Following my ancestors through the places they knew.
I enjoy exploring family history, visiting historic places, and finding unexpected connections in archives. This is where I share the stories I’m piecing together, the places they lead me, and the questions I’m still following.
If a name, place, or story here connects with something you know, I’d love to hear from you.
Kresen Kernow · RD/1149 · 5 May 1795
Featured Digital Exhibition
Sawle, Fox & Co.
Tin, capital and kinship in industrial Cornwall
A Cornish tin-smelting enterprise documented through an eighteenth-century lease and a surviving co-partnership agreement. The exhibition brings together the manuscript, its eleven signatories, their capital and the family relationships surrounding the company.
- 1781 Documented origins
- 11 Named signatories
- £52,347 Recorded capital
A visit to Heligan led me to an eighteenth-century family diary—and an entry recording my ancestor coming to dinner.
Following my Rashleigh connections brought me to Menabilly and Polridmouth Cove, exploring the landscape around a place woven into my family history.
A family surname change connects Bath to Montreal, while a visit to Cornwall brings me together with a Cleaver relative in Padstow to share stories and compare family trees.
A little about me
My interest in family history began with a binder sent by my great-aunt when I was nine. The unanswered questions caught my attention, and I’ve been following them ever since.
I enjoy spending time in archives and exploring the places connected to my family. Sharing what I find here is a way to meet others with overlapping interests—and perhaps discover something neither of us knew.