Ted’s Service Record Now Uploaded
Two sheets of A3 came through the post a few months ago, and I have just scanned them in and put them up on JEDS’s page. Confirmed his time and place of death, his marriage, and Elsie’s surname as well...
View ArticleThe Wives of the Reverend Thomas Dixon-Spain
With the help of David Secker I have been piecing together the marital arrangements on the Reverend Thomas. It seems he married Elizabeth Showler first, and with her had two children, Lizzie and...
View ArticleA bug in WPMU creating pages?
Mild mannered genealogical janitor by day, but by night bug-ridden, page overwriting fuey? Could Be! A frustrating half an hour with WPMU overwriting the same page with material for three pages...
View ArticleSpains, Spaynes and Plagues
To record or not to record, that is the genealogical question. I’ve just updated the website, making two major leaps of faith to fill in the family in the early to mid-nineteenth century. With only the...
View ArticleGoogle Books and Familial Research
Working my way through all the research possibilities that the net offers for free has been an interesting experience. Refining and re-refining searches has been rewarding, if in a limited way....
View ArticleThe Genealogy Obsession
Just a quick note to say that this research is acting like a drug. The more you do it the more you want to do it. Even infinitessimal progress feels like a breakthough. Just confirming a date of birth...
View ArticleOrders of Merit, Mary, Barbara and Hamish
Today, after yesterday’s resurrection of the Dixon-Spain site, I’ve added the order of Merit awarded to the Rev. Thomas in 1923, the names and birthdates of Ted’s two girls (Mary and Barbara) as well...
View ArticleDaniel Craig to play Squadron Leader Dixon-Spain?
Guardian cover the story, but the question is, will Squadron Leader Dixon-Spain be in the movie? Possibly not, given that filming is happening in Germany, and not Ted’s area of operations in Italy....
View ArticleMonuments Men in the Guardian
Delightful article about the Monuments Men, tying into George Clooney’s film, but really about the last living member of the group, Anne Olivier Bell who turned 97 this summer. Lovely article, and I...
View ArticleWe’re going to the Premiere of Monuments Men in London
Sadie and I are going to London for the event. Meeting Robert Edsel himself beforehand, and hope to meet the cast afterwards. This has led to a flurry of research about Ted from me and I have found an...
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