{"id":1533,"date":"2020-06-17T15:03:15","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T15:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/?p=1533"},"modified":"2021-07-04T13:27:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T13:27:37","slug":"family-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/2020\/06\/17\/family-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Family History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When I started this blog earlier this year my main aim was to share photographs of our travels. It was also a way of reaching a wider audience with my writing. If you enjoy reading my stories I have just added a new short story to the &#8216;My Creations&#8217; page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, however, my blog has allowed a distant relative I didn&#8217;t know I had, to reach out to me. My second cousin, Elizabeth, has been researching our family history and knew enough to google my name and the town where I live, and found my blog!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have started to exchange photographs and information about our families. My grandmother on my father&#8217;s side was Elizabeth&#8217;s grandmother&#8217;s sister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/great-great-g.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/great-great-g.jpg 500w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/great-great-g-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/great-great-g-149x220.jpg 149w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Watson Whitaker my Great, Great Grandfather<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Great-grandmother-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1535\"\/><figcaption>Elizabeth Whitaker my Great Grandmother<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/grandma-as-child.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1536\"\/><figcaption>My Grandmother, Alice, standing on the left at the back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What amazing photographs! I look forward to finding out more about our shared family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay Safe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I started this blog earlier this year my main aim was to share photographs of our travels. It was also a way of reaching a wider audience with my writing. If you enjoy reading my stories I have just added a new short story to the &#8216;My Creations&#8217; page. Recently, however, my blog has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-1533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","tag-familyhistory"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":1579,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Carol","author_link":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"rttpg_comment":4,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/category\/family\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Family<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"When I started this blog earlier this year my main aim was to share photographs of our travels. 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