Jewish ancestry in Eastern Europe
Our Research: This project necessitated almost a year's intensive research conducted by a team across four countries; genealogists, researchers and historians in the UK, USA, Israel and Poland.
After weeks of research, a breakthrough finally came when we found relevant naturalisation papers, which, in some cases, gave the name of a town in Poland. Once armed with the place names, we embarked upon extensive research in numerous archives in Poland, which gradually uncovered birth, marriage and death records going back as far as 1774 and, in some cases revealing the actual streets the family lived in.
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Irish and English ancestry
Our Research: A lengthy search unearthed birth, marriage and death records for our particular McGraths and Gintys which took us to County Mayo and generations of tenant farmers.
The Primary Valuation of Ireland Cancelled Books gave details on occupancy, ownership, size or value of a property and was of enormous use in serving to underline the precarious nature of the family's life at the mercy of unscrupulous landlords. Records showed that our Gintys were involved in some kind of protest regarding their tenancy which resulted in the threat of eviction in 1881.
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English ancestry
Our Research: This project necessitated meticulous genealogical research over several months as the common family surnames Evans, Taylor and Smith were all involved.
The most surprising profession on the family tree was a Fossil Digger in the 1800s. We discovered some incredible historical documentation on fossil digging in Cambridgeshire (comparing it to the US ‘Gold Rush’), and tracked down the country's top expert on the phenomenon. He took us on an extensive tour of the area and our client even dug up actual ‘fossils’ in the very places his great grandfather would have done 150 years earlier!
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