (1868-1954 )
September 25, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Biography, Genealogy, Gillespie, Patterson, Perowne
Thomas Thomason Perowne (1824-1913)
September 23, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Biography, Genealogy, Gilbert, Gillespie, Holmes, Perowne, Scott
Thomas Thomason Perowne was born April 16, 1824 at Burdwan, Bengal the second son of the Reverend John Perowne, a missionary with the Church Missionary Society and his wife Eliza Scott, a teacher in the missionary school.
New York Times Content Goes Free
September 22, 2007 at 7:39 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Genealogy, Search
The New York Times Select service ended on September 19, 2007, access to articles (including obituaries, wedding announcements, etc.) will now be free from 1987 forward, as well as everything prior to 1923 (1851-1922) which is in the public domain. Access to the rest of the NY Times archives will still have to be purchased. Articles are normally available as PDF files.
History shows the apple hasn’t fallen far from the family tree
September 21, 2007 at 6:33 pm (Genealogy)
Tags: Genealogy
From the Brisbane Times
One of the great advantages of the family history boom is that most of us have been obliged to give up what Freud called the “family romance” – the belief that we are related, a couple of generations back, to people richer, grander or cleverer than boring old us.
John James Stewart Perowne (1823-1904)
September 21, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Biography, Genealogy, Perowne, Woolrych
John James Stewart Perowne was born on March 13, 1823 at Burdwan, Bengal the eldest son of the Reverend John Perowne, a missionary with the Church Missionary Society and his wife Eliza, a teacher in the missionary school.
Arthur William Thomson Perowne (1867-1948)
September 19, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Biography, Genealogy, Oldnall-Russell, Perowne, Woolrych
Arthur William Thomson Perowne was born on Jun 13, 1867 the fourth son of the Right Reverend John James Stewart Perowne who was at that time Vice-Principal of St David’s College, Lampeter, Wales and his wife Anna Maria Woolrych.
Portland, Dorset 1831
September 18, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Dorset, Genealogy, History, Location, Portland
A Description of the Portland, Dorset, England as described by Samuel Lewis in A Topographical Dictionary of England, Published in London in 1831.
Rectors, Vicars and Curates
September 17, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Genealogy
The Book of Common Prayer (1662) of the Church of England refers to the clergy as bishops and curates in the text of prayer of intercession for Holy Communion. It uses the word ‘curate’ in its original sense to refer to all clergy entrusted with a cure of souls. It is only in recent years that in the Anglican Church it has come to mean an assistant priest or deacon.
The Socks to America
September 16, 2007 at 9:47 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Genealogy, Humour, Video
From the folks at Genealogy Gems, a documentary spoof (a la Ken Burns) chronicling the immigration of the fictitious “Sockish” people (aka Sock Puppets). Genealogists & Historians alike sit back and enjoy a chuckle at our favorite pastime.
