I guess my mother really got me started on genealogy.
 She had recently gone into a retirement home and a cleanout of her papers  revealed a tinful of history. Old birth and death certificates from her  mother`s side of the family going back to a burial plot account dated 1849 for  her Great Grandfather John Jeffrey. The Jeffreys and the Townsends, Mum`s  father`s side, all came from the Lanarkshire/ Stirlingshire area of Scotland  with a few asides to Aberdeenshire.

Going further back on Mum`s tree takes us to Ireland during the Great Potato  Famine era, where my gg/Grandfather is listed as a Land Steward. His family  seems to be one of the few in the Kenmare, County Kerry area that DIDN`T  emigrate! But still, he`s proving very hard to get dates on. *****************************************************************

My father`s side was also proving a little difficult at the start until I wrote  to his last remaining sister in UK. She, bless her, filled in a lot of blanks  and also confirmed a lot of what I HAD managed to find, I even found a couple  of aunts she didn`t know she had. From Coventry and Newcastle-on-Tyne,  they all came together in the Dockyard area of London. 
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From Traveller and Land Steward to Civil Servant, from Weaver, Sailor and Dock  Labourer now their descendents are spread all over the world. ***************************************************************** 
Along the way I have found cousins and 4th cousins, friends and very helpful  people.I thank you all

The journey isn`t finished yet.
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                 This is for you Mum, you loved all the family stories.                        
                           Rest easy now and go with God
                    Frances Helen Newton 26/09/1915 - 25/11/2007  
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                                 Go gently, my beloved son
                    Stuart John Wardle 25/04/1971 - 09/06/2017   
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                   This half of my life, now gone. Forever loved 
                    Dulla Chand Lagah 18/4/1944 - 14/12/2017