Welcome

It’s July 2024 and time fo a six-monthly update. I have added a modest 31 people in the Family Tree lists and have now managed to prove a link to a James WISEMAN (1st cousin 4 times removed) who was resident in Newfoundland for 68 years from c1806 to his death in 1874. Work continues on sorting and identifying my DNA matches described in the Research page. Paragraphs with new text are indicated by NEW in the right margin.

What is on this site?

Family Tree

These pages contains a listing of everyone in my family tree.

Research - available & wanted

This page tells the background to my research and my current outstanding lines of enquiry.

Skeletons and other stories

Read some of the stories connected to my family tree including the “Wiseman Quebec Connection” story together with "Regina vs John Wiseman", "James Bennett and King John’s House", "The Naughty Ladies of Malta" (!!), the "Will of John Bennett of Tollard Royal, 1746”, “The Lure of the Cod” and others.

War Memorials

This page contains the stories of the men in my tree who gave their lives in any war. If you know of any others from those listed in my Family Tree page I would love to hear about them.