Since leaving Oxford we have been travelling around Yorkshire. We went visiting the villages that had some family connections for each of our families; yes even Dorothy has some Yorkshire roots…somewhere.
We have been visiting the places where Great (great, great even great) grandparents were lived and were christened, married or were buried in the village church and graveyard.
Two photos of the inside of the Holy Trinity church in Hull, the colourful ceiling is quite striking in this large church.
The stained glass window at the Holy Trinity church Hull. Photo 3309d & 3304
Reading the headstones can be quite difficult but we were looking just on the chance that a family name maybe resting there somewhere. Many of the church grounds are over- run with long grass and no easy access to wander around.
This photo was taken from the church yard at Laxton, East Riding of Yorkshire. It shows in the distance a line of hay stacks in the neighbouring field. Photo 3266d
In sharp contrast we have come across three churches that are well organised for any visiting family history buffs (like ourselves). Inside each of these churches there is a large plan of the graveyard showing the layout of the graves. Then to accompany the plan is a booklet listing the surnames and their grave number. For family history buffs it is seventh heaven to find this sort of information.
Photo of Headstone with family history buff looking on! Photo 1389
Using the information in one of the churches we found the headstone for Gary’s great great, great grandparents. The headstone was in quite good condition for being one hundred and thirty years old. Luckily for us this graveyard had just been cleaned up and the growth removed.
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