I first became interested in Family History in January 1999 when I decided to search for my great grandfather Eric Lionel Armstrong.  Eric, who has fascinated me since I was a child, left his wife Lydia and eldest daughter, Ella, my grandmother, and went to live and work in Canada.  Eric left Liverpool on 7th March 1912.  Initially, he settled in Stellarton, Nova  Scotia - a mining community.  When his youngest daughter Amy was sent to join Eric in November 1912, he was living in Minto, New Brunswick.  In 2006 I discovered that Amy, a spinster, died in 1983 in Victoria, British Colombia.  After searching for Eric for over seven years - in 2007, I finally discovered, and spoke to, my Canadian Cousin Maureen who lives in Ontario.  Many thanks to Heather from Sault Ste, Marie, Ontario, who made this possible and helped me to trace Maureen.

DNA results broke down two of my brick walls.  The first one proved that Eric Armstrong was in fact Eli Gough and the second was to finally discover the family of William Abraham Newland.  And finally after asking my father's sister, niece and nephew to take a DNA test, it proved that my father was not his father's son.

I would also like to express my sincere thanks to several distant cousins who have been kind enough to allow me to include their family photographs on this website.  On my Dad's side of the family - Joseph Hinge, Norman Hinge, Eileen Cantrell, Derek Phillips and Colin Hobbs have all been extremely helpful and on my Mother's side Muriel Yeldon, Ann & Graham Yeldon, Roy Peacock and Gladys Church who were all equally very generous.  Thank you.