John Wild – The Convict

I haven't got any convicts ancestors (that I know of!), but I enjoyed researching the life of one with a name that is in my family tree way back - Wild . There are sooo many Wilds in Yorkshire where my Wilds are from, where this Convict originated. Who knows? There may be a connection...

Work

52 ancestors in 52 weeks The #52ancestors prompt for this week’s ancestor story is WORK. I think the main industries my ancestors were involved in was mainly hard working, practical labouring jobs.  Unfortunately I haven’t found any royal or famous ancestors, but that’s ok!  On my father’s side of the family, most of the ancestors...