Genealogy research by Alan Morris.
Genealogy is also known as family history & is the study of families & the tracing of their lineages & history. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, & other records to obtain information about a family & to demonstrate kinship & pedigrees of its members. The results are often displayed in charts or written as narratives.
The pursuit of family history & origins tends to be shaped by several motives, including the desire to carve out a place for one's family in the larger historical picture, a sense of responsibility to preserve the past for future generations, & a sense of self-satisfaction in accurate storytelling.
My interest in my Family Tree.
My interest in Genealogy & my family tree started when I was young with the tales my dad told me about his family. I really enjoyed going to Wales & meeting family that I had never met before & listened to stories & tales of relatives both past & present. My interest was further ignited after we discovered that my grandfather on my maternal line was in fact from an Italian family, but had hidden this fact from his wife & children until he was old & in failing health.
It amazes me how addictive genealogy is & I quite often find myself spending hours & sometimes days glued to my research searching out new relatives. I have been lucky enough to discover cousins living in many different countries around the world & thanks to having my DNA tested have been able to prove links to cousins that paper records could not prove.
I was born in London in England but have grandparents of English, Welsh & Italian heritage. Therefore the sporting teams I follow are England for football, Wales for rugby & Italy when either of the others isn't playing. This is great in international tournaments as I can normally support a team in all of the big sporting events.
Surnames I am interested in tracing in my family tree.
I will trace my tree sideways as well as back as I find it interesting to discover where members of my family tree have lived & settled. These are the surnames of my parents & great grandparents going back to my 3rd great grandparents. I have gone back further than this on some lines & will add to it in the future. I intend to add information about each surname in this list soon, describing what the surname means or where it may have come from.
At this level, I have four grandparents, Llewelyn Morris, Doris Daniels, Albert Alberici, Marie Jones
At this level, I have eight great grandparents, Benjamin Morris, Margaret Wylde, Samuel Daniels, Hannah Burrows, Antoni Alberici, Florence Featherstone, Walter Jones, Maria Read
At this level, I have sixteen great, great, grandparents, Daniel Morris, Maria Davies, Jenkin Wylde, Susana Lewis, Samuel Daniels, Gwenllian Jones, Henry Burrows, Mary Tincknell, Pietro Alberici, Fanny Estherby, Charles Featherstone, Fanny Warner, John Jones, Martha Bevis, Lancelot Read, Emily Wilson
Please let me know if you have any information that you think I might be interested in.
Genealogy also known as family history, is the study of families & the tracing of their lineages & history.
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Albert Alberici was my Grandfather but for most of the time that I knew him, he was known as Albert Clark. He had Italian ancestry & decided to anglicise his name by changing it by deed poll in 1922 from Alberici to Clark.
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Marie Elizabeth Jones was my grandmother & I have lots of memories of her. As a child, my sister & I lived with Marie & Albert for around 6 months whilst my father Brian was looking for a family home near Portsmouth.
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Llewelyn Morris was my grandfather, he died when I was still only two years old & I am sorry to say I have no memory of him at all. I have also heard Llewelyn referred to Llew by two other names, a shortened version of his real name & Jack. I can find no reason for him to have been called Jack.
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Doris Irene Daniels was my grandmother, she died two weeks before I was born & I am sorry to say I never knew her at all, I do however have a few ghost stories about Doris that my parents swore were true.
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Francis Alberici was my Grand Uncle on the maternal side of my family tree.
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Florence Alberici was my Grand Aunty on the maternal side of my family tree. Because Florence died as an infant 67 years before I was born, I never met her.
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Walter Frederick Jones was my Grand Uncle on the maternal side of my family tree. Unfortunately Walter died 46 years before I was born so I never met him.
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William Charles Jones was my Grand Uncle on the maternal side of my family tree.
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Maude Edith Jones was my Great Aunty on the maternal side of my family tree.
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Grandparents of Alan Morris. Article Count: 4
Grandparents of Alan Morris.
Every person has four Grandparents, these people are all my Grandparents. The individual pages show information for each person, if you know any stories or details that you think I might like to know please let me know.
Grand Uncles - Grand Aunties Article Count: 19
Grand Uncles & Grand Aunties of Alan Morris.
I have discovered nearly 20 Grand Uncles & Aunties. These people are all my Grand Uncles & Grand Aunties that I have been able to find some details for, I will add more people & more details if I find any.
If you are related to me & know any details or stories I might be interested in please let me know.
Great Grandparents of Alan Morris. Article Count: 8
Great Grandparents of Alan Morris.
Every person has eight, Great Grandparents, these people are all my Great Grandparents. Each individual person has details about them on the or own page. It includes, birth, weddings, children, census records & any other details or stories I find.
If you have any information you think I might like please let me know.
Great Great Grandparents of Alan Morris. Article Count: 16
Great, Great Grandparents of Alan Morris.
Every person has sixteen Great Great Grandparents, these people are all my Great Great Grandparents. I will be adding more information as I find it. If you have any information or stories about any of these people please let me know.
